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Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||||
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Born: | Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. | March 20, 1962||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 264 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Jim Hill (Jackson, Mississippi) | ||||||||||
College: | Southern Miss | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 2 / pick: 36 | ||||||||||
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