Rocky Calmus is a retired American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 who played for the Tennessee Titans

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 and Indianapolis Colts

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. He played college football at Oklahoma

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, where he won the 2001 Butkus Award as the nation's top college linebacker.

Calmus is one of several players to reach professional status from the highly successful football program at Jenks High School

Jenks public schools

Jenks Public Schools is a K-12 public school system located in Jenks, Oklahoma.Kirby Lehman is the superintendent of the district, which had 9,982 students in October 2008. Jenks and large parts of south and west Tulsa, Oklahoma are part of the Jenks school district, covering .The school district...

 in Jenks, Oklahoma

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. There, he was a star linebacker and running back on a team ranked #3 in nation and at the start of a run to six straight Oklahoma class 6A championships.

At the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

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, Calmus was a consensus All-American during his senior and junior seasons, unanimous All-Big 12 Conference

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 first-team selection as a senior and junior and first-team All-Big 12 honors during his sophomore year. He also won Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior.

He was drafted in the 2002 NFL Draft

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 by the Tennessee Titans

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. Hampered by injuries throughout his professional career, he played for only four seasons. As of 2010 he owned a landscaping business in Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin, Tennessee

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.

His uncle, Dick Calmus

Dick Calmus

Richard Lee Calmus was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He attended Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was the Tulsa World's Oklahoma basketball player of the year in 1962...

, was a baseball

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 pitcher

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 who was signed as a bonus baby and played for the Los Angeles Dodgers

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 and Chicago Cubs

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 in the 1960s.

External links

• "All-American: Rocky Calmus" at Oklahoma Sooners football
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   official website
• Rocky Calmus at NFL.com