Ted Gregory
No. 74
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1965-02-11) February 11, 1965
Queens, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school:East Islip (Islip Terrace, New York)
College:Syracuse
NFL Draft:1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Theodore Anthony Gregory (born February 11, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for one season with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orangemen, earning consensus All-American honors in 1987. Gregory was selected in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.[1] He listed his height as 6'1".[2] However, a shocked Dan Reeves, who is also listed as 6'1"[3] commented, "I'm taller than he is!" upon meeting Gregory after the draft. By Reeves' estimate, Gregory was closer to 5'9".[4]

Gregory had injured his knee in his last collegiate game, and the knee gave out during training camp. Following scathing criticism from the press for wasting a pick on damaged goods, the Broncos traded him to the Saints for Shawn Knight before the season.[5] He is now regarded as one of the biggest draft busts in Broncos' history.[6] After the Gregory incident the Broncos began meeting with potential draft picks prior to the draft, a practice they had not previously engaged in.

Gregory blew out his knee in this third game with the Saints, and never played in the NFL again. After a series of failed business ventures drained his life savings, he took a job as a construction worker, only to have that end due to a ruptured disc in his back that temporarily rendered him a paraplegic.[5] Gregory placed 8th in Deadspin's "The 100 Worst NFL Players of All Time".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Ted Gregory, NT at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  3. ↑ "Dan Reeves Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". databaseFootball.com. 1944-01-19. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  4. ↑ Pearlman, Jeff. The 100 Worst Players in NFL History, part 2. Deadspin, 2010-11-16.
  5. 1 2 Cimini, Rich. "Glory Days to Ugly Daze". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Biggest draft bust ever for all 32 NFL teams at". ESPN.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  7. ↑ The Bottom 100: The Worst Players in NFL History. Deadspin. Retrieved August 14, 2014.


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