Abram Elam
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 15, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | West Palm Beach, Florida | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | West Palm Beach (FL) Newman | ||||||||||
| College: | Kent State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||||
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| Games played: | 104 |
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| Tackles: | 408 |
| Sacks: | 5.0 |
| INTs: | 3 |
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Abram "Abe" Elam (born October 15, 1981) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and Kent State University.
Elam attended Cardinal Newman High School. He played quarterback anddefensive back. As a senior, he registered 1,087 passing yards, 12 passing touchdowns, 542 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns, receiving All-state and Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Offensive Player of the Year honors. In basketball, he helped his team win two state Class AAA titles and was named to the All-conference team. He was the first four-year letterwinner in two sports in school history.
He accepted a scholarship from the University of Notre Dame but a felony sexual battery conviction in 2002 got him expelled from the school.
He attended Palm Beach Community College and worked at a dentist's office before receiving a scholarship offer from Kent State University in 2004, where he graduated from in 2005 after playing just one year.
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