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Position: | Running back |
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Born: | Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 21, 1975
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) |
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High school: | Cheltenham ( Wyncote, Pennsylvania) |
College: | Cornell |
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 4 / Pick: 123 |
Career history | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player. [1]
He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds. [1] [2] [3] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993. [4] [5]
In football his 1,601 yards (1,464 m) in his senior year set a new Cheltenham High School single season rushing record, and he was First-team and Outstanding Player of Suburban One Liberty League, Academic All-League, and a Montgomery County All Star. [5] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star. [5] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League. [5] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award. [5]
Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back. [1] [3] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior. [5] He set a Cornell and Ivy League career record for most rushing attempts (922), and a Cornell-best record for 100-yard (91 m) rushing games in a career (24). In 1996, he rushed for 1,435 yards (1,312 m) and was the ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year. [5]
He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. [6] [7] He played two seasons in the National Football League. [1] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders. [1]
In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5] [8] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [3] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. [5]
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No. 31 | |
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Position: | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 21, 1975
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Cheltenham ( Wyncote, Pennsylvania) |
College: | Cornell |
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 4 / Pick: 123 |
Career history | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player. [1]
He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds. [1] [2] [3] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993. [4] [5]
In football his 1,601 yards (1,464 m) in his senior year set a new Cheltenham High School single season rushing record, and he was First-team and Outstanding Player of Suburban One Liberty League, Academic All-League, and a Montgomery County All Star. [5] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star. [5] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League. [5] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award. [5]
Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back. [1] [3] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior. [5] He set a Cornell and Ivy League career record for most rushing attempts (922), and a Cornell-best record for 100-yard (91 m) rushing games in a career (24). In 1996, he rushed for 1,435 yards (1,312 m) and was the ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year. [5]
He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. [6] [7] He played two seasons in the National Football League. [1] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders. [1]
In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5] [8] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [3] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. [5]
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