Kindal Jerome Moorehead (born October 14, 1978) is an American football coach and former

defensive tackle A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that will typically line up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the offensive guards, however he may also line up opposite one of the tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the la ...

. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the

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. He was a first-team All SEC

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at Alabama. He played high school football for Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he earned USA All-American, Parade All-American, Mr. Football and a state championship in 1997. He was teammates with Cedrick Wilson Sr. who also made it to the NFL and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005. Moorehead played for the Panthers from 2003 to 2007. During the 2004 season, he served as a replacement for the injured Kris Jenkins at defensive tackle, despite playing with a sore shoulder. He joined the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

during the 2008 season. In 2010, Moorehead joined Nick Saban's staff at Alabama as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. In July 2020, he was hired at Tennessee in the same capacity.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorehead, Kindal 1978 births Living people Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee American football defensive ends American football defensive tackles Alabama Crimson Tide football players Carolina Panthers players Atlanta Falcons players