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Position: | Center | ||||||
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Born: | Santa Rosa, California, U.S. | November 18, 1972||||||
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High school: | Sebastopol (CA) Analy | ||||||
College: | California | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / round: 7 / pick: 211 | ||||||
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