Curtis Dustin Zeigler is a former 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...

 offensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 for the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 and the New York Giants

New York Giants

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Buffalo Bills

Zeigler was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft

1996 NFL Draft

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 by the Bills in 1996. He became their starting center as a sophomore in 1997, playing between left offensive guard Ruben Brown

Ruben Brown

Ruben Parnell Brown is a former American football guard of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills 14th overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pittsburgh....

 and right guard Corbin Lacina

Corbin Lacina

Corbin Lacina is a former American football offensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings. He played high school football for Cretin-Derham Hall High School and college football at Augustana College...

, replacing the 11-year incumbent Kent Hull. That was the final one in Marv Levy

Marv Levy

Marvin Daniel Levy is a former American and Canadian football coach, front office executive and author.He is a former professional football coach, in the CFL as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes , and in the NFL as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills , coaching the Bills...

's term as head coach (6-10 won-lost record), replaced the following year by his defensive coordinator, Wade Phillips

Wade Phillips

Wade Allen Phillips is the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans and former head coach for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills. He was also an interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons...

, who guided the Bills to playoff berths in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, when Zeigler started all 16 games, playing between Brown and Joe Panos

Joe Panos

Joe Panos is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills. After Brookfield East High School, he played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was captain of the 1994 Rose Bowl team...

, Buffalo finished in second place in the AFC east and lost a wild-card game to the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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. In 1999, Buffalo also finished in second place in the NFC east, but Zeigler was switched to right guard to make place for Jerry Ostroski

Jerry Ostroski

Gerald Ostroski is a former American football offensive lineman who played for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League.-Buffalo Bills:...

 as the center next to Brown. The Bills lost another wild-card game, this time to the Tennessee Titans

Tennessee Titans

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New York Giants

Zeigler became a New York Giant in 2000, where he also became the starting center, from 2000 to 2001, starting all 16 games during those two years. In 2000, the Giants won the NFC championship game of the 2000-01 NFL playoffs, but lost Super Bowl XXXV

Super Bowl XXXV

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 to the Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens

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 with Kerry Collins

Kerry Collins

Kerry Michael Collins is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft, the first choice in the franchise's history...

 as quarterback

Quarterback

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. In 2002, Zeigler started only 2 games, replaced by Chris Bober

Chris Bober

Chris Scott Bober is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was originally signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2000...

, and never played again.

Post-football

Since retiring from football Zeigler has become active in politics and was elected as a republican to be the county commission chairman in Effingham County GA in 2008.