Angel Estrada (born March 12, 1978, from

Bronx, New York The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

) is a former

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and

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for the

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of the

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. He played

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West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Ins ...

High school

Estrada attended John F. Kennedy High School in

and was a letterman in football and

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Collegiate career

Angel Estrada attended

Nassau Community College Nassau Community College (NCC) is a Public college, public community college in the East Garden City, New York, East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York, Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, New York (state), N ...

in 2000, where he earned Junior College All-American honors. Estrada attended

after junior college, where became a walk-on and earned his scholarship before starting at safety the rest of his career. As a junior, Estrada earned second team All-

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honors and earned first-team honors as a senior after grabbing two interceptions in 2002.

Professional career

NIFL

After college, Estrada worked as a residential counselor in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

. He then joined the

National Indoor Football League The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, ...

with the

Ohio Valley Greyhounds The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed thems ...

for a season, where he led the league with 14 interceptions and totaled 425 yards on 30 receptions and 12 touchdowns. Awards: * Rookie of the Year from the Greyhounds * NIFL Defensive MVP * NIFL All-star

Nashville Kats

After his season in the Indoor League, Estrada joined the

with the

Nashville Kats The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to A ...

for his rookie season. He started all three games he played in, recording his first career interception against the

, where he finished out the season.

New York Dragons

After ending his rookie season with the

, Estrada finished his second season in the AFL with 32 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception.

Grand Rapids Rampage

In 2007, Estrada played his third season with the

Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team began play in 1998 in the Arena Football League as an expansion team. They were last coached by Steve Thonn. Their home arena was the Van Andel Arena ...

. He finished the season with 23 tackles in only five games, missing the rest due to injury.

Return to New York

For the 2008 season, Estrada returned to the

, where he played in 2006. He was again injured but finished with 16.5 tackles, a fumble recovery, and an interception.

References

External links

Angel Estrada's Stats

'Eers in Pros Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Estrada, Angel 1978 births Living people American football wide receivers Players of American football from New York (state) New York Dragons players Nassau Community College alumni West Virginia University alumni