Keyon Whiteside

American football player (born 1980)

American football player

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Position:| Linebacker
Personal information
Born:|  (1980-01-31) January 31, 1980 (age 45)
Forest City, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:| 229 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:| Forest City (NC) Chase
College:| Tennessee
NFL draft:| 2003 / round: 5 / pick: 162
Career history

* Indianapolis Colts (2003)*
* Cincinnati Bengals (2003)
* Indianapolis Colts (2003–2005)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

* BCS national champion (1998)

Career NFL statistics
| Games played:| 12

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Games started:| 0
Tackles:| 4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Keyon Shontel Whiteside (born January 31, 1980) is an American former professional football linebacker of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee and was selected by the Colts in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL draft.

## Early life and college

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Whiteside participated in football, basketball and track at Chase High School in Forest City, North Carolina. He was inducted into the Rutherford County Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[1]

He played college football at Tennessee from 1998 to 2002.[1] He was redshirted in 1998, and was part of the Tennessee team that won the 1998 national championship.[1][2]

## Professional career

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Whiteside was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round, with the 162nd overall pick, of the 2003 NFL draft.[3] He played two seasons for the Colts.[4] He officially signed with the team on July 24, 2003. He was waived on August 31, 2003.[5]

Whiteside was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals on September 1, 2003.[6] He was waived by the Bengals on October 22, 2003.[5]

Whiteside was signed to the practice squad of the Colts on October 27, 2003.[5] He was promoted to the active roster on November 19 and played in five games for the Colts during the 2003 season, recording one solo tackle and one assisted tackle.[5] Whiteside appeared in seven games for the Colts in 2004, totaling two solo tackles.[5] He was placed on injured reserve on November 11, 2004.[5] He was placed on the physically unable to perform list on June 14, 2005.[5] Whiteside was waived by the Colts on July 28, 2006.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Keyon Whiteside". rcshof.org. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
2. ^ "Keyon Whiteside". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
3. ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
4. ^ "Keyon Whiteside Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Keyon Whiteside". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
6. ^ Hobson, Geoff (September 2, 2003). "Ex-Bengals draw looks". Cincinnati Bengals. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

## External links

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* Career statistics from Pro Football Reference
* Tennessee Volunteers bio

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1998 Tennessee Volunteers football—consensus national champions

* Will Bartholomew
* Shawn Bryson
* Chad Clifton
* Cosey Coleman
* Jeremaine Copeland
* Shaun Ellis
* Dwayne Goodrich
* Deon Grant
* Jeff Hall
* John Henderson
* Travis Henry
* Bernard Jackson
* Jamal Lewis
* Andre Lott
* David Martin
* Rashad Moore
* Tee Martin
* Will Overstreet
* Eric Parker
* Peerless Price
* Leonard Scott
* Travis Stephens
* Dominique Stevenson
* Corey Terry
* Raynoch Thompson
* Darwin Walker
* Fred Weary
* Eric Westmoreland
* Keyon Whiteside
* Al Wilson
* Cedrick Wilson

* Head coach: Phillip Fulmer

* Assistant coaches: Mike Barry
* Dan Brooks
* John Chavis
* David Cutcliffe
* Ryan Held
* Condredge Holloway
* Kevin Ramsey
* Kurt Roper
* Randy Sanders

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Indianapolis Colts 2003 NFL draft selections

* Dallas Clark
* Mike Doss
* Donald Strickland
* Steve Sciullo
* Robert Mathis
* Keyon Whiteside
* Cato June
* Makoa Freitas

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