Brent Howard Novoselsky is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 tight end

Tight end

The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

 in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He is currently living in Buffalo Grove.

Novoselsky's career highlight NFL catch may have been during a Monday night game with the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 against the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 on Christmas night in 1989. His 1-yard TD grab from Wade Wilson in the fourth quarter helped put the Vikings up 29-21 - the game's final score, which gave the Vikings the division title over Green Bay - whom they shared a 10-6 record with. Minnesota would have missed the playoffs with a loss.
He now has a wonderful family of 5. He has a wife, two sons, and a daughter. Alec is a senior at Stevenson High School, Zach is a sophomore, and Mackenzie is in 5th grade.