Ben Utecht Is a Talented Football Player. He Started at Tight End for My

achieved football’s highest honor when his team the 2006 Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI. Utecht, now removed from his NFL career as a tight end due to Traumatic Brain Injuries from multiple Concussions, has redefined himself again through pursuing another dream: becoming a successful artist in the world of music. “Ben utecht is a talented football player. He started at Tight End for my team, the Indianapolis Colts, in Super Bowl XLI and helped us beat the Chicago Bears,” says Dungy. “However, I always thought his real impact would be in music. Ben has a tremendous voice and a passion for music. I believe God is going to use his musical gift in a special way.” - Tony Dungy Booking Information: For more information: Contact: Rick Barron Benutechtmusic.com Barron Event Planning & Management @benutecht 612.385.7397 facebook © Copyright ben utecht 2014. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication and reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. But then, his life changed drastically. Utecht signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008 and during training camp in 2009, he received a serious concussion that knocked him out for 90 seconds. The concussion would take over 8 months to recover from and permanently put him out of the 2009 season. After that experience, he began questioning whether he should continue his football career. achieved football’s highest honor when his team the 2006 Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI. Utecht, now removed from his NFL career as a tight end due to “I began having serious memory problems and behavioral changes that I couldn’t Traumatic Brain Injuries from multiple Concussions, has redefined himself again understand. I began to fear the future, a future where I could no longer through pursuing another dream: becoming a successful artist in the world of music. remember the names and faces of my wife and girls,” Utecht shared. “I had to walk away. We had just started a family and now we have three young daughters Utecht just released his debut solo Album “Man Up” which is sure to impress. and I want to do what’s best for them,” he says. “The hidden blessing that helped Along with singing, Utecht is an established keynote speaker, author, actor, and me out of the darkness is I had another passion… music.” Utecht co-wrote an national spokesperson for the American Brain Foundation, the foundation of the original song on his new solo album entitled “You Will Always Be My Girls” which American Academy Of Neurology. deals with the fears of losing his family to brain disease. Utecht grew up in the river town of Hastings, Minnesota in a very athletic and musical As a national spokesperson, advocate, and author for brain health Utecht has family. With music in his genetic makeup, Utecht was blessed with a demanding voice worked diligently to spread education and awareness regarding Traumatic Brain and began singing publicly while in the fifth grade. “I can’t help but sing, and I love to Injury, and recently accepted the 2013 Ambassador Award presented by the prove people wrong…Real men play ball and real men sing!” Utecht stated. Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance. He has just accepted the national spokesperson position for the American Brain Foundation and was awarded the 2014 Public Utecht, an “All-Big Ten” Tight-End signed to the Indianapolis Colts and became a Leadership In Neurology Award by the American Academy Of Neurology, which starting tight-end alongside quarterback Peyton Manning. After three seasons is their most prestigious award, along with being featured in “Neurology Now with the Colts, they made it to Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Chicago Bears Magazine” for their cover story. and won. Utecht had achieved one of his childhood dreams. “What I’ve learned from playing with athletes like Peyton Manning [is] when you “To find yourself in the Super Bowl, the clock counting down to zero, you just put everything you have into your craft, there is no limit to how good you can stand there and your life flashes before you,” he explains. “You think about become,” Utecht explains. “I will take everything I learned about becoming a special memories like playing catch in the backyard with my dad and now here we world champion and use that in my passions for music, speaking, and advocacy. I are in the biggest game on the planet. It’s always hard for me to describe because hope that my relevance as a man is that I was a great husband, father, and that I I still put the ring on and ask, ‘What? Did this made a difference in people’s lives.” really just happen?’ so to be one of the few is an honor.” Utecht has made music and speaking his fulltime job. He has built a new team around him ready to hit the ground running on a highly anticipated music, speaking, and entertainment career. For the full story visit www.BEN-UTECHT.com .

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