Jayson Palmgren (born April 11, 1989) is an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line (OL), while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line ( ...

for the

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of the

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(IFL). He played

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University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

and attended

North Kansas City High School North Kansas City High School (also known as NKCHS, NKC, and Northtown) is a high school in North Kansas City, Missouri, United States, with over 1,900 students enrolled. It is a part of the North Kansas City School District. The first graduating ...

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. He has also been a member of the

Cleveland Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the ...

College career

Palmgren played for the

Missouri Tigers The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the "Fighting Tigers of Columbia" who, in 1864, protected Columbia ...

from 2007 to 2011. He was the team's starter his final two years and didn't do much to help the Tigers to 18 wins. He played in 35 games during his career including 26 starts at guard.

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

After going undrafted in the

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, Palmgren was invited to rookie mini-camp with the

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC West, West division. The club entered the NFL a ...

Iowa Barnstormers

In 2012, Palmgren was assigned to the

of the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 Arena Football League season, 1987 season, making it the third longest-runnin ...

. Palmgren started the final 8 games of the season for the Barnstormers. Mid-way through the 2013 season, Palmgren was placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season.

Pittsburgh Power

On November 23, 2013, Palmgren was assigned to the

Pittsburgh Power The Pittsburgh Power were a professional arena football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team belonged to the East Division (AFL), East Division of the American Conference in the Arena Football League. Founded in 2010, the Power was t ...

. On June 9, 2014, Palmgren was placed on reassignment. Palmgren appeared in 8 games for the Power.

Cleveland Gladiators

Palmgren was assigned to the

in 2015.

Kansas City Phantoms

Palmgren signed with the Kansas City Phantoms for the 2017 season. On March 7, 2017, the Phantoms placed Palmgren on suspension.

Return to Iowa

On March 6, 2017 Palmgren signed with the

, whom had moved to the

(IFL). On October 5, 2017, Palmgren re-signed with the Barnstormers.

References

External links

Missouri Tigers profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmgren, Jayson Living people 1989 births Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri American football offensive linemen Missouri Tigers football players Iowa Barnstormers players Cleveland Gladiators players Kansas City Phantoms players