Dexter Coakley
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 20, 1972 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Mount Pleasant (SC) Wando | ||||||||||
| College: | Appalachian State | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1997 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65 | ||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 762 |
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| Sacks: | 9.5 |
| Interceptions: | 13 |
| Forced fumbles: | 6 |
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William Dexter Coakley (born October 20, 1972) is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was a third round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1997 NFL Draft, out of Division I-AA school Appalachian State. Coakley was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 making him Appalachian State's first inductee.
Coakley graduated from Wando High School, where he earned four letters in football. He was the team's Most Valuable Player twice and was twice named all-conference as a safety, after posting 295 tackles in his final two years.
He was a very productive running back, rushing for over 2,000 yards his junior and senior years. He also lettered in wrestling.
In order to meet academic requirements for College, Coakley attended Fork Union Military Academy post-graduate program for one year, before accepting a scholarship to Appalachian State University.
While at Appalachian State University he grew bigger and was switched to linebacker, becoming the first two-time winner of the Buck Buchanan Awards, given each year to the nation's top Division I-AA defensive player. He was a critical part of the defense on the 1995 Mountaineer team that finished the season unbeaten and untied.
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