La'Roi Damon Glover is an American former football defensive tackle who is the defensive line coach for the St Louis BattleHawks of the XFL.
29 Facts About La'Roi Glover
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La'Roi Glover played college football at San Diego State University.
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La'Roi Glover spent five seasons with the New Orleans Saints, four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and finished his playing career with the St Louis Rams.
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At Point Loma, La'Roi Glover lettered in football, wrestling, and track, and he earned awards in all three sports.
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La'Roi Glover is the third player from Point Loma High School to have his jersey retired along with Marcel Brown and Eric Allen.
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La'Roi Glover graduated from San Diego State in 1999 with double major in public administration and sociology.
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The day after the Raiders waived him, La'Roi Glover signed with the New Orleans Saints on August 25,1997.
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In 1998, La'Roi Glover started 15 of 16 games and had 59 tackles, 10 sacks, three forced fumbles, and an interception.
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La'Roi Glover then made 8.5 sacks, 46 tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in 1999.
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La'Roi Glover was a solid starter during his three seasons with Mike Ditka, but his career blossomed when Jim Haslett was hired as the Saints coach in 2000 and decided to move him to the three-technique tackle within a great front four group.
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La'Roi Glover became a unanimous first-team All-Pro selection and earned a Pro Bowl berth as he helped lead the Saints to a division championship and first-ever playoff win.
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La'Roi Glover was voted the New Orleans Saints defensive MVP.
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Amidst his accolades, La'Roi Glover boasted 53 tackles, three forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery.
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La'Roi Glover was the lone choice of the Saints Hall of Fame Media Selection Committee.
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La'Roi Glover provided a veteran locker room presence, helped anchor a young defensive line and was an integral part of the transformation from a losing team into one that returned to the playoffs.
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La'Roi Glover played in all 64 games during his four seasons with the Cowboys, registered 21.5 sacks and forced five fumbles.
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La'Roi Glover was released at the end of the year, because he wasn't seen as a good fit for the new defense and salary cap considerations.
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La'Roi Glover made the most of his relatively brief stay, leaving as one of the best players in franchise history and one of its best free agent signings.
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La'Roi Glover is the only Cowboys player to make the Pro Bowl in his first four seasons with the team.
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In 2006, La'Roi Glover signed as a free agent with the St Louis Rams, reuniting him with Jim Haslett.
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La'Roi Glover was the Rams 2007 Walter Payton Man of the Year.
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On June 22,2009, La'Roi Glover officially announced his retirement from the National Football League.
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La'Roi Glover was an extremely durable player and compensated for a lack of size with great tenacity and textbook technique.
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La'Roi Glover was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers as their assistant defensive line coach on April 9,2019.
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La'Roi Glover missed the team's week 13 game against the New England Patriots in 2020.
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La'Roi Glover was officially hired by the St Louis BattleHawks on September 13,2022.
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La'Roi Glover is married to Spring, and they have three children: La'Roi Jr.
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La'Roi Glover earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Fontbonne University in St Louis, MO in 2012.
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La'Roi Glover is a guest member on the Football Night sportscaster team of San Diego television station KNSD.