Craig Heimburger is a former professional football player.

Early years

He attended Belleville East High School. He played college football

College football

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 at the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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, where he earned All-Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

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 honors in 1998.

Professional career

He was a 5th round pick of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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 in the 1999 NFL Draft

1999 NFL Draft

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.
In 2000 he was allocated by the Packers, to the NFL Europe

NFL Europe

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 to play for the Rhein Fire

Rhein Fire

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. The Fire won the championship and Heimburger earned all NFLE honors. He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 in 2000, and the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 in 2001. In 2002 he was in training camp with the Houston Texans

Houston Texans

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 for what was their inaugural season.

After leaving the NFL, Heimburger joined the Arena Football League. Heimburger played for the Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009...

 (2006), and the Austin Wranglers

Austin Wranglers

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(2007).

Personal

In 2003, he founded Heimburger Construction Company LLC, licensed in the state of Illinois.

He is married to Dawn Dugan, a former college softball player at the University of Missouri.