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Veach, Bleymaier Headed to Super Bowl
1/19/2020 7:00:00 PM | Football
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Over the years, the University of Delaware football program has built a pathway to the NFL.
From Scott Brunner to Rich Gannon to Joe Flacco to Nick Boyle to Bilal Nichols, the list goes on and on. That list is not limited to on the field and this weekend, two former Blue Hen standouts shining off the field punched their tickets to Super Bowl 54 in Miami on Feb. 2nd.
Brett Veach, Class of 2001, and Joey Bleymaier, Class of 2005, are both members of the Kansas City Chiefs staff with Veach serving in his fourth season as the organization's general manager, while Bleymaier is in his fifth year on the coaching staff.
The Chiefs went 12-4 in the regular season and will face the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers for the Lombardi Trophy.
While at UD, Veach led the Blue Hens to a four-year mark of 30-16 that included three winning seasons and a 12-2 mark in 2000 when Delaware advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) national semifinals. Veach earned third team All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors in 2000 as a junior wide receiver and is one of only seven football student-athletes in UD history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. He earned CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic honors three times.
During his four-year career, Veach caught 99 passes for 1,470 yards and 12 touchdowns and averaged 22.2 yards on 70 career kick returns. He ranks No. 12 all-time at Delaware with 3,382 career all-purpose yards.
Bleymaier, who serves as a offensive quality control and passing game coordinator for one of the most prolific offensive units in the NFL, was a four-year wide out for the Blue Hens, including being a member of the 2003 National Championship team.
From Scott Brunner to Rich Gannon to Joe Flacco to Nick Boyle to Bilal Nichols, the list goes on and on. That list is not limited to on the field and this weekend, two former Blue Hen standouts shining off the field punched their tickets to Super Bowl 54 in Miami on Feb. 2nd.
Brett Veach, Class of 2001, and Joey Bleymaier, Class of 2005, are both members of the Kansas City Chiefs staff with Veach serving in his fourth season as the organization's general manager, while Bleymaier is in his fifth year on the coaching staff.
The Chiefs went 12-4 in the regular season and will face the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers for the Lombardi Trophy.
While at UD, Veach led the Blue Hens to a four-year mark of 30-16 that included three winning seasons and a 12-2 mark in 2000 when Delaware advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) national semifinals. Veach earned third team All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors in 2000 as a junior wide receiver and is one of only seven football student-athletes in UD history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. He earned CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic honors three times.
During his four-year career, Veach caught 99 passes for 1,470 yards and 12 touchdowns and averaged 22.2 yards on 70 career kick returns. He ranks No. 12 all-time at Delaware with 3,382 career all-purpose yards.
Bleymaier, who serves as a offensive quality control and passing game coordinator for one of the most prolific offensive units in the NFL, was a four-year wide out for the Blue Hens, including being a member of the 2003 National Championship team.
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