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Position: | Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. | January 17, 1965
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Iowa State |
NFL draft: | 1987 / Round: 9 / Pick: 236 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR |
Terrence Everett Anthony (born January 17, 1965) is a former American football defensive back who was a 1987 replacement player with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa State. [1]
Anthony was drafted in the ninth round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, with the 236th pick overall. [2] The Falcons waived him on September 7, 1987, just one week before the team's first regular season game. [3]
During the 1987 NFL season, there was a players' strike that resulted in the Week 4, Week 5, and Week 6 games being played with replacement players. Anthony was one of such players for the St. Louis Cardinals, playing in the Week 5 game on October 11, which was a 24–19 home win against the New Orleans Saints. [4]
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