title: Randy Grimes
text: # Randy Grimes
  
  Randy Grimes (born July 20, 1960) is a former professional American football player who played center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1983 to 1992.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Grimes played for Baylor University during the early 1980s and was a part of the 1980 Southwest Conference Champion Bears, which also included the likes of other NFL players Mike Singletary, Alfred Anderson, Mark Kirchner, Vic Vines, Walter Abercrombie, and Vann McElroy.
  
  ## Painkiller addiction
  
  Grimes became addicted to painkillers while playing in the NFL, and was taking up to 45 pills a day. He recovered through the help of a rehabilitation facility, and currently works as a counsellor at that same facility.
  
  