Jon Jansen

When I played organized football, I played offensive line almost exclusively. In junior high and my first year on varsity I played center. My junior year I was moved over to right tackle. Being tall and stuck right in the middle of the line didn't exactly bode well for our short QB...the back of my helmet has its fair share of football scuff marks. I moved to right tackle in '96. Just so happens that I was #77 and I was a huge Michigan fan. And just so happens that Jon Jansen was also #77, starting right tackle, and a junior at Michigan. The stars aligned and I had an automatic role model. The definition of consistency, he set the secord for most starts in Michigan history with 50. He never missed and game. His teamates nicknamed him "Rock". Jansen was drafted in 1998 to the Washington Redskins (37th overall pick) where he has started 123 games at right tackle over the past 10 years. He tore his achilies in 2004, and has battled with nagging injuries sin...