Antonio Narcisse (born August 4, 1982) is an

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center who is currently a

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. He played

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at Portland State. He has been a member of the

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, Cleveland Gladiators, Spokane Shock,

Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze was a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competed in the West Division of the Arena Football League. Home games were played at the EnergySolutions Arena. In 2013, the team did not submit proper do ...

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, Portland Thunder, Pittsburgh Power, Jacksonville Sharks and San Jose SaberCats of the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

(AFL).

College career

Narcisse attended

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New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. He first played

at the College of San Mateo. Narcisse then transferred to play for the Portland State Vikings of

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, earning All- Big Sky honorable mention honors his senior year in 2005 and First Team All-Big Sky honors in 2004.

Professional career

Narcisse was rated the 15th best center in the

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by NFLDraftScout.com. Narcisse was signed by the

of the AFL on February 15, 2007. He signed with the AFL's Cleveland Gladiators on November 21, 2007. He was assigned to the Spokane Shock of the AFL on September 17, 2010. Narcisse was traded to the

with

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for

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and

Raymond McNeil Raymond McNeil (born October 14, 1984) is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Fort Valley State University and attended Jurupa Valley High School in Jurupa Valley, California. He ha ...

on May 29, 2011. He was assigned to the AFL's

on September 6, 2013. He was traded to the Portland Thunder on March 11, 2014. Narcisse was traded to the Pittsburgh Power on March 26, 2014. He was named First Team All-Arena in

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. The Power folded in November 2014. On March 14, 2015, he was assigned to the Jacksonville Sharks of the AFL. On March 25, 2015, Narcisse was placed on reassignment. On July 30, 2015, he was assigned to the AFL's San Jose SaberCats. The Sabercats won ArenaBowl XXVIII against the Jacksonville Sharks on August 29, 2015.

References

External links

Just Sports Stats
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