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|name=Sean Tufts |
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|College=[[University of Colorado at Boulder|Colorado]] |
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|position=[[Linebacker]] |
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|DraftedYear=2004 |
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|DraftedRound=6 / Pick 196 |
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|years=2004–2006 |
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|height_ft=6 |
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|teams=[[Carolina Panthers]] |
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|weight_lbs=240 |
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|high_school=[[Cherry Creek High School|Cherry Creek (CO)]] |
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|college=[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] (2000–2003) |
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|draftyear=2004 |
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|draftpick=196 |
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|statlabel1=[[Tackle (football move)|Tackles]] |
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==College career== |
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| ⚫ | At the [[Colorado Buffaloes football|University of Colorado]], Tufts was the starting middle [[linebacker]] from 2001–2003. Including the 2001 [[Big 12 Championship]] season. His senior year, Tufts was voted Captain and was placed on the [[Butkus Award]] watch list.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He averaged 8 tackles per game and finished the 2003 season with 95 tackles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/pdf1/3815.pdf?DB_OEM_ID%3D600 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316064704/http://www.cubuffs.com/pdf1/3815.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=600 |archivedate=2012-03-16 }}</ref> In 2004, Tufts was drafted in the 6th round of the [[2004 NFL draft]] by the [[Carolina Panthers]]. |
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==University of Colorado Football 2000–2003== |
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| ⚫ | Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the [[Carolina Panthers]], in the [[2004 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2004/draft.htm |title=2004 NFL Draft Listing |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=2023-05-06}}</ref> He was used sparingly in [[2004 NFL season|2004]], playing in the season's final three games. In [[2005 NFL season|2005]], he backed up [[Pro Bowl]]er [[Dan Morgan]] and played on [[special teams]]. Knee injuries forced Tufts to the sidelines for the [[2006 NFL season|2006 season]]. Over his career Tufts played in 18 games for the Panthers and totaled 16 career tackles, with one recovered fumble.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/5721/sean-tufts Sean Tufts 2004 NFL Draft Profile – ESPN]. Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> |
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| ⚫ | At the University of Colorado |
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[[File:Tufts v. UCLA 2003.jpg|thumb|left|Tufts v. UCLA 2003]] |
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==Post-football career== |
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==Carolina Panthers Football 2004–2006== |
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| ⚫ | After retiring from the NFL in 2006, Tufts returned to the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] to pursue his [[Master of Business Administration]] at the university's [[Leeds School of Business]]. There, Tufts majored in Energy and Finance, was voted Class President<ref name=r1>http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/interior.aspx?id=11873 {{dead link|date=June 2011}}</ref> and was the Director of the Net Impact Case Competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/interior.aspx?id=9042&ekmensel=c580fa7b_154_602_btnlink |title= Leeds School of Business|website=leeds.colorado.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930182659/http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/interior.aspx?id=9042&ekmensel=c580fa7b_154_602_btnlink |archive-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> While pursuing his MBA, Tufts joined the Ralphie Handlers, a group responsible for leading [[Ralphie the Buffalo]], the [[Colorado Buffaloes]]' mascot onto the field before every Colorado home football game.<ref>[http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=24639 Ralphie the Buffalo – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado]. CUBuffs.com (1967-10-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> Tufts was the first and only former CU football player to run Ralphie.<ref>[http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204785056 Brooks: Tufts Takes Different Run – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado]. CUBuffs.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> |
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Tufts began has post-football professional career in wind energy as a Development Manager for RES Americas, based in [[Broomfield, Colorado]].<ref name=r1/> He assisted in development of 460MW of wind energy projects in North America. In late 2011, Tufts, along with former Colorado teammate [[Jeremy Bloom]], was selected to ''[[Forbes]]''' inaugural "30 Under 30", a list of 30 young entrepreneurs, for his work in the energy sector.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205353819 |title = Bloom and Tufts Named to Forbes 30 Under 30}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Tufts was the 196th pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He was used sparingly in 2004, playing in the season's final three games. In 2005, he backed up Pro |
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He left RES Americas in 2013 to take a role with General Electric where he served as a Global Key Account Manager for vendors in the utility and oil and gas space. In May 2014, GE acquired the industrial cyber security company, Wurldtech,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=ge+buys+Wurldtech |title=Search results |website=www.google.com}} {{Better source needed|date=August 2022}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=a Google search is not a reliable source|date=July 2020}} and recruited Tufts to sell security solutions in the mid-stream, LNG, offshore drilling, mining, and renewable markets. |
