Ahmad Rashād
Ahmad Rashād;(born November 19, 1949) is an American sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former professional football player. He was the fourth overall selection of the 1972 NFL Draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals.
An All-American running back and wide receiver from Oregon,
Rashād was converted back to wide receiver while with the Cardinals, where he played for two seasons. He then played for the Buffalo Bills (1974), and most notably, the Minnesota Vikings (1976–1982), where he earned four Pro Bowl selections from 1978 to 1981.
Born Robert Earl Moore in 1949 in Portland, Oregon, he played high school football in Tacoma, Washington. Rashād graduated from Mount Tahoma High School and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Oregon in Eugene. He played football for the Ducks under head coach Jerry Frei, became a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and majored in elementary education at Oregon.
Rashād in January 2009
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Tacoma (WA) Mount Tahoma | ||||||||
College: | Oregon | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||
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College Football Hall of Fame
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