.jpg) Long at the Super Bowl LII victory parade, 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | March 28, 1985 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | St. Anne's-Belfield School (Charlottesville, Virginia) | ||||||||||
| College: | Virginia (2004–2007) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2008 / round: 1 / pick: 2 | ||||||||||
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Christopher Howard Long (born March 28, 1985) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. The son of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long and older brother of NFL guard Kyle Long, he played college football at the University of Virginia and won the Ted Hendricks Award as a senior. Long was selected by the St. Louis Rams second overall in the 2008 NFL draft, where he spent eight seasons. He later played one season for the New England Patriots and two for the Philadelphia Eagles, winning a Super Bowl title with each.
Long is one of six players to win consecutive Super Bowls for different teams, having won Super Bowl LI with the Patriots and Super Bowl LII with the Eagles. He also received the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2018 for his charitable work, which included donating his entire 2017 salary to charity.[1]
- ^ Busbee, Jay (October 18, 2017). "Chris Long will donate every game check for 2017 to charity". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 20, 2017.