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In 2017, Tufts joined Denver based [[Optiv]], as a Security Solution Integrator specializing in heavy industrial projects and serves as ISSA Denver Oil and Gas Special Interest Group coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.denverissa.org/board-members-denver-issa |title = Board Members | Denver ISSA}}</ref><ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-tufts-36b4909/ {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> |
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Tufts was appointed to president of the Buffs4Life Foundation in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.buffs4life.org/board-of-directors/ | title=Board of Directors}}</ref> The foundation focuses on Mental Health for former athletes at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The group has raised over $750K since its formation in 2004. This includes major fundraisers for over 50 former athletes including John Hessler,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.coloradoavidgolfer.com/truly-golden-buffaloes/ |title = Truly Golden Buffaloes|date = 26 March 2013}}</ref> Chancellor Lee Adams <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.buffs4life.org/news/saundra-lee-adams-get-new-home/ |title = Saundra and Lee Adams Get a New Home|date = 23 May 2017}}</ref> and more. Tufts has been locally and nationally recognized for his work with the foundation including features on 9News, Denver Post, Pac12 Network, ESPN and Fox Sports.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25208561/colorado-buffaloes-approach-mental-health-former-players |title = The buffalo wrangler's new path for athlete mental health at CU|date = 8 November 2018}}</ref> |
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Currently, Sean is working in the wind industry. As a Development Manager for RES Americas, based out of Broomfield, CO <ref name=r1/> RES Americas has developed or constructed over 5,700 MW of wind and solar projects. In late 2011, Sean was selected to Forbes Magazine's inaugural "30 Under 30" Energy List. <http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/sean-tufts-development-manager-res-americas-29/> |
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Sean grew up in [[Centennial, Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/roster/sean-tufts/3812|title = Sean Tufts - Football}}</ref> On June 26, 2010, Tufts married Orly Ripmaster, a former [[soccer]] and [[lacrosse]] player at Harvard University,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/10/13/athlete-of-the-week-orly-ripmaster/ |title = Athlete of the Week: Orly Ripmaster '03 | Sports | the Harvard Crimson}}</ref> in [[Vail, Colorado]].They have two young children <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/participating-in-his-first-bolder-boulder-luke-tufts-of-news-photo/474735120 |title = Participating in his first Bolder Boulder, Luke Tufts of Denver}}</ref> |
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==Amateur Softball== |
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Despite executive concerns over hiring an applicant the didn't wear pants to his interview because he "forgot". RES Turbinators Player/Manager Dale Shoope (note: term "player" is applied loosely) saw what he claimed was "raw softball talent" and convinced company leadership that despite his liabilities in the office, he would be an indispensable asset to the struggling company softball team. Unfortunately Shoope was quickly proven wrong. Ripmaster-Tufts (or Whiffmaster-Tufts as he is lovingly known on the team) missed most of the 2011 season from an injury sustained while sneezing with his eyes open. To begin the 2012 season Tufts started 0-4 with a 3U Error resulting in a Home Run. Once scout in attendance likened Tufts swing to that of Taylor Henderson. Sean also proved to be ineffective in the field and on the base path. After Player/Manager (again term "player" is really being stretched as applied here) Dale "Flama Blanca" Shoope pulled himself from the mound and put Tufts in Right Center field. While preoccupied remembering to breathe, Tufts neglected to field a routine ground ball forcing team All-Star and fan favorite Michael Duran to field the ball on his behalf. Not wanting that to be the last impression he left on the field, Tufts managed to get on base. The details are hazy but it happened. While making a close play at the plate, Tufts conducted a text book headfirst slide into home plate with one minor miscalculation; Tufts began his slide as he rounded third base. Using the simple formula for friction Fƒ≤µFn, Sean ended up considerably short of the plate, but still managed to crawl safely to the plate. Despite his inability to play softball, Tufts should get plenty of opportunities to prove that Rec Softball requires more athleticism than Professional Football. |
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On June 26, 2010 Sean married the former Orly Ripmaster in Vail, Colorado.<ref>http://www.peppercorn.com/goopages/pages_downloadgallery/downloadget.php?filename=10125.pdf</ref> Orly lettered in both Soccer and Lacrosse at Harvard University<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/10/13/athlete-of-the-week-orly-ripmaster/ Athlete of the Week: Orly Ripmaster `03 | Sports | The Harvard Crimson]. Thecrimson.com (1999-10-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> before using her red-shirt season to play soccer for the CU Buffs.<ref>[http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=24967 Orly Ripmaster Bio – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado]. CUBuffs.com (1980-09-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> In 2003, while Tufts Captained the CU Football Team, Orly helped lead the CU Soccer team to the first Big 12 Conference championship. Orly and Sean reside in Denver with their two AKC Registered Bernese Mountain Dogs. Orly is a hotel consultant for Smith Travel Research (STR Analytics) based in Boulder and is a regular contributor to HotelNewsNow.com.<ref>[http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles.aspx/4807/The-year-end-RevPAR-recovery-race The year-end RevPAR recovery race]. Hotelnewsnow.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> Sean enjoys wood working and photography.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/stufts/ tufts54's Photostream]. Flickr. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ripmaster-Tufts, Sean |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = March 26, 1982 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Aurora, CO]] |
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| Born: | March 26, 1982 Englewood, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Cherry Creek (CO) | ||||||
| College: | Colorado (2000–2003) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2004 / round: 6 / pick: 196 | ||||||
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Sean Tufts (born March 26, 1982) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Carolina Panthers.
