Eli Herring
Tackle, American football player
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Who is Eli Herring?
Eli Herring is a former Brigham Young University offensive tackle who decided not to play in the National Football League for religious reasons involving working on the Sabbath and made his intention clear to all NFL teams prior to the 1995 NFL draft. Nonetheless, the devout Mormon was drafted in the 6th round by the Oakland Raiders. He is one of few people to get drafted in the NFL after declaring an intention never to play. He is now married with seven children and works as a school teacher and assistant football coach at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah.
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- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- Springville High School
- Lived in
- Orem
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on July 23, 2013
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