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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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Born: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | October 8, 1974||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Western Hills (Benbrook, Texas) | ||||||||||
College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 6 / Pick: 199 | ||||||||||
Expansion draft: | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | ||||||||||
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