Sedrick Hodge (born September 13, 1978) is a former
American football
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linebacker
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who played in the
National Football League
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(NFL) for the
New Orleans Saints
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from 2001 to 2005. He was drafted in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft.
He was signed by the
Miami Dolphins
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before the 2006 season but was cut right before the season began. Before his NFL career, Sedrick was a standout linebacker at
The Westminster Schools
The Westminster Schools is a Kindergarten –12 private school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded in 1951.
History
Westminster originated in 1951 as a reorganization of Atlanta's North Avenue Presbyterian School (NAPS), a girls' school a ...
in
Atlanta
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and played
college football at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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.
NFL career statistics
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
1978 births
Living people
American football linebackers
New Orleans Saints players
North Carolina Tar Heels football players
The Westminster Schools alumni
Players of American football from Fayetteville, Georgia
Players of American football from Atlanta
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