Kenny Easley
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| Position: | Strong safety | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 15, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Chesapeake, Virginia | ||||||||||
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| College: | UCLA | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||||
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| Interceptions: | 32 |
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| Interception yards: | 538 |
| Touchdowns: | 3 |
| Sacks: | 8.0 |
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Kenneth Mason Easley Jr. (born January 15, 1959) is a former American college and professional football player who was a strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a three-time consensus All-American. A first-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, Easley played professionally for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks from 1981 to 1987.
In 1984, Easley was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press. He was a four-time All–Pro selection and was elected to the Pro Bowl five times in his career. Easley's career ended after the 1987 season, when he was diagnosed with severe kidney disease.
After retirement, Easley owned a Cadillac dealership, and later, the Norfolk Nighthawks AF2 team from 1999–2003. In 1998, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. On February 4, 2017, he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Easley was born in Chesapeake, Virginia. Easley graduated from Oscar F. Smith High School in Chesapeake, VA where he became the first player in the history of Virginian high school football to rush and pass for over 1,000 yards in a single season. As a result, he was named as an All-State and All-American selection at quarterback. On September 6, 1996, Oscar F. Smith High School honored Easley and two other football graduates Ed Beard and Steve DeLong by naming its football stadium "Beard–DeLong–Easley Field".
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