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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | February 17, 1969 Lamar, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Lamar | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1992 / round: 2 / pick: 38 | ||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Levon Kirkland (born February 17, 1969) is an American former football player who was a linebacker for 11 years in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A two-time All-Pro and two-time Pro Bowl selection with the Steelers, he was named to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
Kirkland played college football for the Clemson Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1991. Selected by Pittsburgh in the second round of the 1992 NFL draft, he played nine seasons with the Steelers, and one each for the Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles.[1] After his playing career, Kirkland was a linebackers coach for two seasons for the Florida A&M Rattlers.