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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | June 11, 1965 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Compton (Compton, California) | ||||||||||
| College: | Stanford Oregon Tech | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1988 / round: 8 / pick: 210 | ||||||||||
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Joseph Harrison Cain Jr. (born June 11, 1965) is a former American football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the eighth round of the 1988 NFL Draft.[1]
Cain graduated in 1983 from Compton High School in Compton, California. He attended Stanford University on an academic scholarship, and joined the football team as a walk-on. He later transferred to Oregon Institute of Technology, after Greg McMackin, who was the assistant linebackers coach at Stanford, obtained the head coaching position.
Joe Cain is Executive Chef at a cafe on Orcas Island in Washington State.[2] He is a father of three children and grandfather of one.