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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 2, 1972 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Huntsville (AL) Johnson | ||||||||||||
| College: | Auburn | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1993 / round: 5 / pick: 119 | ||||||||||||
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James Edward Willis III (born September 2, 1972) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and a former coach in the NCAA and in the NFL. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL draft. He played college football at Auburn. He played high school football at J.O. Johnson High School in Huntsville, Alabama.[1] He was the defensive assistant/linebackers coach for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL until his termination on January 5, 2017.
Willis also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, and the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the now defunct XFL.