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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||
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Born: | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | July 20, 1966||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Grimsley (NC) | ||||||
College: | Wake Forest | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1989 / round: 2 / pick: 32 | ||||||
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Michael David Elkins (born July 20, 1966) is an American former professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and the World League of American Football (WLAF). In the NFL, Elkins played in one game for the Kansas City Chiefs, and then later spent time with the Cleveland Browns and the Houston Oilers, but did not take the field for them. In between his time in the NFL he played one season in the WLAF where he played for the Sacramento Surge.
Elkins father played professional baseball for 10 years. His older brother Rod was drafted to play pro baseball, but deferred to play football at North Carolina, where he was the starting quarterback from 1980-1982 but suffered a career-ending injury against Clemson during his senior year.[1]