National Football Foundation

One of the top guards in the nation and leader of the University of Missouri offensive line, Robert Droege is equally as impressive in the classroom.

A three-time Academic First Team All-BIG 12 Conference selection, Droege is an eight-time member of the Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and a recipient of the Missouri Athletics Department Academic Excellence Award. Twice receiving Academic All-America District V recognition, he completed his undergraduate degree last May with Summa Cum Laude honors and is currently enrolled in Missouri's Education Administration graduate program. 

An imposing physical presence on the gridiron at 6'6," 305 lbs., Droege was a First Team All-Conference pick and was named Missouri's Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2002. A 2003 Preseason Second Team All-America selection by Street & Smith's, he is on the Watch List for both the Lombardi Award (nation's top lineman) and Outland Trophy (nation's top interior lineman) and is already the #6 NFL-rated talent in the conference for the 2004 Draft. 

Always active in the community, Droege volunteers with Big Brothers & Big Sisters, coaches at Columbia youth football camps and has helped raise money for the Martin Luther King Memorial Restoration Project. After two seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, he taught and coached football for six years. Droege is currently an assistant freshman coach at Lindbergh High School (MO).