Tony Veland

Tony Veland
Position(s)
Defensive Back
Jersey #(s)
32
Born March 11, 1972 (1972-03-11) (age 39)
Career information
Year(s) 19971998
NFL Draft 1997 / Round: 6 / Pick: 181
College Nebraska
Professional teams
Career stats
Games Played 27
Interceptions 2
Tackles 20
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Tony Veland (born March 11, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the current Defensive Coordinator of the Omaha Beef of the United Indoor Football league. He is a former American football Defensive Back for the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.

Veland was a member of the 1994 and 1995 Nebraska National championship teams. The Broncos selected Veland in the sixth round of the 1996 draft. Veland won a ring as a member of the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXII championship team in 1997 and ended his playing career in 1998 with the Carolina Panthers. He is currently in his sixth season coaching the Beef.

He was shot on the night of June 13, 2011 as he traveled in his Ford Explorer & was admitted to Creighton University Medical Center.

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