Solomon Page
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| Position: | Guard / Tackle | ||||||
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| Born: | February 27, 1976 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Brashear (Pittsburgh) | ||||||
| College: | West Virginia | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1999: 2nd round, 55th pick | ||||||
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Solomon Page (born February 27, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1999 NFL draft.
Page was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he played football at Brashear High School and was an All-city selection at defensive tackle. After graduating from high school, he spent a year at Hargrave Military Academy improving his grades.[1]
College career
He accepted a football scholarship from West Virginia University. As a red-shirt freshman, he played offensive lineman, earning the starting left tackle job and grading out at 84% consistency. He blocked for fellow freshman Amos Zereoué, becoming just the 11th freshman since 1980 to earn a spot in the Mountaineer Club for players who grade at least 80 percent.
As a sophomore, he earned All-Big East honors for an offense that amassed 4,602 yards. As a junior, he was an All-Big East selection while grading out at 89% consistency for an offense that generated 5,546 total yards. He declared after the season for the NFL draft.
During his career at West Virginia, Page helped to anchor an offensive line that helped the offense produced at least 300 yards in each of his final 21 career games. He contributed to All-American running back Zereoué becoming the school and Big East's all-time leading rusher (4,054) yards, quarterback Marc Bulger becoming the school's career passing yards leader (5,995) and wide receiver David Saunders becoming the school's career leader in receiving yards. Page was an athletic coaching education major.