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Ken Harvey
#57 | Linebacker | Washington Redskins | Roster

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Profile

Height: 6-2
Weight: 236 lbs.
Born: May 6, 1965, Austin, TX
College: California
Drafted: Selected by the Phoenix Cardinals in the first round (12th pick overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Acquired: Re-signed with the Redskins as a free agent in February 1998, agreeing to a five-year, $20 million contract.

College
All-Pac-10 selection as a senior with nine sacks ... Won defensive player of the game honors at the 1988 East-West Shrine game and was the MVP of the Senior Bowl ... Transferred to Cal from Laney Community College in Oakland where he was honorable mention All-American.

Personal
Endows a $10,000 scholarship annually to Laney Community College ... Dropped out of school prior to his senior year of high school and worked as a line cook at McDonald's ... Earned his high school equivalency degree while working 14 hours a day at two jobs ... Set a weight lifting record at Cal with a combined lift of 1,885 pounds (425 bench, 525 squat, 600 dead and 335 clean).


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