Chad Levitt
American football player (born 1975)
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Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player.[2]
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||
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| Born | November 21, 1975 Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Cheltenham (Wyncote, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||
| College | Cornell | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1997: 4th round, 123rd overall pick | ||||||||||
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He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds.[2][3][4] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993.[5][6]
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.[6] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star.[6] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League.[6] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award.[6]
Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back.[2][4] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior.[6] 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.[6]
He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL draft.[7][8] He played two seasons in the National Football League.[2] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders.[2]
In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[6][9] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[4] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.[6]