Former University of Alabama and Shaw High School (Mobile, AL) great Chris Samuels has retired from playing football professionally. Chris Samuels played at the University of Alabama from 1996 to 1999. During his collegiate career he was part of the SEC Championship team in 1999 and did not yield a sack that season which led him to winning multiple awards that would include First-Team All-American, Outland Trophy, and Jacobs Trophy (SEC's best blocker).
Samuels would go on and be selected third in the 2000 draft by the Washington Redskins and have a ten year career that included six trips to the Pro Bowl. His career was cut short because of a spinal column injury known as stenosis which narrows the spinal column. He knew during his pro career that he would eventually have to call it quits earlier than he wanted to but he still played longer than doctors predicted.
"Doctors said that I only would play 6 to 7 seasons in the NFL" Samuels said," But God blessed me and gave me ten years."
Now that football is over Samuels says that he wants to go into coaching.
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