Willie Roaf played college football for Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, where he earned consensus All-American honors.
19 Facts About Willie Roaf
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Willie Roaf was a first-round pick in the 1993 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
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Willie Roaf graduated from Pine Bluff High School, where he played for the Pine Bluff Zebras high school football and basketball teams.
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Willie Roaf was lightly recruited out of high school, and even considered pursuing basketball instead of football in college.
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Willie Roaf's father, Clifton George Roaf, was a dentist and his mother, Andree Layton Roaf, was the first black woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Willie Roaf received an athletic scholarship to attend Louisiana Tech University, where he had an outstanding career for the Bulldogs from 1989 to 1992.
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Willie Roaf began his professional football career with the NFL's New Orleans Saints, who drafted him with the eighth pick of the first round in the 1993 NFL Draft.
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Willie Roaf played nine seasons for the Saints; he was named to seven Pro Bowls, and won a spot on both the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team and the 2000s All-Decade Team, making him the most awarded player in Saints history.
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Willie Roaf suffered a season-ending injury in 2001 and then was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in March 2002 for a conditional draft choice.
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Willie Roaf played four more seasons with the Chiefs, and was selected for the Pro Bowl in each of those four years, for a total of 11 Pro Bowl selections.
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Willie Roaf played a pivotal role in the run block on the offense with the most rushing touchdowns back to back seasons in NFL history.
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On July 28,2006, Willie Roaf told the Kansas City Star that he was retiring from football.
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In 2009 Willie Roaf took his first coaching job, as the offensive line coach at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.
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Willie Roaf has been elected to Sports Halls of Fame for Louisiana Tech Athletics, Arkansas, Louisiana, Greater New Orleans, and the New Orleans Saints.
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Willie Roaf went into the Saints Ring of Honor Arkansas Black Hall of Fame along with his mother, a legacy inductee.
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Willie Roaf was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Willie Roaf is in the Kansas Chiefs Chiefs Hall of Honor, was as NFL 100th Anniversary Team finalist, and has been inducted to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
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Willie Roaf was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and attended Pine Bluff High School.
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Willie Roaf's father, Clifton Roaf, was a dentist and his mother, Andree Layton Roaf, was the first black woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court.