Deshea Townsend
American football player and coach (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trevor Deshea Townsend (born September 8, 1975) is an American football coach and former cornerback who currently is the defensive backs coach and defensive pass game coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He previously worked as an assistant coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals.
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Position: | Defensive passing game coordinator & defensive back coach | ||||||||||||
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Born: | (1975-09-08) September 8, 1975 (age 48) Batesville, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | South Panola (Batesville, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117 | ||||||||||||
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Townsend played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round (117th overall) in the 1998 NFL Draft, where he spent his entire career, besides his final year with the Indianapolis Colts.