Colin Madison (born June 13, 1989) is a former

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. Madison initially played football at

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in Villa Park, IL; following his graduation, he attended

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. Madison started a total of twenty-eight games at Temple. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2011. In 2012, Madison made his

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debut with the Chicago Rush. He started in a total of seven games that season. In 2013, the Rush made him a primary starter on their offensive line; Madison started in eighteen games that season. In addition to his regular duties as an offensive lineman, Madison scored three touchdowns for the Rush as a

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. The team folded at the end of the 2013 season; as such, Madison joined the AFL's Pittsburgh Power. Madison started in all of the Power's regular season games; he was named to the All-Arena Second Team. The Power, despite posting a 15-3 record in 2014, folded in November of that year. In light of this, Madison was assigned to the

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on March 18, 2015. The SaberCats would go on to win ArenaBowl XXVIII at the end of the 2015 season; Madison started eighteen games on the season. On January 15, 2016, Madison was assigned to the

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for the 2016 season. He was selected by the

Shenzhen Naja The Wuhan Gators were a professional arena football team based in Wuhan, Hubei. They were members of the China Arena Football League (CAFL). They were originally called the Shenzhen Naja and were based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. They were named afte ...

of the

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(CAFL) in the fourth round of the

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. On July 6, 2017, Madison was assigned to the

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. On April 16, 2019, Madison was assigned to the Brigade again.

References

External links

San Jose SaberCats bio

Temple University bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madison, Colin 1989 births Living people American football offensive linemen Temple Owls football players Chicago Rush players Pittsburgh Power players San Jose SaberCats players Los Angeles Kiss players Shenzhen Naja players People from Villa Park, Illinois Players of American football from DuPage County, Illinois Monterrey Steel players Baltimore Brigade players