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Position: DT Height: 6-2 Weight: 300 College: West Virginia Born: 4-28-75 in Elyria, Ohio Last Team: New Jersey Red Dogs (AFL) How Acquired:Claimed 11-20-00 Professional Football: Originally selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh-round of the 1998 NFL draft…signed with Philadelphia following the preseason…saw action in games 13-15 as a reserve defensive tackle for the Eagles, recording one solo tackle in three games…spent the spring of 1999 with the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe…notched 18 tackles and two quarterback sacks…signed by the Tennessee Titans in 2000…was released following training camp…returned to play with Berlin and the New Jersey Red Dogs (AFL) in 2000. College Football: West Virginia University…four-year letter winner and four-year starter at defensive tackle and end… garnered All-ECAC and All Big East accolades three times…named to the Associated Press All-American team as a senior…finished second on the Mountaineer all-time tackles for loss list…member of the athletic director’s academic honor roll…earned bachelor’s degree in marketing business. Personal: Nicknamed Biggie…was a conference MVP and all-state player as a captain at West Elyria (Ohio) High School...was named Player of the Year by the Lorraine Plain Dealer as well as one of the top 33 players in the state by the Cleveland Plain Dealer...hobbies include reading and video games…is related to Colts’ linebacker Cornelius Bennett…single, resides in Elyria. |
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