Rod Payne was born on June 14,1974 and is an American former professional football player who was a center for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
21 Facts About Rod Payne
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Rod Payne played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1993 to 1996, earning first-team All-American honors in 1996.
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Rod Payne was selected by the Bengals in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft.
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Rod Payne won a Super Bowl with the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.
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Rod Payne became a high school football coach and was named the 2007 South Florida Sun-Sentinel Class 3A-2A-1A Coach of the Year.
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In March 2009, Payne was announced as the defensive line coach for Florida Atlantic University.
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Rod Payne is a personal fitness trainer at The Facility for Personal Training in Boca Raton.
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Rod Payne started 40 games during his four years at the University of Michigan, including 37 consecutive games.
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Rod Payne was twice named first team All Big Ten and in 1996 was named the Most Valuable Player on the Michigan team, a team co-captain, and a first team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
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Rod Payne once broke his right wrist during the Michigan-Michigan State Paul Bunyan Trophy game and proceeded to snap the ball for the rest of his game with his left hand.
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Rod Payne was selected in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Rod Payne was a backup with the Bengals from 1997 to 1998 and was released in September 1998.
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Rod Payne sat out the 1999 NFL season and had surgery on both knees.
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Rod Payne signed with the Baltimore Ravens in April 2000 and was released at the end of training camp.
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Rod Payne has served on the board of the Michigan Letterwinners M Club Alumni Association.
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Since retiring from football, Rod Payne has operated a shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he customized cars, hosted a sports talk radio show in Ann Arbor, taught special education, been a personal trainer, and served as managing partner of a gym in the Ann Arbor area.
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Rod Payne is a speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Rod Payne, who was an only child himself, is married and has one child.
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Rod Payne was living in Boca Raton, Florida and coaching the football and wrestling teams at Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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On March 13,2009, Rod Payne was announced as the new defensive line coach at Florida Atlantic University under head coach Howard Schnellenberger.
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Rod Payne was hired to coach Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton, Florida for the 2012 season.