1. William Rodney Hudson was born on July 12,1989 and is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League.
35 Facts About Rodney Hudson
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Rodney Hudson played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning All-American honors twice.
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Rodney Hudson played for the Oakland Raiders and Arizona Cardinals.
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Rodney Hudson attended BC Rain High School in Mobile, where he was a two-way lineman for the Raiders high school football team.
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Rodney Hudson graded out at 95 percent for his entire senior season with a total of 47 pancake blocks, while being a standout on defense as he recorded 55 tackles as defensive tackle.
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Rodney Hudson earned All-State first team honors as a junior and senior.
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Besides his football commitments, Rodney Hudson was forced to work nights at a local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant to support his single mother throughout high school.
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Rodney Hudson selected Florida State over West Virginia and Southern Miss, among others.
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Rodney Hudson attended Florida State University, and played for coach Bobby Bowden and coach Jimbo Fisher's Seminoles teams from 2007 to 2010.
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Rodney Hudson was named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in the Seminoles' victory over the second ranked Boston College.
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Rodney Hudson was the winner of the ACC Jacobs Blocking Award as the league's most dominant offensive lineman.
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Rodney Hudson earned FWAA first-team All-American honors and was an Associated Press second-team All-American.
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Rodney Hudson was a first-team All-ACC selection for the third consecutive season, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American.
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Rodney Hudson was listed as the 24th best player in FSU history by the Orlando Sentinel before his senior season had even been played.
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Rodney Hudson was graded as the sixth best available offensive guard in the 2011 NFL draft and projected to be a second to third round pick by Sports Illustrated.
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Rodney Hudson was projected to be moved to center, due to his "limited size".
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Rodney Hudson was ranked as the best Center and the 52nd overall prospect by NFLDraftScout.
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Rodney Hudson was selected in the second round, with the 55th overall pick, by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Rodney Hudson was the highest selected Seminoles offensive lineman since Alex Barron went 19th overall to the St Louis Rams in 2005.
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Rodney Hudson entered training camp his rookie year competing with veteran Casey Wiegmann for the starting center position.
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Rodney Hudson was named the backup center to Wiegmann to begin the regular season.
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Rodney Hudson made his regular season debut in the Kansas City Chiefs' season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills.
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Rodney Hudson entered training camp in 2012, competing with Rob Bruggeman and Cam Holland to be the Chiefs' starting center.
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Head coach Romeo Crennel named Rodney Hudson the starting center to begin the regular season.
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Rodney Hudson was placed on injured-reserve for the remainder of the season three days later and finished his second season with three starts in the first three games.
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Rodney Hudson returned in time for training camp and competed with Eric Kush and Tommie Draheim to keep his job as the starting center.
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Rodney Hudson entered the 2014 regular season as the Kansas City Chiefs' de facto starter at center.
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Rodney Hudson started all 16 regular season games for the first time in his career and became a free agent after the season.
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Rodney Hudson finished his first season with the Raiders giving up only eight pressures and starting 13 games.
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Rodney Hudson missed Weeks 10,12, and 13 with a sprained right ankle and had Tony Bergstrom fill in.
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Rodney Hudson returned as the Raiders' starting center in 2016, started all 16 regular season games, and was the only player on the team to play every offensive snap.
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Rodney Hudson was selected to his first Pro Bowl along with fellow Raider's offensive linemen Donald Penn and Kelechi Osemele.
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On December 19,2017, Rodney Hudson was named to his second Pro Bowl along with fellow Raider offensive linemen Donald Penn and Kelechi Osemele for the second straight year.
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Rodney Hudson was named the Cardinals starting center for the 2021 season.
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Rodney Hudson started the first four games, then missed the next five games before being placed on injured reserve on November 12,2022.