<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player stats at NFL.com </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player stats at ArenaFan.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Brad William Henke (born April 10, 1966) is an American actor and former National Football League and Arena Football League player . He is best known for his role as prison guard Desi Piscatella on Orange Is The New Black, for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016 . </P> <P> Henke was born in Columbus, Nebraska . He attended the University of Arizona and played football as a defensive lineman . He was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1989 NFL Draft but cut . He was picked up by the Denver Broncos, and he played in Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers . Repeated injuries, which required six ankle surgeries, led to his retirement from professional football in 1994 . </P>

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