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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S. | August 15, 1969||||||||
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High school: | Pinetops (NC) Southwest Edgecombe | ||||||||
College: | Winston-Salem State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1991 / round: 4 / pick: 90 | ||||||||
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Yancey Dirk Thigpen (born August 15, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers (1991), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1992–1997), and the Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1998–2000).[1] Before his NFL career, he played for Winston-Salem State University, where he also played collegiate basketball.