Cleveland Pinkney III (born September 14, 1977) is a former

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

defensive tackle A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that typically lines up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the Guard (American football), offensive guards; however, he may also line up opposite one of the offensive Tackle (gridir ...

who played in the

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(NFL). He last played for the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home game ...

. Pinkney attended and played football at Sumter High School. He graduated from the

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. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has also played for the Carolina Panthers.

External links

Cleveland Pinkney at Buccaneers.comCleveland Pinkney at Fox Sports.comCleveland Pinkney at CBS SportslineCleveland Pinkney at SI.com
1977 births Living people Players of American football from Sumter, South Carolina American football defensive tackles Copiah–Lincoln Wolves football players South Carolina Gamecocks football players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Carolina Panthers players Detroit Lions players 20th-century American sportsmen {{defensive-lineman-1970s-stub