Cody Whitehair
| No. 65 Chicago Bears | |||||||
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| Position: | Center | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 11, 1992 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Kearney, Nebraska | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Abilene (KS) | ||||||
| College: | Kansas State | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2016 | |||||||
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Cody Michael Whitehair (born July 11, 1992) is an American football center for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kansas State.
High school career
A native of Abilene, Kansas, Whitehair attended Abilene High School, where he was a two-way lineman for the Cowboys football varsity. In his senior year he was named to PrepStar magazine’s All-Midlands Region team after being credited with 140 pancake blocks and 81 total tackles (41 solo, 40 assisted) with 15 sacks on the season, as Abilene finished 10–1 after losing to Buhler in the second round of the KSHSAA 4A state playoffs.
College career
After redshirting his first year at Kansas State in 2011, Whitehair became a starter at guard in 2012 and 2013. Prior to his junior year in 2014, he moved to offensive tackle, where he started as a junior and senior.[1][2][3][4]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 4 in | 301 lb | 32 3⁄8 in | 10 1⁄8 in | 5.08 s | 4.58 s | 7.32 s | 9 ft 2 in | 16 reps | |||||||||||
| All values from NFL combine[5] | |||||||||||||||||||
Whitehair was selected in the 2nd round, 56th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2016 NFL draft.
References
- ↑ Whitehair makes smooth transition on K-State offensive line
- ↑ Kansas State’s Cody Whitehair finds home at left tackle
- ↑ O-line Anchor: ’Cats' Whitehair embraces being leader for K-State
- ↑ Cody Whitehair embraces extra responsibility as Kansas State’s left tackle
- ↑ http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/profiles/cody-whitehair?id=2555132