Neil Graff is a former quarterback

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 in the National Football League

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. He was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1972 NFL Draft

1972 NFL Draft

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 by the Minnesota Vikings

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 and later played with the New England Patriots

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 for two seasons. Later he was selected by the in 1976 NFL Expansion Draft

1976 NFL Expansion Draft

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 by the Seattle Seahawks

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 and split that season as a member of the Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers

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, though he did not see any playing time in a regular season game with either team. He played the following year with the Steelers before being a member of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 during the 1978 NFL season

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, but once again did not play during the regular season. The only NFL quarterback born in the state of South Dakota

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, Graff is an inductee in the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.