Chris Hudson (American football)
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | October 6, 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 199 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Worthing (Houston) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Colorado | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1995 / round: 3 / pick: 71 | ||||||||||||
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Christopher Reshard Hudson (born October 6, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s and early 2000s. Hudson played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning consensus All-American honors in 1994. A third-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1995 NFL draft, he also played professionally for the Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
Early life
[edit]Hudson was born in Houston, Texas.[1] He attended Worthing High School in Houston,[2] and played high school football for the Worthing Colts.
College career
[edit]While attending the University of Colorado at Boulder, Hudson played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1991 to 1994. He was a versatile defensive back who could play any position in the backfield and play it well.[3] As senior in 1994, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and won the Jim Thorpe Award awarded annually to the best college defensive back in the nation.[3][4] He finished his college career with the second-most interceptions in Buffaloes team history, and fifth on the team's all-time list for pass deflections.[3]
Professional career
[edit]The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Hudson in the third round (71st pick overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft.[5] He played for the Jaguars from 1995 to 1998.[1] He also was a member of the Chicago Bears in 1999, and after a year off in 2000, returned to the NFL in 2001 with the Atlanta Falcons.[1] During his six his seasons in the NFL, he played in 77 regular season games, started in 63 of them, and compiled 11 interceptions.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c National Football League, Historical Players, Chris Hudson. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Chris Hudson Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c Jim Thorpe Association, Thorpe Award Winners, Chris Hudson Archived December 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ 2010 Division I Football Record Book, Award Winners and All-Americans, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 10 (2010). Retrieved February 7, 1914.
- ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Chris Hudson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.