Dustin Sheehan Lyman (born August 5, 1976) is an American business executive and former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
tight end
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
. Lyman is the current President and GM of
Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado and former Chief Executive Officer of
Famous Brands International. He was selected in the third round of the
2000 NFL Draft
The 2000 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur U.S. college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 15– 16, 2000, at the Thea ...
out of
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...
by the
Chicago Bears with whom he played for 5 seasons.
References
External links
Wake Forest profile
1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Boulder, Colorado
Players of American football from Colorado
American football linebackers
American football tight ends
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football players
Chicago Bears players
Ed Block Courage Award recipients
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