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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Newport News, Virginia, U.S. | January 30, 1971||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Yorktown (VA) Tabb | ||||||||||||
College: | Virginia | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31 | ||||||||||||
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Christopher Carroll Slade (born January 30, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers, and earned consensus All-American honors. A second-round pick in the 1993 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Slade was recognized as a Pro Bowl selection and All-Pro after the 1997 season. He is currently an assistant coach at Virginia.
Slade was born in Newport News, Virginia. [1] He graduated from Tabb High School in Yorktown, Virginia, [2] where he played for the Tabb Tigers high school football team. Chris was the head football coach at Pace Academy from 2013 to 2021 and has two children.
While attending the University of Virginia on an athletic scholarship, Slade played for coach George Welsh's Cavaliers teams from 1989 to 1992. As a senior in 1992 and a junior in 1991, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Slade still holds the Atlantic Coast Conference record for most career sacks with 40. [3]
The New England Patriots selected Slade in the second round, as the 31st overall pick, of the 1993 NFL Draft. [4] He played for the Patriots from 1993 to 2000. [5] During his final pro season in 2001, he was a member of the Carolina Panthers. [1] In nine NFL seasons, he played in 142 regular season games, started 108 of them, and compiled 665 tackles, 53.5 quarterback sacks, 16 forced fumbles, three interceptions and two touchdowns. [5]
Year | Team | Games | Combined Tackles | Tackles | Assisted Tackles | Sacks | Forced Fumbles | Fumble Recoveries | Fumble Return Yards | Interceptions | Interception REturn Yards | Yards per Interception Return | Longest Interception Return | Interceptions Returned for Touchdown | Passes Defended |
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1993 | NE | 16 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | NE | 16 | 102 | 60 | 42 | 9.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1995 | NE | 16 | 94 | 70 | 24 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 4 |
1996 | NE | 16 | 68 | 49 | 19 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
1997 | NE | 16 | 87 | 61 | 26 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
1998 | NE | 15 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | NE | 16 | 94 | 52 | 42 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2000 | NE | 16 | 78 | 52 | 26 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | CAR | 15 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Career | 142 | 656 | 429 | 227 | 53.5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 27 |
Slade was the head football coach at Pace Academy in Atlanta. His 2015 Pace Academy varsity squad won the AA 2015 Georgia High School football Championship on December 12, 2015. He resigned from Pace Academy on December 7, 2021, and on January 3, 2022, Slade was announced as an assistant coach at Virginia under new head coach Tony Elliott. [7]
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