Ryan Joseph Kalil was born on March 29,1985 and is an American film and television producer and former National Football League center.
34 Facts About Ryan Kalil
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Ryan Kalil played college football at USC, where he was a member of two national championship teams, was named a first-team All-American, and won the 2006 Morris Trophy.
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Ryan Kalil was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft, where he played for 12 seasons.
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Ryan Kalil was drafted by the National Football League Buffalo Bills in 1982 and later played in the United States Football League until 1984.
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Ryan Kalil is of Lebanese and Mexican heritage and has two siblings.
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Ryan Kalil's brother, Matt, is a former starting offensive tackle at USC and was drafted fourth overall by the Minnesota Vikings in 2012.
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Ryan Kalil attended the University of Southern California, where he played for the USC Trojans football team.
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Ryan Kalil was a 2005 Sports Illustrated All-American, won the USC Trojans' Bob Chandler Award in 2005 and Courage Award in 2004, and was on the watch list for the Lombardi Award.
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Ryan Kalil was on the official watch list for the Rimington Trophy for the top college football center and the Outland Trophy watch list for the best lineman.
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Ryan Kalil was named to the 2005 and 2006 Pac-10 coaches and Rivals.
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Ryan Kalil was a Pro Football Weekly All-American choice and a Rivals.
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Ryan Kalil was voted "lineman of the year" by his Trojans teammates and won the 2006 Morris Trophy.
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Ryan Kalil was invited to play in the Senior Bowl prior to the 2007 NFL Draft.
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Ryan Kalil appeared in two BCS Championship Games: 2005's win against the University of Oklahoma and 2006's loss to University of Texas.
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Ryan Kalil ran the 40-yard dash in 4.94 seconds at the 2007 NFL Combine and bench pressed 225 pounds 34 times.
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Pre-draft predictions turned out to be correct, as Ryan Kalil was selected in the second round of the draft with the 59th pick by the Carolina Panthers.
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Ryan Kalil was the first center to be selected in the 2007 draft and joined his teammate from the USC Trojans, Dwayne Jarrett, who the Panthers selected in the second round.
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In 2008, Ryan Kalil was named the full-time starter at center.
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Ryan Kalil started in all 12 games that he appeared, missing four games due to injury.
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In 2011, Ryan Kalil received a franchise tag from the Carolina Panthers.
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Ryan Kalil was selected to the Pro Bowl as the starting center of the NFC team.
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On February 7,2016, Ryan Kalil was part of the Panthers team that played in Super Bowl 50.
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Ryan Kalil was ranked 79th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.
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On June 6,2016, Ryan Kalil signed a two-year extension with the Panthers.
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Ryan Kalil had been dealing with a shoulder injury for several weeks before leaving the Week 11 game against the New Orleans Saints.
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Ryan Kalil was placed on injured reserve on November 29,2016, ending his season.
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In 2017, Ryan Kalil started only six games after dealing with a neck injury for most of the season.
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On December 31,2018, Ryan Kalil announced his retirement from the NFL after 12 seasons.
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Ryan Kalil was placed on injured reserve on November 16,2019.
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Ryan Kalil has interests in the film industry, having made claymation films as a child.
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Ryan Kalil directed fellow USC-alumnus Will Ferrell on a football training spoof for the NFL Network and his short film, The Take Off, which premiered at The 34th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 29,2019.
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Ryan Kalil founded Mortal Media in 2016 with friend Blake Griffin.
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Ryan Kalil, Shawn Kittelsen and Chris B Murray created Savage Game, a Comixology Originals 60-page sci-fi graphic novel that is a high-tech version of The Island of Dr Moreau.
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Ryan Kalil co-wrote The Rookie Handbook with former Carolina offensive line teammates Jordan Gross and Geoff Hangartner.