Ronald Allen Carpenter Jr. (born January 20, 1970) is an American former professional
football
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player who was a
defensive back
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for five seasons in the
National Football League
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(NFL) with the
Cincinnati Bengals
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,
Minnesota Vikings
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.
New York Jets
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, and
St. Louis Rams
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. He played
college football
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for the
Miami RedHawks
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in
Oxford, Ohio
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, where he was a three-time first-team All-
Mid-American Conference
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player and served as captain his senior season. He was voted to the Miami University All-Millennium team by ''
The Cincinnati Enquirer
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'' in 2000. He was also inducted into the Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 14, 2016. Carpenter was also an All-World League player for the
Amsterdam Admirals
The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, playing in the NFL Europe.
History
The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart the World League of American Football, t ...
and spent seasons with the
New York CityHawks of the
Arena Football League
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(AFL), the
Los Angeles Xtreme
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of the
XFL, and the
Nashville Kats
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,
Georgia Force
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, and
Detroit Fury
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of the AFL. He owns a
Super Bowl ring
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from the 1999 Rams and an XFL Championship ring from the 2001 Xtreme. Following his professional career, Carpenter took up coaching and scouting, having scouted for Pro Football Scouts Inc., the
Tennessee Titans
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as a scouting intern, and coached for Princeton High School in Ohio, the Georgia Force,
Central State University
Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-y ...
,
Indiana University
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, Miami University and the
University of Central Arkansas
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.
References
External links
Stats Crew profile
1970 births
Living people
American football defensive backs
Amsterdam Admirals players
Cincinnati Bengals players
Miami RedHawks football coaches
Miami RedHawks football players
Minnesota Vikings players
New York Jets players
St. Louis Rams players
New York CityHawks players
Nashville Kats players
Georgia Force players
Detroit Fury players
High school football coaches in Ohio
Central State Marauders football coaches
Indiana Hoosiers football coaches
Central Arkansas Bears football coaches
Los Angeles Xtreme players
20th-century American sportsmen
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