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Ozzie Newsome with the Baltimore Ravens
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Tight end, Alabama, 1974–⁠77

Ozzie Newsome

Born
Mar 16, 1956, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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Ozzie Newsome played tight end at Alabama (1974–⁠77). He was a consensus All‑American in 1977. The Cleveland Browns took Newsome in the first round, No. 23 overall in the 1978 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.

Best season
1977
Consensus All-American and First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 23
Overall, 1978 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 1974, 1975 and 1977

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 3 (1981, 1984–⁠85) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1984 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1984; AP second team 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985; Pro Football Writers first team 1979, 1984; Sporting News first team 1984; NEA first team 1984; Pro Football Weekly first team 1984; and 1 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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