Chester McGlockton was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive tackle who played for four different teams in his eleven year National Football League

National Football League

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 career from 1992 to 2003.

Early years

McGlockton was a High School All-American as a Tight End/Defensive Lineman at Whiteville High School in Whiteville, North Carolina

Whiteville, North Carolina

Whiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2000 census. It is the only city of Columbus County and is the county seat....

. He played Varsity Football all four years. During his senior year he led the Whiteville Wolfpack to a 15-0 record, a State Championship, and a USA Today National Ranking.

College career

He played college football

College football

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 at Clemson University

Clemson University

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 under Danny Ford and Ken Hatfield. He scored a touchdown as a freshman in the 1989 Gator Bowl vs. WVU.

Professional career

McGlockton was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft

1992 NFL Draft

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. He played six seasons with the Raiders, earning all four of his Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 appearances with them. McGlockton also played for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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, the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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, and ended his career by playing one season with the New York Jets

New York Jets

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. McGlockton finished his NFL career with 51 sacks including a career season high of 9.5 in 1994.

Post-football

At the start of 2009, he was an intern coach with the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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 football team. He accepted a defensive assistant position at Stanford in 2010 and worked on David Shaw

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's staff.