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Position: | Linebacker / Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Semmes, Alabama, U.S. | December 3, 1974
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Mobile (AL) Montgomery |
College: | Alabama |
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 7 / Pick: 236 |
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Ralph Lahquan Staten (born December 3, 1974) is a former American football linebacker and defensive back. He played college football at Alabama before being selected in the seventh round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. [1] He later also played for Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [2]
In the 1995 Alabama season, Staten had three interceptions including one against Ole Miss returned 61 yards for a touchdown. He was named to the 1996 All-SEC football team after a 12 sack season. Staten wore number 41 for the Crimson Tide, a hallowed number at Alabama also worn by former All-Americans Courtney Upshaw, Roman Harper, and Vaughn Mancha [3]
On December 4, 2013, Staten was arrested in George County, Mississippi, following a high-speed chase with the police. [4] He was charged with driving under the influence, and was also being considered a " person of interest" in connection to a missing person case in George County, according to authorities. [5] A white man, Welford Lee "Pork Chop" McCarty, was later convicted of the missing man's murder. [6]