15 Facts About Dan Jiggetts

Danny Marcellus Jiggetts was born on March 10,1954 and is an American former football offensive lineman.

Dan Jiggetts was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 1976 NFL draft.

Dan Jiggetts was extremely popular, noted a high school friend from Quogue, former United States Congressman Michael P Forbes, who graduated a year earlier in 1971.

Dan Jiggetts was named a high school All-American defensive end, and won the New York state regional championships in both the discus and shot put.

Dan Jiggetts was heavily recruited out of high school for football.

Dan Jiggetts signed a national letter of intent to go to Ohio State and play for their coach Woody Hayes, but eventually changed his mind and decided to enroll in Harvard instead in order to keep a promise he made to his mother who died four days after his high school graduation.

Dan Jiggetts played 98 games as a backup offensive lineman for the Bears from 1976 to 1982.

Dan Jiggetts served as a player representative for the Bears and was the vice-president of the National Football League Players Association at the time of the 1982 strike.

Dan Jiggetts was involved in attempts to unionize USFL players as a member of the Blitz.

Dan Jiggetts co-hosted "Monsters and Money in the Morning" with Mike North on CBS 2 Chicago from February 1 to August 27,2010.

Dan Jiggetts started working with North on their "Monsters of the Midday" radio program in 1992 as part of the launch of Chicago's WSCR sports radio station, known as "The Score," which is at 670-AM.

Dan Jiggetts is a sportscaster for NBC Sports Chicago and was the co-host of a daily morning show on the station.

Dan Jiggetts has worked for CBS and ESPN and hosted a highly rated radio show on WSCR in Chicago.

Dan Jiggetts was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island, New York, in the Football Category with the Class of 1990.

Personally, Dan Jiggetts has a daughter, Lauren, who is a newscaster for the WGN Early Morning News in Chicago.