Santana N. Dotson (born December 19, 1969) is an American former professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(NFL). He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. Dotson played

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for the Baylor Bears, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL draft. He won the 1992 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as he registered 10 sacks and then played in two

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s with the

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. He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers. Santana Dotson is working to become an NFL broadcaster, and currently appears on the " Bob & Brian Show," on WHQG Radio in Milwaukee, during the NFL season. There are several other prominent football players in the Dotson family. Alphonse Dotson, father of Santana played at Grambling University then went on to play for several teams in the NFL, ending with the Oakland Raiders. Santana Dotson also has a nephew, Alonzo Dotson, who played for the Oklahoma Sooners, then was picked up as a free agent by the Washington Redskins, whom now in his 4th season with the New York Jets as a College Area Scout (South East) after spending 5 seasons with the Green Bay Packers as an area Scout.

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Santana Dotson Foundation
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