1. Joe Profit was born on August 13,1949 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League.
18 Facts About Joe Profit
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Joe Profit spent two seasons, plus part of a third, on the Atlanta Falcons before moving to the New Orleans Saints.
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Joe Profit was selected in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 1971 NFL draft.
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Joe Profit spent the 1974 season with the Birmingham Americans and 1975 with the Birmingham Vulcans, both of the World Football League.
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Joseph Joe Profit was one of nine children born to Simon and Ethel Joe Profit in one of the poorest areas in America, Lake Providence, Louisiana.
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Joe Profit graduated from Richwood High School in Monroe, Louisiana, and afterwards briefly attended Alcorn State before transferring to the University of Louisiana, Monroe.
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However, due to various reasons, Joe Profit left Alcorn with his sights on the University of Louisiana-Monroe.
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Joe Profit was the Conference's all-time rushing champion with 2,818 yards, 538 carries and he set 10 school records, including most yards in a game.
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Joe Profit received first-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.
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Joe Profit was the first athlete to have his number retired in the school's history.
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Joe Profit was selected in the first round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
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Joe Profit was the first running back in Atlanta Falcons' history to ever rush for 169 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns in a single game.
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Joe Profit serves as president and CEO of Multimedia Digital Broadcast Corporation.
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Joe Profit specializes in a Proprietary Internet Protocol Television and broadband technologies.
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Joe Profit was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission Small Business Advisory Committee, the International Trade Board Subcommittee for Policy, International Trade Board Subcommittee for Policy, Federal Reserve Board, the White House Small Business Advisory Committee, and the US Department of Transportation Advisory Board.
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Joe Profit initially decided to run for the open seat in Georgia's 7th congressional district, but on December 23,2019 decided to switch races to challenge one-term incumbent Congresswoman Lucy McBath.
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Joe Profit was defeated by former Republican congresswoman Karen Handel in the Republican primary election.
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Joe Profit married his first wife, Deborah Robinson, in 1971 and had four children from that union.