Sterling Lanard Palmer (born February 4, 1971) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...
defensive end
Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football.
This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is p ...
in the
National Football League
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for the
Washington Redskins
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. He played
college football at
Florida State University and was
drafted in the fourth round of the
1993 NFL Draft
The 1993 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 25–26, 1993, at the Marriot M ...
.
1971 births
Living people
Players of American football from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
American football defensive ends
Florida State Seminoles football players
Washington Redskins players
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