Everett Lindsay
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| Position: | Assistant head coach Offensive line coach | ||||||
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| Born: | September 18, 1970 Burlington, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Millbrook (Raleigh, North Carolina) | ||||||
| College: | Ole Miss | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1993 / round: 5 / pick: 133 | ||||||
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Everett Eric Lindsay (born September 18, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning consensus All-American recognition in 1992. He played professionally for the Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
Early life
[edit]Lindsay was born in Burlington, Iowa,[2] and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Millbrook High School in Raleigh,[3] where he played for the Millbrook Wildcats high school football team.
College career
[edit]While attending the University of Mississippi, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team from 1989 to 1992. He was initially a walk-on, but later earned an athletic scholarship and anchored the offensive line under then head coach Billy Brewer. Lindsay was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1991 and 1992, and a consensus first-team All-American in 1992.
Professional career
[edit]The Minnesota Vikings selected Lindsay in the fifth round (133rd overall pick) of the 1993 NFL draft.[4] He played for the Vikings from 1993 to 1998.[5] He played for the Baltimore Ravens in 1999 and the Cleveland Browns in 2000.[2] He returned to the Vikings for his final three seasons, from 2001 to 2003.[2] During his eleven NFL seasons, he played in 136 regular season games, started 63 of them, including 32 straight starts for the Ravens and Browns in 1998 and 1999.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Transactions". NFL.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c National Football League, Historical Players, Everett Lindsay. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Everett Lindsay Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "Everett Lindsay Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2024.