Nick Turnbull
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Position: | Safety |
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Born: | (1981-07-28) July 28, 1981 (age 42) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Florida International |
Undrafted: | 2006 |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Nick Turnbull (born July 28, 1981) is a former professional gridiron football safety. He played college football for the FIU Golden Panthers.
Early life and education
Turnbull is the son of James and Patricia Turnbull.[1] He was raised in Carol City and Opa-locka, Florida.[citation needed] He attended Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida,[2] where he played four years of football and three of basketball. He is a three-time All-County selection. He was named All-State after making 193 tackles and a county record 23 interceptions as a senior in high school and averaged 21.7 points and 13 rebounds for the Falcon basketball team.[3] Turnbull was a student at Florida International University from 2002 to 2005.[4]
College career
Turnbull was on the FIU Golden Panthers football team. During his career there, he finished with 16 interceptions making him the school's all-time leader. He also ties for 1st in single-season and single-game interceptions, and is 6th on the career tackles list with 267.
Professional career
He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent from 2006 - 2008.
Turnbull was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League from 2009 - 2011.
Turnbull has also played for the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals as a practive squad member.
He was one of the first three signings by the expansion Ottawa Redblacks on November 27, 2013 but retired before he could play for them.[5][6]
Personal
Turnbull lives in Miami, Florida. He is known as "The Truth". He modeled and appeared in GQ and Vogue [citation needed]. He is currently working in surgery.
External links
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- ^ "Nick Turnbull Bio > FIU". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ "Amazing journey for Bear". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "NFL Draft 2018 - Latest Draft News and Predictions". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "Nick Turnbull Bio > FIU". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ "A Day of Firsts: Ottawa signs first three free agents". Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "Competitive integrity' goal of the man who helped construct new team". montrealgazette.com. July 1, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.