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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Inglewood, California | March 6, 1984
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | John F. Kennedy (La Palma, California) |
College: | Notre Dame |
Undrafted: | 2007 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only |
Rhema Lee McKnight (born March 6, 1984, in Inglewood, California) is a former wide receiver for the University of Notre Dame's American football team and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2007. He was subsequently waived on August 2, 2007, and picked up by the San Diego Chargers off waivers and later released on August 28, 2007. [1]
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