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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S. | January 2, 1978||||||||
Died: | November 17, 2013 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 35)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Boston College | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 5 / pick: 160 | ||||||||
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Frank Jacob Chamberlin (January 2, 1978 – November 17, 2013) was an American football linebacker. Chamberlin attended Mahwah High School, in Mahwah, New Jersey.[1] He was a four-year letterman and two-year starter for Boston College who made 126 tackles as a senior, earning second-team All-Big East honors. He also won the team's Scanlan Award, the highest honor for a B.C. football player.
Chamberlin was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round (160th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft.[2] He played in 43 games for the Titans from 2000 to 2002. He later played for the Cincinnati Bengals (2003) and Houston Texans (2005).[3] He played a total of 57 games in the NFL, making a total of 45 combined tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles. He died on November 17, 2013, aged 35, after a year-long battle against brain cancer.[3]