- Rien Long
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1981|8|7
Birthplace=Los Angeles, CA
College=Washington State
Position=Defensive tackle
DraftedYear=2003
DraftedRound=4/ Pick 126
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Awards=2002Outland Trophy
years=2003-2007
teams=Tennessee Titans
NFL=396022Rien Vartan Long (born
August 7 ,1981 inLos Angeles, California ) was aAmerican football defensive lineman for theTennessee Titans in theNFL . He is one fourth Armenian descent and cherishes his heritage greatly. He has a tattoo of the seventh letter of theArmenian alphabet (Է) over theArmenian flag on his biceps. While playing forWashington State University in 2002, he won theOutland Trophy as that year's bestcollege football interior lineman. He is the brother ofDevan Long . Rien Long's trip toArmenia andNagorno-Karabakh in March 2006 to visit his roots, was the subject of a feature-length documentary, "The Long Journey from the NFL to Armenia" (www.globalistfilms.com).Life-threatening car crash
Just before midnight on
January 21 ,2008 , Long crashed his 2005Ford Mustang into a rockwall while driving too fast on an I-40 on-ramp near downtown Nashville. Long was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was in critical condition. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/titans/2008-01-22-long-crash_N.htm Former Titans DT Rien Long critical after 1-car crash - USATODAY.com ] ] OnJanuary 23 , doctors upgraded Long's condition from critical to stable. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRRwtRUWD2RIHSbs2GOcZ5HxpZJAD8UBQHM00] Dead link|date=March 2008]References
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