Brad Shearer
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Sterling Bradford Shearer (born August 10, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman for three seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning unanimous All-American honors and recognition as the best college interior lineman in the country in 1977. A third-round pick in the 1978 NFL draft, he played professionally for the NFL's Chicago Bears.
Early life
Shearer was born in Houston, Texas.[1] He graduated from Westlake High School in Westlake Hills, Texas,[2] a suburb of Austin, where he played for the Westlake Chaparrals high school football team.
College career
Shearer received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1974 to 1977.[3] He was a two-time All-Southwestern Conference selection in (1975, 1977),[4] As a senior team captain in 1977, he averaged ten tackles per game, led the Longhorns to a No. 1 ranking,[3] and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.[5] He was also awarded the Outland Trophy, recognizing him as the best interior lineman during the 1977 college football season.[3][6]
Professional career
The Chicago Bears picked Shearer in the third round (74th pick overall) of the 1978 NFL draft,[7] and he played for the Bears from Template:NFL Year to Template:NFL Year.[1] In three NFL seasons, he appeared in thirty-four regular season games for the Bears, and started two of them.[8] He did not play during the Template:NFL Year regular season,[8] and his pro career was later cut short by a knee injury.[9]
See also
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- 1977 College Football All-America Team
- List of Texas Longhorns football All-Americans
- Texas Longhorns
References
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- ↑ a b National Football League, Historical Players, Brad Shearer. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Brad ShearerTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ a b c TexasSports.com, Football, All-Time Lettermen, Brad Shearer Profile. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ TexasSports.com, Football, All-Conference Template:Webarchive. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ 2011 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 7 (2011). Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Shearer Named Outland WinnerTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".," The News and Courier (December 11, 1977). Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1978 National Football League Draft Template:Webarchive. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Associated Press, "Bears pay Shearer for wounded knee," Ottawa Citizen (December 11, 1986). Retrieved June 26, 2012.
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