Santana Dotson

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Born (1969-12-19) December 19, 1969 (age 56)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight287 lb (130 kg)
Santana Dotson
Dotson in 2013
No. 71
PositionsDefensive end, defensive tackle
Personal information
Born (1969-12-19) December 19, 1969 (age 56)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight287 lb (130 kg)
Career information
High schoolYates (Houston, Texas)
CollegeBaylor
NFL draft1992: 5th round, 132nd overall pick
Career history
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics
Tackles460
Sacks49
Fumble recoveries6
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Santana N. Dotson (born December 19, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).[1][2] He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. Dotson played college football for the Baylor Bears, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991. He was selected 132nd overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL draft.[3] He won the 1992 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as he registered 10 sacks and then played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers.[4]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleVertical jumpBroad jumpBench press
6 ft 4+14 in
(1.94 m)
267 lb
(121 kg)
33+34 in
(0.86 m)
9+58 in
(0.24 m)
5.03 s1.86 s3.00 s4.62 s28.5 in
(0.72 m)
9 ft 1 in
(2.77 m)
17 reps

Santana Dotson is working to become an NFL broadcaster, and currently appears on the "Bob & Brian Show," on WHQG Radio in Milwaukee, during the NFL season.

There are several other prominent football players in the Dotson family. Alphonse Dotson, father of Santana played at Grambling University then went on to play for several teams in the NFL, ending with the Oakland Raiders. Santana Dotson also has a nephew, Alonzo Dotson, who played for the Oklahoma Sooners, then was picked up as a free agent by the Washington Redskins, whom now in his 4th season with the New York Jets as a College Area Scout (South East) after spending 5 seasons with the Green Bay Packers as an area Scout.

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