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| Position: | Defensive end Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 19, 1969 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 287 lb (130 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Yates (Houston, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Baylor | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1992 / round: 5 / pick: 132 | ||||||||
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Santana N. Dotson (born December 19, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).[1][2] He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. Dotson played college football for the Baylor Bears, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL draft.[3] He won the 1992 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as he registered 10 sacks and then played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers.[4]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) |
267 lb (121 kg) |
33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
5.03 s | 1.86 s | 3.00 s | 4.62 s | 28.5 in (0.72 m) |
9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) |
17 reps |
Santana Dotson is working to become an NFL broadcaster, and currently appears on the "Bob & Brian Show," on WHQG Radio in Milwaukee, during the NFL season.
There are several other prominent football players in the Dotson family. Alphonse Dotson, father of Santana played at Grambling University then went on to play for several teams in the NFL, ending with the Oakland Raiders. Santana Dotson also has a nephew, Alonzo Dotson, who played for the Oklahoma Sooners, then was picked up as a free agent by the Washington Redskins, whom now in his 4th season with the New York Jets as a College Area Scout (South East) after spending 5 seasons with the Green Bay Packers as an area Scout.
- ^ Santana Dotson: Career Stats at NFL.com. United States: NFL Network. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Santana Dotson. CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Former Baylor great Santana Dotson speaking at Kickoff Luncheon". Waco Tribune-Herald. August 16, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.