Sean Tufts was born on March 26,1982 and is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Carolina Panthers.
15 Facts About Sean Tufts
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Sean Tufts averaged 8 tackles per game and finished the 2003 season with 95 tackles.
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In 2004, Sean Tufts was drafted in the 6th round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers.
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Sean Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the Carolina Panthers, in the 2004 NFL draft.
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Sean Tufts was used sparingly in 2004, playing in the season's final three games.
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Over his career Sean Tufts played in 18 games for the Panthers and totaled 16 career tackles, with one recovered fumble.
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Sean Tufts was the first and only former CU football player to run Ralphie.
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Sean Tufts began has post-football professional career in wind energy as a Development Manager for RES Americas, based in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Sean Tufts assisted in development of 460MW of wind energy projects in North America.
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Sean Tufts left RES Americas in 2013 to take a role with General Electric where he served as a Global Key Account Manager for vendors in the utility and oil and gas space.
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In May 2014, GE acquired the industrial cyber security company, Wurldtech, and recruited Sean Tufts to sell security solutions in the mid-stream, LNG, offshore drilling, mining, and renewable markets.
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In 2017, Sean Tufts joined Denver based Optiv, as a Security Solution Integrator specializing in heavy industrial projects and serves as ISSA Denver Oil and Gas Special Interest Group coordinator.
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Sean Tufts was appointed to president of the Buffs4Life Foundation in June 2018.
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Sean Tufts has been locally and nationally recognized for his work with the foundation including features on 9News, Denver Post, Pac12 Network, ESPN and Fox Sports.
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On June 26,2010, Sean Tufts married Orly Ripmaster, a former soccer and lacrosse player at Harvard University, in Vail, Colorado.