Ex-CSU player, assistant coach joins Bills’ staff

Pat Meyer, an all-conference football player and former offensive coordinator at CSU, has been hired as a football operations consultant with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, the team announced.

Meyer, 43, spent the 2014 season as the offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears after serving as the assistant offensive line coach the previous season. He was the offensive line coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 2012.

Meyer was an All-Western Athletic Conference guard for the Rams in 1994 after earning second-team all-conference honors the previous two seasons. He returned to his alma mater in 2008 as the offensive line coach under Steve Fairchild. He also served as the Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2010-11, Fairchild’s final two seasons as coach.

Rex Ryan is the Bills head coach.

Meyer played professionally with the Arena Football League’s St. Louis Stampede. He also has worked as a strength and conditioning assistant and coach at Memphis (1997-2000), North Carolina State (2000-05) and Florida State (2007) and as the offensive line coach at North Carolina State in 2006.

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