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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | June 6, 1969||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Lincoln-Sudbury (MA) | ||||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||
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In a seven-year NFL career, he played for the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and the Los Angeles Xtreme of the XFL. Croel attended Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California) and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, he played college football at the University of Nebraska. In 2003, he was inducted in their Football Hall of fame. [1]
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