Frank Middleton is a former 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...

 player who played Offensive guard for eight seasons in the NFL. Middleton was drafted in 1997 in the 3rd round (63rd pick overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

. After four years with the Buccaneers, Middleton joined the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 organization.

Early years

Middleton attended West Brook Senior High School

West Brook Senior High School

West Brook Senior High School is the largest high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. West Brook is located at 8750 Phelan Boulevard. It is operated by the Beaumont Independent School District.The school's official mascot is the Bruin Bear...

, where he was an All-American, All-State and all-conference prep star as a two-way lineman. He currently coaches for Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School as the defensive coodinator. He lettered three times in football and was on Texas Football's Top-50 List. He hopes to be Head Coach in a few years.

College career

Middleton started playing college ball at Fort Scott Community College

Fort Scott Community College

Fort Scott Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning based in Fort Scott, Kansas, with satellite buildings in other cities in Crawford County, including Pittsburg and Frontenac, along with sites in Paola and at Fort Scott High School. It is the oldest community college in...

 in Kansas

Kansas

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. After finishing two seasons at FSJC and earning Junior College All-America honors as a sophomore, Middleton transferred to the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

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. He started in 18 games at left guard over two seasons at Arizona. In 1996, he started 10 games and was credited with 74 knockdown blocks. He majored in criminal justice

Criminal justice

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