| Dennis Weathersby | |
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| Date of birth: | June 16, 1980 |
| Place of birth: | Glendora, CA |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Cornerback |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time A cornerback ( CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a positional role played by a member of the defensive team in American and Canadian 85 m) |
| Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) |
| College: | Oregon State |
| NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 4 |
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| 2003 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Dennis Weathersby (born June 16, 1980 in Glendora, California) is a former NFL cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals. This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA Oregon State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research[[ university]] located in Corvallis, Oregon, United The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters The 2003 National Football League Draft took place on April 26–27 2003 The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. A cornerback ( CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a positional role played by a member of the defensive team in American and Canadian The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
College career
Weathersby played in college for Oregon State University. Oregon State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research[[ university]] located in Corvallis, Oregon, United At OSU he started 45 games, and set a school record of 57 passes deflected. He was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team 4 consecutive years. The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States.
NFL Career
Weathersby was projected to be drafted in the first or second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. The 2003 National Football League Draft took place on April 26–27 2003 However, on April 20, 2003, only three days before the NFL draft, he was shot in the back in an apparent gang-related shooting when he and his friend were mistaken for gang members. Despite the incident, the Bengals still drafted him in the fourth round joining his former Oregon State teammates Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh who were also drafted. Touraj (T J Houshmandzadeh Jr (born September 26, 1977 in Victorville California) is an American football player of Iranian He survived and recovered from the shooting, but his injuries took longer than expected to heal and he only played in 4 games his rookie season.
On April 12, 2004 he was involved in a car accident that put him into a coma. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. Dennis eventually came out of the coma and made such progress as to astound his doctors. The first sign that he might recover was when he was still supposedly unconscious and was visited by Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. Marvin Ronald Lewis ( September 23, 1958) is the Head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League since January Dennis' foot was hanging from his hospital bed when Lewis told him to put it back in the bed. Weathersby promptly put it back in his bed. Unfortunately for Weathersby, the Bengals, believing that he would never play football again, cut him before the 2005 season.
Despite his run of bad luck, Dennis is making another attempt at coming back to the NFL. It was reported by ESPN that doctors cleared him to resume work on May 17, 2006, and that he is eager to get back to playing. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
As of March 2008 however, Weathersby decided to recognize the gift of life and health he had been given. He states that he did not want to put himself at risk for a hit that could reverse the damage, as well as his desire to 'follow God's will' and step away from professional football. Dennis states he is currently preparing for his CBEST test (to become a teacher) and has just passed the first set of tests in the application process for the City of Los Angeles Fire Department.
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