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Position: | Director of player personnel | ||||||
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Born: | September 15, 1970 | ||||||
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College: | Colorado | ||||||
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Duke Tobin (born September 15, 1970) is the director of player personnel for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Orlando Predators in 1994 and Memphis Pharaohs in 1995. [1] He played college football at Illinois & Colorado. [2] [3]
Tobin was named the Bengals' director of player personnel in 1999, where he acts as the de facto general manager. [4] [5] His father Bill Tobin and uncle Vince Tobin have both had numerous jobs with the NFL. [6]
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