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style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1973-01-25</span>) </span>January 25, 1973<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 51)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Howard_Beach,_Queens" title="Howard Beach, Queens">Howard Beach, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">250 lb (113 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Preparatory_School" title="St. Francis Preparatory School">St. Francis</a> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/New_York_City,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City, New York">New York City, New York</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_draft" title="1996 NFL draft">1996</a> / round: 2 / pick: 39</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" 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href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_football_individual_awards" title="Big East Conference football individual awards">Big East Offensive Player of the Year</a> (1995)</li> <li>First-team All-Big East (<a href="/wiki/1995_All-Big_East_Conference_football_team" title="1995 All-Big East Conference football team">1995</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Reception_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reception (American football)">Receptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">71</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Receiving_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Receiving yards">Receiving yards</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">660</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">Receiving touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BattMa00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Marco Antonio Battaglia</b> (born January 25, 1973) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight end</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). Battaglia played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers Scarlet Knights</a>, earning <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">unanimous All-American</a> honors in 1995. He was chosen in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_draft" title="1996 NFL draft">1996 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, and he played professionally for the Bengals, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> of the NFL. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Battaglia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battaglia was born in <a href="/wiki/Howard_Beach,_Queens" title="Howard Beach, Queens">Howard Beach, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nflprofile_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nflprofile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Preparatory_School" title="St. Francis Preparatory School">St. Francis Preparatory School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>, New York,<sup id="cite_ref-dbfprofile_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbfprofile-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and played <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a> for the St. Francis Terriers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Battaglia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He attended Rutgers University in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, where he played for the <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers Scarlet Knights football</a> team from 1992 to 1995. As a senior in 1995, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at tight end for the Scarlet Knights. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Battaglia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cincinnati Bengals selected Battaglia in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played for the Bengals from <a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a> to <a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pfrprofile_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfrprofile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the Washington Redskins mid-season in 2001, and also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>, and the Carolina Panthers in <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pfrprofile_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfrprofile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In eight NFL seasons, Battaglia played in ninety-six games and started eleven of them, and compiled seventy-one receptions, 660 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions.<sup id="cite_ref-pfrprofile_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfrprofile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Battaglia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battaglia currently lives in Middle Village, New York, with his family. He is a friend and occasional personal trainer of radio host <a href="/wiki/Howard_Stern" title="Howard Stern">Howard Stern</a>. In March 2002, he broke Howard's thumb when he accidentally dropped some weights on it.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Battaglia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nflprofile-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nflprofile_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Football League, Historical Players, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/player/marcobattaglia/2499574/profile">Marco Battaglia</a>. Retrieved February 3, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dbfprofile-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dbfprofile_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">databaseFootball.com, Players, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BATTAMAR01">Marco Battaglia</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120324152441/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BATTAMAR01">Archived</a> March 24, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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title="Aaron Stecker">Aaron Stecker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Darian_Barnes" title="Darian Barnes">Darian Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wansley" title="Tim Wansley">Tim Wansley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">32 <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pittman_Sr." title="Michael Pittman Sr.">Michael Pittman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Jackson_(safety)" title="Dexter Jackson (safety)">Dexter Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">35 <a href="/wiki/Corey_Ivy" title="Corey Ivy">Corey Ivy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">36 <a href="/wiki/Travis_Stephens" title="Travis Stephens">Travis Stephens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">38 <a href="/wiki/John_Howell_(defensive_back)" title="John Howell (defensive back)">John Howell</a></span></li> <li><span 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title="Kenyatta Walker">Kenyatta Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">71 <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Jenkins" title="Kerry Jenkins">Kerry Jenkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Roman_Oben" title="Roman Oben">Roman Oben</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Green_(offensive_tackle)" title="Cornell Green (offensive tackle)">Cornell Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">75 <a href="/wiki/Lomas_Brown" title="Lomas Brown">Lomas Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Washington" title="Todd Washington">Todd Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Yoder" title="Todd Yoder">Todd Yoder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lee_(American_football)" title="Charles Lee (American football)">Charles Lee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">82 <a href="/wiki/Marquise_Walker" title="Marquise Walker">Marquise Walker</a></span></li> 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