Robert Carswell is a retired 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...

 safety in the NFL

National Football League

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. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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 in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft

2001 NFL Draft

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. He attended high school at Stone Mountain High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He played college football

College football

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 at Clemson

Clemson Tigers football

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. Was a Playboy Magazine All-American in 1999.

NFL career

Carswell played all 16 games his rookie season as a backup to pro bowler Rodney Harrison

Rodney Harrison

Rodney Scott Harrison is a retired professional football player of the National Football League. Harrison played safety for the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots...

. In that season he totaled 17 tackles, including 14 solo tackles.

In 2002 he missed most of the team's offseason and preseason festivities with nagging shoulder and knee injuries. After being inactive in four of the team's first six games, Carswell was released by the Chargers on October 15, 2002.