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Conrad Bolston

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ5162488
Source-derived summary

Conrad Bolston (born January 9, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was originally signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins.

College career

Bolston played college football at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Professional career

Minnesota Vikings

Bolston was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007. He spent the first 12 weeks of the 2007 season on the Vikings' practice squad. On November 28, 2007, he was signed the Vikings active roster and played in one game in which he had one tackle.

Green Bay Packers

On December 12, 2007, Bolston was signed off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings. Bolston remained on the Packers active roster for the remainder of the regular season and post season but only saw action in the last game of the regular season against the Detroit Lions. Bolston was cut from the Packers on August 31, 2008, when the team reduced their roster to 53 men and is currently a free agent.

Editorial summary

“Conrad Bolston” enters the record as american football player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Conrad, Bolston and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-01-09. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Conrad, Bolston and American.
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Why this record matters

“Conrad Bolston” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Conrad, Bolston and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5162488. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2007 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Conrad Bolston” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.