Rob Waldrop

Rob Waldrop
No. 98
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	December 1, 1971 (age 50); Atlanta, Georgia
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	276 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school:	Scottsdale (AZ) Horizon
College:	Arizona
NFL Draft:	1994 / Round: 5 / Pick: 156
Career history
	Kansas City Chiefs (1994); Memphis Mad Dogs (1995); Toronto Argonauts (1996–1997);
Career highlights and awards
	Morris Trophy (1992); Consensus All-American (1992); Unanimous All-American (1993); Outland Trophy (1993); Bronko Nagurski Trophy (1993); UPI Lineman of the Year (1993); Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year (1993); Arizona Wildcats Jersey No. 92 retired; 2× CFL All-Star (1996, 1997); 2× CFL East All-Star (1996, 1997); 2× Grey Cup champion (1996, 1997);
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	College Football Hall of Fame

Robert F. Waldrop (born December 1, 1971) is a former American college and professional gridiron football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at the University of Arizona, where he was a two-time consensus All-American for the Wildcats. Waldrop played professionally for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, and the Memphis Mad Dogs and Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Early years[]

Waldrop was born in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] He attended Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona,^[2] where he played for the Horizon Huskies high school football team.

College career[]

While attending the University of Arizona, Waldrop played for the Arizona Wildcats football team from 1990 to 1993. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 1992 and 1993. He was also the recipient of the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in the country, the Nagurski Award as the best defensive player, and United Press International's Lineman of the Year award. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.^[3]

Professional career[]

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Waldrop in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft,^[4] and he played for the Chiefs in three regular season games in 1994.^[5] He played for the CFL's Memphis Mad Dogs in 1995, and for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 1996 and 1997. He gained his greatest recognition with the Argos, when he was a member of their back-to-back Grey Cup championship teams in 1996 and 1997, and was selected as a CFL All-Star in both years.

References[]

^ National Football League, Historical Players, Rob Waldrop. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Rob Waldrop Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ "Rob Waldrop". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1994 National Football League Draft. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Rob Waldrop. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[nflprofile-1] National Football League, Historical Players, Rob Waldrop. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[dbfprofile-2] tabaseFootball.com, Players, Rob Waldrop Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[cfhofprofile-3] "Rob Waldrop". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[4] Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1994 National Football League Draft. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[pfrprofile-5] Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Rob Waldrop. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

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v t 1992 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Gino Torretta RB Marshall Faulk RB Garrison Hearst WR O. J. McDuffie WR Sean Dawkins TE Chris Gedney OL Lincoln Kennedy OL Will Shields OL Aaron Taylor OL Willie Roaf OL Everett Lindsay C Mike Compton
Defense	DL Eric Curry DL John Copeland DL Chris Slade DL Rob Waldrop LB Marcus Buckley LB Marvin Jones LB Micheal Barrow DB Carlton McDonald DB Carlton Gray DB Deon Figures DB Ryan McNeil
Special teams	PK Joe Allison P Sean Snyder

v t 1993 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Charlie Ward RB Marshall Faulk RB LeShon Johnson WR J. J. Stokes WR Johnnie Morton OL Mark Dixon OL Stacy Seegars OL Aaron Taylor OL Wayne Gandy C Jim Pyne
Defense	DL Rob Waldrop DL Dan Wilkinson DL Sam Adams LB Trev Alberts LB Derrick Brooks LB Jamir Miller DB Antonio Langham DB Aaron Glenn DB Jeff Burris DB Corey Sawyer
Special Teams	PK Bjorn Merten P Terry Daniel KR David Palmer

v t Pac-12 Football Player of the Year winners
Overall (1975–1982)	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin and Moon 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey
Offensive (1983–present)	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 S. Broussard 1990 G. Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and A. Smith 1999 Walters 2000 Tuiasosopo 2001 Harrington 2002 Gesser and Palmer 2003 Leinart 2004 Bush and Leinart 2005 Bush 2006 Lynch 2007 Dixon 2008 Rodgers 2009 Gerhart 2010 Luck 2011 Luck 2012 Lee 2013 Carey 2014 Mariota 2015 McCaffrey 2016 Browning 2017 Love 2018 Minshew 2019 Moss 2020 J. Broussard 2021 London
Defensive (1983–present)	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and D. Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 R. Thomas 2002 Suggs 2003 Ball 2004 Cody and Swancutt 2005 Ngata and 2006 Hughes 2007 Ellis 2008 Maualuga 2009 Price 2010 Paea 2011 Kendricks 2012 Sutton 2013 Sutton 2014 Wright 2015 Buckner 2016 Jackson 2017 Vea 2018 Burr-Kirven 2019 Weaver 2020 Hufanga 2021 Lloyd
Freshman (1999–2008)	1999 Kelly 2000 Suggs 2001 T. Johnson and R. Williams 2002 M. Williams 2003 Browner 2004 Miller 2005 and M. Thomas 2006 Byrd, Mays and Verner 2007 Locker 2008 Rodgers
Freshman Offensive (2009–present)	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 D. Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack 2014 Freeman 2015 Rosen 2016 Darnold 2017 Taylor and Little 2018 Jefferson 2019 Slovis 2020 Jordan 2021 de Laura
Freshman Defensive (2009–present)	2009 Burfict 2010 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack 2014 Jackson 2015 C. Smith 2016 Rapp 2017 Schooler 2018 2019 Thibodeaux 2020 Sewell 2021