Greg Comella
{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}
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| name = Greg Comella
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|29}}
| birth_place = Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| position1 = Fullback
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 240
| high_school = Xaverian Brothers
(Westwood, Massachusetts)
| college = Stanford
| playing_years1 = 1998–2001
| playing_team1 = New York Giants
| playing_years2 = 2002
| playing_team2 = Tennessee Titans
| playing_years3 = 2003
| playing_team3 = Houston Texans
| playing_years4 = 2004
| playing_team4 = Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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| NFL = COM241675
| DatabaseFootball = COMELGRE01
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Gregory F. Comella (born July 29, 1975, in Wellesley, Massachusetts) is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League.
Football career
Comella played 7 seasons in the NFL between 1998 and 2005 for the New York Giants, the Tennessee Titans, the Houston Texans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was the starting fullback for the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV against the Baltimore Ravens.{{cite web|title=Greg Comella NYG|publisher=YouTube|work=gcomella|access-date=December 11, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVRSmazhV1w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/iVRSmazhV1w |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=NFL Under The Helmet|publisher=YouTube|work=Sean Bennett Speedworks|access-date=December 11, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EME8o1cLjJc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/EME8o1cLjJc |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
Comella played for the Stanford Cardinal football team between 1993 and 1996. He rushed for 498 yards and caught 48 passes in his college career. Further, he had 19 career touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns, both among Stanford's all-time best.{{cite web|title=Greg Comella|publisher=Stanford University|work=GoStanford.com|access-date=December 11, 2015|url=http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208439773}}
Comella played for the Xaverian Hawks football team between 1989 and 1992. He was named the 1992 Massachusetts Player of the Year by numerous publications and named to Super Prep's All-America team. In his career, he had over 3,800 all-purpose yards and 40 touchdowns. Comella currently holds the Massachusetts state record for longest touchdown run, which was 94 yards set in 1992. Xaverian inducted Comella into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Class of 2014-Greg Comella|publisher=Xaverian Brothers High School|work=xbhs.com|access-date=December 11, 2015|url=http://www.xbhs.com/page.cfm?p=1272|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144238/http://www.xbhs.com/page.cfm?p=1272|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Business career
Comella is now a business manager of his family-owned Comella's Restaurants with 12 locations throughout the Greater Boston area.{{cite news|title=Fullback is following in family's footsteps|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=January 26, 2001 |author=Bob Harig|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/012601/SuperBowl2001/Fullback_is_following.shtml}}
Education
Comella graduated from the Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts and was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winner in 1993. Comella received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Stanford University in 1998 and his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 2009.{{cite news|title=NFL Players Touch Down at HBS|newspaper=Harvard Business School Working Knowledge|date=April 18, 2005 |author=Sean Silverthorne|url=http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/nfl-players-touch-down-at-hbs}}
Personal life
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References
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External links
- [http://www.comellasrestaurants.com/ Comella's Restaurants]
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Category:Sportspeople from Wellesley, Massachusetts
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Tennessee Titans players
Category:Houston Texans players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Category:Stanford Cardinal football players
Category:Xaverian Brothers High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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