Rien Long

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Rien Long
Date of birth August 7, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth Flag of United States Los Angeles, CA
Position(s) Defensive tackle
College Washington State
NFL Draft 2003 / Round 4/ Pick 126
Awards 2002 Outland Trophy
Statistics
Team(s)
2003-present Tennessee Titans

Rien Vartan Long (born August 7, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football defensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL. He is of Armenian descent and cherishes his heritage greatly. He has a tattoo of the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet over the Armenian flag on his biceps. While playing for Washington State University in 2002, he won the Outland Trophy as that year's best college football interior lineman. He is the brother of Devan Long. His hobbies include salt water reef aquariums, and he is an accomplished reef aquarist. His current aquarium is an impressive 220 gallon tank that houses 100's of species of corals, and numerous fish from around the world. In March of 2006 he took a trip to Armenia to visit his roots.


Preceded by
Bryant McKinnie
Outland Trophy Winners
2002
Succeeded by
Robert Gallery