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Removing from Category:Players of American football from South Carolina using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1951)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Barney Chavous
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| number = 79
| position = [[Defensive end]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Aiken, South Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 252
| college = [[South Carolina State Bulldogs football|South Carolina State]]
| draftyear = 1973
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 36
| pastteams =
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1973|1985}})
| highlights =
* First-team [[Little All-America college football team|Little All-American]] ([[1972 Little All-America college football team|1972]])
| statlabel1 = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue1 = 75.0
| statlabel2 = [[Fumble|Fumble recoveries]]
| statvalue2 = 8
| statlabel3 = [[Safety (gridiron football score)|Safeties]]
| statvalue3 = 1
| pfr = C/ChavBa20
}}

'''Barney Lewis Chavous''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|eɪ|v|ʌ|s}} {{respell|CHAY|vuhs}};<ref>[https://media.denverbroncos.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1977.pdf Denver Broncos 1977 Media Guide (pronunciations on page 141).] Retrieved June 8, 2020</ref> born March 22, 1951) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[defensive end]] for the [[Denver Broncos]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for [[South Carolina State Bulldogs football|South Carolina State Bulldogs]]. He was selected by the [[Associated Press]] as a first-team defensive end on the [[1972 Little All-America college football team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=UC Davis QB Is Little All-American|newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=December 6, 1972|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89272815/uc-davis-qb-is-little-all-american/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was selected by the Broncos in the second round of the [[1973 NFL draft]]

He played his entire NFL career with the Broncos from 1973 to 1985. He ranks third on the Broncos' all-time sacks list with 75 and is tied with [[Tom Jackson (American football, born 1951)|Tom Jackson]] for third in Broncos' career starts with 177.

Chavous was the head football coach at [[T. W. Josey High School]] in [[Augusta, Georgia]]. Chavous is the uncle of former [[Minnesota Vikings]] [[cornerback]] [[Corey Chavous]].
Now he works as a team sports coach at Tutt Middle school in [[Augusta, Georgia]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Broncos1973DraftPicks}}
{{Super Bowl XXXII}}
{{Super Bowl XXXIII}}

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[[Category:American football defensive linemen]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Aiken, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Denver Broncos players]]
[[Category:South Carolina State Bulldogs football players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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Barney Chavous - Revision history

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