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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | December 27, 1959||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Barringer (Newark, New Jersey) | ||||||||||
College: | Iowa | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1982 / round: 2 / pick: 41 | ||||||||||
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Andre Bernard Tippett Sr. (born December 27, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American in 1981. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL draft, Tippett was selected to five Pro Bowls and was named first-team All-Pro twice in his career. Since 2007, he has been the Patriots' executive director of community affairs.[1] He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.