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{{Short description|American football player and executive (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name                = Tony Boselli
| image               =
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| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| number              = <!--71-->
| position            = Executive vice president of football operations<!--[[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]]--> 
| career_position     =[[Offensive tackle]]
| career_number       =71
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1972|4|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Modesto, California]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| height_ft           = 6
| height_in           = 7
| weight_lb           = 322
| high_school         = [[Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado)|Fairview]]  {{nowrap|([[Boulder, Colorado]])}}
| college             = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1991–1994)
| draftyear           = 1995
| draftround          = 1
| draftpick           = 2
| expansiondraftyear  = 2002
| expansiondraftround = 1
| expansiondraftpick  = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{NFL Year|1995|2001}})
* [[Houston Texans]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
| highlights  =
;As a player
* 3× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1997 All-Pro Team|1997]]–[[1999 All-Pro Team|1999]])
* 5× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1997 Pro Bowl|1996]]–[[2001 Pro Bowl|2000]])
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1995|1995]])
* [[NFL 1990s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars#Pride of the Jaguars|Pride of the Jaguars]]
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars#Retired numbers|Jacksonville Jaguars No. 71]] retired
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1994 College Football All-America Team|1994]])
* First-team All-American ([[1992 College Football All-America Team|1992]])
* [[Morris Trophy]] (1994)
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[1991 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1991]], [[1992 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1992]], [[1994 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1994]])
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 91
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 90
| statlabel3  = [[Fumble|Fumble recoveries]]
| statvalue3  = 5
| pfr         = BoseTo00
| CollegeHOF  = 2357
| HOF         = tony-boselli 
|current_team=Jacksonville Jaguars|pastexecutive=* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{nfly|2025}}–present)<br />Executive vice president of football operations}}

'''Don Bosco Anthony Boselli Jr.''' (born April 17, 1972) is an American professional [[American football|football]] executive and former [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|tackle]] who is the executive vice president of football operations for the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Boselli played in the NFL for seven seasons with the Jaguars. He played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], winning the [[Morris Trophy]] in 1994. Boselli was the first player drafted by the Jaguars, who selected him [[List of second overall NFL draft picks|second overall]] in the [[1995 NFL draft]].

During his tenure in Jacksonville, Boselli established himself as one of the franchise's most productive and popular players. He was named to five [[Pro Bowl]]s and three first-team [[All-Pro]]s while appearing in two [[AFC Championship Game]]s. In 2002, he was the first selection in the [[2002 NFL expansion draft]] by the [[Houston Texans]], but retired without playing for them due to injuries. His accomplishments with Jacksonville led to him becoming the first inductee of the [[Jacksonville Jaguars#Pride of the Jaguars|Jaguars Hall of Fame]], which he was named to in 2006. Boselli was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2014 and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2022, making him the first Jaguars player inducted to the latter. He rejoined the Jaguars as an executive in 2025.

==College career==
Boselli accepted an [[athletic scholarship]] to attend the [[University of Southern California]], where he played for the [[USC Trojans football|Trojans]] from 1991 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/tonyboselli/profile?id=BOS201535 |title=Tony Boselli |work=Nfl.com |date=April 17, 1972 |access-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref>  He was a first-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] selection and a first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in [[1992 College Football All-America Team|1992]], [[1993 College Football All-America Team|1993]] and [[1994 College Football All-America Team|1994]].  In 1994, he also won the [[Morris Trophy]].  While he was an undergraduate, he was initiated as a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity. Boselli was named to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=NFF Proudly Announces Impressive 2014 College Football Hall of Fame Class|author=National Football Foundation|publisher=FootballFoundation.org|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2014|url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2014/5/21/_54778.aspx?path=football}}</ref>

==Professional career==
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|         note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=23474 |title=Tony Boselli, Combine Results, OT - Southern California |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
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Boselli was selected as the second pick of the [[1995 NFL draft]], the first-ever draft pick of the [[expansion team|new]] [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=March 31, 2023|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> As a result of his professional success and local popularity, Jacksonville-area McDonald's restaurants offered the "Boselli Burger" in his honor for a period of time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Times |first=The |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/081698/jag_1c8danie.html |title=Jaguars: Advertising war games have definitely begun 08/16/98 |publisher=Jacksonville.com |date=August 16, 1998 |access-date=September 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520124018/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/081698/jag_1c8danie.html |archive-date=May 20, 2017 }}</ref>

