Ben Troupe
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 1, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Swainsboro, Georgia | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Augusta (GA) Butler | ||||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 57 |
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| Games started: | 28 |
| Receptions: | 106 |
| Receiving yards: | 1,056 |
| Touchdowns: | 7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Benjamin LaShaun Troupe (born September 1, 1982) is an American former college and professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the early 2000s. Troupe played college football for the University of Florida, and earned All-American honors. He was a second-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Tennessee Titans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.
Troupe was born in Swainsboro, Georgia in 1982. He attended Butler High School in Augusta, Georgia, where he played high school football for the Butler Bulldogs. Following his senior season, Troupe was a PrepStar high school All-American and was recognized by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of the top four tight end prospects in the Southeast.
Troupe accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier and coach Ron Zook's Florida Gators football teams from 2000 to 2003. He finished his college career with sixty-four receptions for 958 yards (14.9 yards per catch) and seven touchdowns. As a senior team captain in 2003, Troupe was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and received first-team All-American honors from ESPN, Rivals.com and Sports Illustrated. He was also one of the three finalists for the John Mackey Award, recognizing the nation's best college tight end in 2003.
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