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Position: | Running back/Fullback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 7, 1974||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Catasauqua (PA) (Northampton, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
College: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998 / round: 5 / pick: 131 | ||||||||||||
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