He was selected by the [[Houston Texans]] with the first pick in the [[2002 NFL expansion draft|2002 expansion draft]].<ref name="z988">{{cite web | title=Texans make statement with Boselli | website=HoustonTexans.com| date=2002-02-18 | url=https://www.houstontexans.com/news/texans-make-statement-with-boselli-2668674 | access-date=2024-08-13}}</ref> He spent the entire season on injured reserve and retired in July 2003. Boselli has blamed the end of his career on mistakes made during a surgery on his left shoulder.<ref name="ESPN HOF">{{Cite web |last=Legwold |first=Jeff |date=February 11, 2022 |title=2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame: Meet the newest members |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33193766/2022-pro-football-hall-fame-meet-newest-members |access-date=February 11, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Reports |first=From News Services and Staff |date=2003-07-19 |title=Boselli: Botched Operation Led to Retirement |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2003/07/19/boselli-botched-operation-led-to-retirement/f9452ff4-1b07-424b-810d-e55c1d2dd580/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

As a sign of his success in Jacksonville, on October 8, 2006, he was the first player inducted into the [[Jacksonville Jaguars#Pride of the Jaguars|Pride of the Jaguars]] (the team's [[Hall of Fame]]) and signed a symbolic one-day contract allowing him to retire officially as a Jaguar. Boselli was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 10, 2022, becoming the first Jaguars player to receive the honor.<ref name="ESPN HOF" />

==Life after football==
Boselli participated in numerous business ventures during and after his professional football career. Along with former teammates [[Mark Brunell]] and [[Bryan Schwartz]], he invested in seven [[Mattress Firm]] bedding stores in Jacksonville. By the time Boselli left for Texas in 2002, he had sold his interest in the company.<ref>{{cite web|author=Times-Union sports writer|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092803/jag_13645074.shtml|title=Warrior to minister|publisher=Jacksonville.com|access-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref> Boselli and Brunell own all [[Whataburger]] franchise locations in the Jacksonville area.<ref name="bizjournals1">{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/04/20/tidbits1.html|title=Brunell, Boselli and burgers|publisher=Jacksonville.bizjournals.com|date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref> He also works as the offensive line coach at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, on the same coaching staff as Brunell.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Boselli is also a founding partner in ''IF Marketing'' with friends and former teammates [[Jeff Novak]] and [[Will Furrer]]. The marketing and advertising firm, with offices in [[Georgetown, Texas]] and [[Jacksonville, Florida]], was originally called ''Intra Focus marketing & advertising''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/business/2009-10-02/story/briefs_boselli_marketing_firm_opens_jacksonville_site|title=Briefs: Boselli marketing firm opens Jacksonville site|publisher=jacksonville.com|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref>

== Executive career ==

=== Jacksonville Jaguars ===
On February 3, 2025, Boselli was hired as the executive vice president of football operations for the Jaguars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oehser |first=John |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Official: Jaguars Name Tony Boselli Executive Vice President of Football Operations |url=https://www.jaguars.com/news/k000163-official-jaguars-name-tony-boselli-executive-vice-president-of-football-operations |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.jaguars.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Since 2005, Boselli has lived in [[Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida]] with his wife, Angi and their five children, Andrew, Adam, Ashli, Alexis, and Ansli. Boselli has lost a significant amount of weight and now participates in [[triathlons]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Boselli's son Andrew received an athletic scholarship to attend [[Florida State University]], and played for the [[Florida State Seminoles football]] team. While Adam played tight end collegiately for [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Florida Atlantic]].

==Sports broadcasting==
In 2007, Boselli was hired as a [[color commentator]] on regional NFL telecasts for [[NFL on Fox|Fox]], teaming with [[Ron Pitts]].  In his rookie season as a televised commentator, Boselli drew praise as one of the best in the business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dr_z/02/07/announcers/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210141336/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dr_z/02/07/announcers/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2008 |title=SI.com - Writers - Dr. Z: TV commentator rankings - Thursday February 7, 2008 10:17PM |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=February 7, 2008 |access-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref> From 2009 to 2012, he worked as a game analyst and sideline reporter for [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]]'s coverage of the NFL. Beginning in 2013, he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars radio play by play team.

Boselli was a former co-host on [[WJXL (AM)|1010 XL]] with [[Dan Hicken]] and Jeff Prosser each morning from 6–10 am on ''Sports Final Radio''. He still appears part-time as a call-in guest.

Boselli was interviewed for an episode of ''NFL's Greatest Games'' which aired on [[ESPN2]].

==Charity==
Boselli and his wife created the [[Boselli Foundation]] in 1995 in Jacksonville to work with at-risk youth, and help them to cultivate high self-esteem and to succeed at home, at school, and at play. Beginning in 2007, he has spent substantial time working on projects with the foundation. He overcame opposition from local politicians when the Boselli Foundation proposed renovating and reopening a closed community center.<ref name="bizjournals1"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bosellifoundation.com/ The Boselli Foundation]

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