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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Batesville, Mississippi, U.S. | February 3, 1976||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | South Panola (Batesville) | ||||||||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||||||
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Dwayne Rudd (born February 3, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft.[1] During his career he played for the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Rudd was a teammate of Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend in both high school and college, at South Panola High School and the University of Alabama, respectively. Derek Pegues, a South Panola alum and an All-SEC defensive back for Mississippi State, is his cousin.[citation needed]