Glen Steele

Infobox NFLretired


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position=Defensive end
number=70
birthdate=birth date and age|1974|10|4
Ligonier, Indiana
deathdate=
debutyear=1998
finalyear=2003
draftyear=1998
draftround=4
draftpick=105
college=Michigan
teams=
* Cincinnati Bengals (1998-2003)
stat1label=Tackles
stat1value=97
stat2label=Sacks
stat2value=3.5
stat3label=Fumbles recovered
stat3value=1
nfl=STE048906

James Lendale Steele, Jr. (pronEng|steel) (born October 4, 1974 in city-state|Ligonier|Indiana) is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played his entire six year National Football League career with the Cincinnati Bengals who drafted him in the 1998 NFL Draft. [cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEELGLE01|title=Glen Steele |accessdate=|publisher=databaseSports.com|work=databaseFootball.com] He is also former All-American defensive end for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team and was a member of the undefeated national champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team.

College

Steele attended West Noble High School. Steele, who wore #81 for the Michigan Wolverines,cite web|url=http://141.211.39.65/allroster/fbsearch.htm|title=Bentley Historical Library -- -- U of M Football Rosters: Steele|accessdate=|publisher=The Regents of the University of Michigan|date=] redshirted as a freshman in during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season and earned varsity letters in each of the subsequent four seasons from 1994 to 1997. He played for the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a National Championship. He won the Dick Katcher Award as the top Michigan defensive lineman in 1997. Steele had 45 tackles for loss and 24 career quarterback sacks at Michigan, second most in team history at the time of his graduation. [cite web|url=http://www.bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fballam/aasteele.htm|title=Glen Steele|publisher=The Regents of the University of Michigan|date=|accessdate=] He was named a first team All Big Ten player in 1997 and was also selected as a first team All American by the American Football Coaches Association. [cite web|url=http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1997fbt.htm|title=1997 Football Team|accessdate=|date=|publisher=The Regents of the University of Michigan]

Professional career

Steele was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft with the 105th selection overall. [cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=nfl|title=1998 NFL Player Draft|publisher=databaseSports.com|accessdate=|work=databaseFootball.com] Steele played in 80 consecutive games with the Bengals between 1999 and 2003 before being released on September 52004. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4334|title=#70 Glen Steele - DT|accessdate=|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=2007] Steele had signed with the New York Giants during the offseason following the 2003 season. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=|title=NY further helps defense with ex-Bengal|accessdate=|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=|author=Pasquarelli, Len] He was released on July 302004 and signed by the Bengals who later released him. [cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10468D9CC6DE96B2&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Steele adds depth to line|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2004-08-10|author=Kevin Goheen|last=Goheen|first=Kevin|page=C6 ] He later tried out with the San Francisco 49ers. [cite web|url=http://www.kffl.com/player/366/NFL|title=Glen Steele, DL, Free Agent Players|publisher=Fantasy Sports Ventures, Inc.|accessdate=] The Bengals never reached the playoffs during Steele's tenure with the team under head coaches Bruce Coslet, Dick LeBeau, and Marvin Lewis. In fact, as a franchise they failed to reach the playoffs between 1990 and 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=CIN&lg=nfl|title=Cincinnati Bengals (1970 - )|accessdate=|publisher=databaseSports.com|work=databaseFootball.com]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fballam/aasteele.htm Bentley Library Biography and Photograph of Steele]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4334 ESPN Profile of Steele]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id= ESPN article: "Bengals release DT Glen Steele]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id= ESPN Article on Steele's signing with the New York Giants]
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEELGLE01 Stats from databaseFootball.com]
* [http://www.victorypennants.com/michigan-wolverines-1997-national-champions-foot.html Glen Steele's Michigan Wolverines 1997 National Champions Football Pennant]