Grant Feasel

Born and raised in Barstow, California, Feasel graduated from Barstow High School in 1978, then was a standout football player and a first-team All-America center at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.{{Cite web | url=http://blogs.acu.edu/acutoday/2012/07/18/acu-remembers-grant-feasel-2/ | title=ACU Remembers: Grant Feasel | date=18 July 2012 }} In 1997, he was named to the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century.{{cite web |url=http://www.seahawkslegends.com/remembering-grant-feasel/ |title=Seahawks Legends {{!}} Remembering Grant Feasel |website=www.seahawkslegends.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120090220/http://www.seahawkslegends.com/remembering-grant-feasel/ |archive-date=2016-11-20}}

Feasel was selected in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts. He played in the 1983 season in Baltimore, then the franchise relocated to Indianapolis. He played part of the 1984 season, then was traded mid-season to the Minnesota Vikings.

He played two years for the Vikings, then was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 1987,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gLYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=__kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7044%2C125453 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=McClatchy News Service |title='Robo Center' Feasel continues to amaze Hawks |last=Clayton |first=John |author-link=John Clayton (sportswriter) |date=November 1, 1990 |page=D2}} where he played six of his ten years in the NFL.

Feasel married Cyndy and they had three children: sons Sean and Spencer, and daughter Sarah.{{Cite web | url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/former-seahawk-grant-feaselrsquos-family-hit-hard-by-footballrsquos-trauma/ | title=Former Seahawk Grant Feasel's family hit hard by football's trauma | date=15 March 2014 }} His older brother Greg (b.1958) also played at Abilene Christian and in the NFL and is also the president of the Colorado Rockies of the MLB.{{cite news |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article129154289.html |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=(Texas) |last=Caplan |first=Jeff |title=NFL's dark side: Haunted by husband's death, widow takes CTE fight to Super Bowl |date=January 27, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2019}}

Feasel died at age 52 in 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. His family donated his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. He was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease.{{cite web |url=http://concussionfoundation.org/story/legacy-donor/grant-feasel |title=Grant Feasel {{!}} Concussion Legacy Foundation |website=concussionfoundation.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915132606/http://concussionfoundation.org/story/legacy-donor/grant-feasel |archive-date=2015-09-15}} He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.{{cite news |title=The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) |website=Concussion Legacy Foundation |url=https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |access-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |author=Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/football/cte-study-concussions-brain-tackle.html |title=Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. |work= The New York Times |date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=July 2, 2023 }}

{{Portal|Biography}}

• List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy

{{Reflist|30em}}

• {{Football stats |nfl=2500609 |cfl= |afl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |fox= |si= |pfr=FeasGr20 |dbf= |rotoworld=}}
• [https://www.cyndyfeasel.com/who-was-grant-feasel-.html Cyndy Feasel.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403105405/https://www.cyndyfeasel.com/who-was-grant-feasel-.html |date=2019-04-03 }} – Who was Grant Feasel?
• [http://www.seahawkslegends.com/remembering-grant-feasel/ Seahawks Legends.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120090220/http://www.seahawkslegends.com/remembering-grant-feasel/ |date=2016-11-20 }} – Remembering Grant Feasel

{{Baltimore Colts 1983 draft navbox}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feasel, Grant}}

Category:1960 births

Category:2012 deaths

Category:People from Barstow, California

Category:Players of American football from San Bernardino County, California

Category:American football centers

Category:Abilene Christian Wildcats football players

Category:Baltimore Colts players

Category:Indianapolis Colts players

Category:Minnesota Vikings players

Category:Seattle Seahawks players

Category:Players of American football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Category:Barstow High School alumni