Dan Klecko

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Dan Klecko
Date of birth	January 12, 1981 (age 26)
Place of birth	Colts Neck, New Jersey
Position(s)	Defensive Tackle Fullback
College	Temple
NFL Draft	2003 / Round 4 / Pick 20
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
2003-2006 2006-present	New England Patriots Indianapolis Colts

Dan Klecko (born January 12, 1981) is an American football player for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round (117th pick overall) in the 2003 Draft. Klecko has also been a versatile player; he graduated from Marlboro High School, and then Temple University as an accomplished defensive lineman but was moved to linebacker in the summer of 2004. 1 He has also seen time on special teams, and in his rookie season was a blocking fullback of five of the Patriots' nine running touchdowns. He is the son of former Pro Bowler Joe Klecko.

Klecko was recently cut by the Patriots, and claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts. Klecko had been a bubble player with New England, and rookie draft pick LeKevin Smith and second year Mike Wright are expected to fill the void at defensive tackle.

For the Indianapolis Colts, he has been filling in for the injured James Mungro as fullback. Dan scored his first career touchdown on a 2nd and goal 4-yard pass from Peyton Manning against the Miami Dolphins on December 31st, 2006.

He also caught a touchdown against the New England Patriots, his former team, to tie the game in the 3rd quarter of the 2006 AFC Championship game. The Colts went on to win the game, advance to Super Bowl XLI in Miami, FL, and win it also.

Klecko was declared an unresricted free agent on March 2, 2007, but on March 24, 2007 he re-signed with the Colts, agreeing to a one year contract ^[1].