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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Hollandale, Mississippi, U.S. | January 19, 1961||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | DeSoto County (Arcadia, Florida) | ||||||
College: | Clemson | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 4 / pick: 101 | ||||||
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Johnny Lee Rembert (born January 19, 1961)[1] is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers. Rembert was a member of the 1985 AFC champions who played the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX in New Orleans.[2] In the Wild Card Round of the 1985–86 NFL playoffs, he had a fumble recovery return for a touchdown against the New York Jets.[3] He was selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team twice (1988 and 1989).[4][5] He won AFC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 10 of the 1988 season.[6]
After his playing career, Rembert was the director of athletics at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida and also the quality control representative for the NFL.