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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | February 21, 1953 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Miami, Florida | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Coral Gables (FL) | ||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | ||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 159 |
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Games started: | 84 |
Interceptions: | 5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Glenn Scott Cameron (born February 21, 1953) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Cameron played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.
Cameron was born in Miami, Florida in 1953. He attended Coral Gables High School in Coral Gables, Florida, and he was a star high school football player for the Coral Gables Cavaliers.
Cameron accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played linebacker for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1971 to 1974. Cameron was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an Associated Press third-team All-American in 1974.
Cameron graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in management in 1976, and returned to earn a law degree in 1987. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1984. The sportswriters of The Gainesville Sun ranked him as one of the 100 greatest Gators (No. 43) of the first century of Florida football in 2006.