John Tait (American football)
John Tait at the Bears 2008 training camp
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 26, 1975 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 312 lb (142 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Brigham Young | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 148 |
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| Games started: | 139 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 1 |
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John Bernard Tait (born January 26, 1975) is a former American football offensive tackle, who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was selected with the 14th overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs out of Brigham Young University and played for the Chiefs for five years.
He is a 1993 graduate of in Tempe, Arizona.
At Brigham Young University, Tait started 38 games during his three-year college career. Tait was an All-America pick his final season and earned first-team All-WAC honors as a sophomore and a junior. Eligible for a fifth year of college action after redshirting as a true freshman in 1993, Tait declared for the draft. He served as the captain for the BYU offense and started all 13 games at left tackle as a junior. He was a first-team All-WAC choice, earned first-team All-America honors from Football News (1998), was named National Offensive Lineman-of-the-Year by The Sports Network and received a freshman All-America nod from The Sporting News.
Regarded as the No. 1 offensive tackle available in the 1999 NFL Draft, Tait was selected 14th overall by the Chiefs.Sports Illustrated described him as "a pure left tackle" with "no real physical weaknesses".
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