Dale Hellestrae

Dale Hellestrae
Dale Hellestrae
Date of birth: July 11, 1962 (1962-07-11) (age 49)
Place of birth: Phoenix, Arizona
Career information
Position(s): Tackle
Center
College: Southern Methodist
NFL Draft: 1985 / Round: 4 / Pick: 112
Organizations
 As player:
1985-1989
1990-2000
2001
Buffalo Bills
Dallas Cowboys
Baltimore Ravens
Playing stats at NFL.com

Dale Robert Hellestrae (born July 11, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Baltimore Ravens. A member of three Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl teams, the 6-foot-5, 300-pound offensive lineman specialized as a long snapper and special teams player during his professional career.

Hellestrae attended and played High school football at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. He then played college football at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and was drafted in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.

Today, Hellestrae works as a color analyst on professional and NCAA football games, particularly for College Football on Versus, as well as often guest hosting on XTRA Sports 910's (KGME) morning show with Mike Jurecki. He also appears as a guest analyst on "Sports Tonight" on KPNX, Channel 12, in Phoenix with co-hosts Kevin Hunt and Bruce Cooper. He is now the owner of Cookies By Design [1], custom cookie boquet delivery, in the Scottsdale area. He is also an assistant high school football coach at Scottsdale Christian Academy.