Chris Samuels
Samuels at the 2008 Pro Bowl.
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 28, 1977 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 314 lb (142 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mobile (AL) Shaw | ||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 141 |
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| Games started: | 141 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 4 |
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Chris Samuels (born July 28, 1977) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. Selected third overall in the 2000 NFL Draft, Samuels played his entire pro career for the NFL's Washington Redskins and was a six-time Pro Bowl selection.
Samuels was born in Mobile, Alabama. He attended John Shaw High School in Mobile, where he played both offense and defense for the John Shaw high school football team, and helped Shaw to an 8–3 record and a spot in the AHSAA playoffs.
While attending the University of Alabama, Samuels played for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 1996 to 1999. As senior in 1999, he was named to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) first team by the conference's coaches, the Associated Press, the Birmingham News and the Mobile Press Register, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. He also won the Outland Trophy as the nation's best college interior lineman, and was a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award.
Samuels won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the SEC's most outstanding blocker. He started 42 straight games, from early in his 1996 freshman season until his last regular-season game as a senior, without yielding a sack. Samuels did not allow a quarterback pressure in 1999, had 91 knockdown blocks and played nearly every offensive snap during the regular season, and opening holes for Crimson Tide running back Shaun Alexander, who gained 1,383 yards rushing.
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