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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | February 28, 1979||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Grove City (OH) | ||||||||||
College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2001 / Round: 7 / Pick: 228 | ||||||||||
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Derek Alan Combs (born February 28, 1979) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers. He played college football for Ohio State. [1]
Combs graduated from Grove City High School in Grove City, Ohio, where he was the star tailback and was voted Ohio's Mr. Football in 1996. [2] He has his own spot in the trophy case at Grove City High School.
He was a tailback in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Combs was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round (228th overall pick) of the 2001 NFL Draft as a cornerback. [3] He played in four games for the Raiders in 2002 and eight games for the Green Bay Packers in 2003.
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