29 Facts About Isaiah Kacyvenski

Isaiah J Kacyvenski is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL draft.

Isaiah Kacyvenski played college football for the Harvard Crimson and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School after he retired.

Isaiah Kacyvenski is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Will Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on sports technology opening up large, adjacent markets.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was the youngest of five children growing up in upstate Endicott, New York.

Isaiah Kacyvenski grew up at times homeless and without food with his parents; his caring mother and his alcoholic and sometimes abusive father until their divorce when he was nine.

Isaiah Kacyvenski attended Union-Endicott High School where he was an honors student and served as captain of the football team.

Isaiah Kacyvenski's mother was killed by a truck as she walked along the road on the same day of Kacyvenski's biggest high school football game in his senior season.

Isaiah Kacyvenski received a phone call at the end of his senior year from Harvard Crimson football coach Tim Murphy offering him an academic scholarship.

Isaiah Kacyvenski took these things as signs that he was making the right decision in his life.

For four years, Isaiah Kacyvenski started every game at Harvard University.

Isaiah Kacyvenski received the Nils V "Swede" Nelson Award given to "best, most academically talented" football player in New England, and the Harvard University Male Athlete of the Year following his senior season.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award that is given to the top 1-AA defensive player in the country, as well as a 1st Team Associated Press All-American.

In 2000, Isaiah Kacyvenski was selected in the 4th round of the NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks and became the highest draft pick in Harvard history.

Isaiah Kacyvenski's father attended the ceremony in cap and gown in Kacyvenski's stead and received the Harvard diploma for his son.

Isaiah Kacyvenski played six-plus seasons with the Seattle Seahawks recording 267 tackles in 90 games and was elected as the Special Teams Captain 3 years in a row.

In 2002, Isaiah Kacyvenski earned the starting job at Middle Linebacker, after battling for the position with Orlando Huff.

In 2005, Isaiah Kacyvenski was Special Teams Captain of the Seattle Seahawks and helped lead the team to Super Bowl XL, which was played in Detroit, Michigan.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was released by the team on September 30,2006.

Isaiah Kacyvenski signed a one-year contract with the St Louis Rams on October 3,2006, and played in ten games for them during the remainder of the 2006 season after suffering 2 concussions 3 weeks apart.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2007 offseason, Isaiah Kacyvenski signed a one-year contract with the Oakland Raiders on July 11.

However, in September 2008, it was reported that Isaiah Kacyvenski had decided to retire.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was elected to the Board of Directors of Sports Legacy Institute in 2008, and has used this as a platform for awareness surrounding head trauma and making contact sports safer to play.

Isaiah Kacyvenski earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2011.

Isaiah Kacyvenski is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Will Ventures.

Isaiah Kacyvenski is an individual investor in, and advisor to, several companies in technology, sports, biotech, consumer, media and sports medicine.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was featured in an NFL Films production that was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature in 2007.

On October 24,2010, Isaiah Kacyvenski was invited back to Seattle to raise the famous 12th Man Flag before the Seahawks played the Cardinals.

Isaiah Kacyvenski was chosen to announce the Seattle Seahawks second round draft pick from the podium during the 2013 NFL draft, one of 32 NFL Greats chosen.