Chad Levitt

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Chad Levitt
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Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1975-11-21) November 21, 1975 (age 48)
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school: Cheltenham (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)
College: Cornell
NFL draft: 1997  / Round: 4 / Pick: 123
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player. [1]

He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds. [1] [2] [3] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993. [4] [5]

In football his 1,601 yards (1,464 m) in his senior year set a new Cheltenham High School single season rushing record, and he was First-team and Outstanding Player of Suburban One Liberty League, Academic All-League, and a Montgomery County All Star. [5] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star. [5] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League. [5] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award. [5]

Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back. [1] [3] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior. [5] He set a Cornell and Ivy League career record for most rushing attempts (922), and a Cornell-best record for 100-yard (91 m) rushing games in a career (24). In 1996, he rushed for 1,435 yards (1,312 m) and was the ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year. [5]

He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. [6] [7] He played two seasons in the National Football League. [1] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders. [1]

In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5] [8] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [3] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. [5]

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