College career
[edit]At the University of Colorado, Tufts was the starting middle linebacker from 2001–2003. Including the 2001 Big 12 Championship season. His senior year, Tufts was voted Captain and was placed on the Butkus Award watch list.[citation needed] He averaged 8 tackles per game and finished the 2003 season with 95 tackles.[1] In 2004, Tufts was drafted in the 6th round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers.
Professional career
[edit]Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the Carolina Panthers, in the 2004 NFL draft.[2] He was used sparingly in 2004, playing in the season's final three games. In 2005, he backed up Pro Bowler Dan Morgan and played on special teams. Knee injuries forced Tufts to the sidelines for the 2006 season. Over his career Tufts played in 18 games for the Panthers and totaled 16 career tackles, with one recovered fumble.[3]
Post-football career
[edit]After retiring from the NFL in 2006, Tufts returned to the University of Colorado at Boulder to pursue his Master of Business Administration at the university's Leeds School of Business. There, Tufts majored in Energy and Finance, was voted Class President[4] and was the Director of the Net Impact Case Competition.[5] While pursuing his MBA, Tufts joined the Ralphie Handlers, a group responsible for leading Ralphie the Buffalo, the Colorado Buffaloes' mascot onto the field before every Colorado home football game.[6] Tufts was the first and only former CU football player to run Ralphie.[7]
Tufts began has post-football professional career in wind energy as a Development Manager for RES Americas, based in Broomfield, Colorado.[4] He assisted in development of 460MW of wind energy projects in North America. In late 2011, Tufts, along with former Colorado teammate Jeremy Bloom, was selected to Forbes' inaugural "30 Under 30", a list of 30 young entrepreneurs, for his work in the energy sector.[8]
He left RES Americas in 2013 to take a role with General Electric where he served as a Global Key Account Manager for vendors in the utility and oil and gas space. In May 2014, GE acquired the industrial cyber security company, Wurldtech,[9][better source needed] and recruited Tufts to sell security solutions in the mid-stream, LNG, offshore drilling, mining, and renewable markets.
In 2017, Tufts joined Denver based Optiv, as a Security Solution Integrator specializing in heavy industrial projects and serves as ISSA Denver Oil and Gas Special Interest Group coordinator.[10][11]
Tufts was appointed to president of the Buffs4Life Foundation in June 2018.[12] The foundation focuses on Mental Health for former athletes at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The group has raised over $750K since its formation in 2004. This includes major fundraisers for over 50 former athletes including John Hessler,[13] Chancellor Lee Adams [14] and more. Tufts has been locally and nationally recognized for his work with the foundation including features on 9News, Denver Post, Pac12 Network, ESPN and Fox Sports.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Sean grew up in Centennial, Colorado.[16] On June 26, 2010, Tufts married Orly Ripmaster, a former soccer and lacrosse player at Harvard University,[17] in Vail, Colorado.They have two young children [18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ Sean Tufts 2004 NFL Draft Profile – ESPN. Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ a b http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/interior.aspx?id=11873 [dead link]
- ^ "Leeds School of Business". leeds.colorado.edu. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010.
- ^ Ralphie the Buffalo – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado. CUBuffs.com (1967-10-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ Brooks: Tufts Takes Different Run – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado. CUBuffs.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ "Bloom and Tufts Named to Forbes 30 Under 30".
- ^ "Search results". www.google.com. [better source needed]
- ^ "Board Members | Denver ISSA".
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-tufts-36b4909/ [self-published source]
- ^ "Board of Directors".
- ^ "Truly Golden Buffaloes". March 26, 2013.
- ^ "Saundra and Lee Adams Get a New Home". May 23, 2017.
- ^ "The buffalo wrangler's new path for athlete mental health at CU". November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Sean Tufts - Football".
- ^ "Athlete of the Week: Orly Ripmaster '03 | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Participating in his first Bolder Boulder, Luke Tufts of Denver".