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Position: | Running back Wide receiver Defensive back | ||||||||
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Born: | Sacramento, California, U.S. | July 5, 1955||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Sacramento (CA) Norte Del Rio [1] | ||||||||
College: | UCLA | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 2 / pick: 29 | ||||||||
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