Dick Modzelewski Color Rush Corey Ballentine Jersey , a star defensive tackle who appeared in eight NFL titles game with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns during the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 87.He died Friday at his home in Eastlake, Ohio, outside Cleveland, the Giants said in a statement Saturday. No cause was given.Modzelewski spent 14 years in the NFL, eight with the Giants that included six title games. He teamed with Andy Robustelli, Rosey Grier and Jim Katcavage on one of the great defensive lines.Modzelewski also appeared in two championship games with the Browns. He joined the NFL with Washington in 1953 and also played for Pittsburgh, never missing a game in his career.He coached in the NFL for 22 years, including the 1978 season as the Giants’ defensive coordinator.Modzelewski was an All-American in 1951 and ’52 at Maryland and won the Outland Trophy in 1952 as the nation’s best lineman. It resulted in an invitation to the White House Youth Corey Ballentine Jersey , where he had lunch with President Dwight Eisenhower. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.The Redskins drafted Modzelewski in the second round. He played two seasons there before his trade to the Steelers. Modzelewski was briefly reunited with brother Ed, a fullback.After one year in Pittsburgh, Modzelewski was again traded, this time twice in less than a week. The Steelers dealt him to the Detroit Lions, who three days later sent him to the Giants for another defensive tackle, Ray Krouse, a former Maryland teammate.Modzelewski was traded to the Browns in 1964 for wide receiver Bobby Crespino. He was expected to be a backup but became a starter when Frank Parker was injured. Cleveland played in the championship game in each of Modzelewski’s first two seasons, beating Baltimore in 1964 and then losing to Green Bay.Modzelewski is survived by his wife of 64 years, Dorothy Jane Womens Corey Ballentine Jersey , and four children.A funeral is set for Oct. 26 in Mentor, Ohio. The New York Giants used the fifth pick of the fifth round (No. 143 overall) to select former Wisconsin Badgers linebacker Ryan Connelly.More Badgers coverageNot selected in NFL draft, former Badgers FB Ingold signing with RaidersEx-Badgers OT David Edwards drafted in fifth round by RamsFormer Badgers LB Van Ginkel drafted by Dolphins in fifth roundGiants select former Badgers LB Connelly in fifth roundDolphins draft former Badgers OL Michael Deiter in third roundConnelly logged 251 total tackles, 29 tackles for loss, three sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in 44 career games at Wisconsin.Last season, Connelly served as team captain and was the Badgers鈥?second-leading tackler with 89 stops, as well as 10 tackles for loss and three sacks, despite missing Wisconsin’s final two games due to injury. He was named to the All-Big Ten third team for his efforts as a senior.A former walk-on White Lawrence Taylor Jerseys , Connelly quickly earned a scholarship and was starting games by his sophomore year due to his relentless play and ability to read and react.Connelly鈥檚 former teammate Michael Deiter, who started a school-record 54 games on the offensive line from 2015-18, was the first Badgers player off the draft board. Deiter was selected in the third round (78th overall) by Miami on Friday night.After drafting quarterback Daniel Jones sixth overall, the Giants used their next five picks to draft defensive players: defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, cornerback Deandre Baker, edge rusher Oshane Ximines, cornerback Julian Love and Connelly.Connelly joins offensive guard Kevin Zietler as former Badgers players on the Giants roster. Zietler was traded to New York as part of the trade that sent star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland.