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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | June 25, 1961||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Napoleonville (LA) Assumption | ||||||
College: | Nicholls State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1984 / round: 3 / pick: 58 | ||||||
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Johnny Sand Meads (born June 25, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1984 to 1992 and Washington Redskins in 1992. Meads was selected by the Oilers in the third round of the 1984 NFL draft, and was also a third round (56th overall) selection by the New Orleans Breakers in the 1984 USFL Draft. [1]
Meads played college football for the Nicholls State Colonels and high school football at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana.
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