- Steve Tovar
NFL player
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1970|4|25|mf=y
Birthplace=flagicon|USAElyria, Ohio
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College=Ohio State
Position=Linebacker
DraftedYear=1993
DraftedRound=3 / Pick 59
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years=1993-1997
1998
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2000
teams=Cincinnati Bengals San Diego Chargers Carolina Panthers
San Diego Chargers
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PFR=Steven Eric Tovar (born April 25, 1970 in
Elyria, Ohio ) is a former college and professionalAmerican football linebacker and a current football coach at the University of Kansas.College career
Tovar played for the
Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1989 to 1992. He led Ohio State in tackles for three-consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1992, and currently ranks fourth in school history with 414 total tackles and 239 solo tackles. In his senior year Tovar was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (selected by the conference coaches) after recording 128 tackles. He was three-time All-Big Ten selection, and a two-timeAmerican Football Coaches Association All-America selection. As a senior, Tovar was elected team co-captain (along withquarterback Kirk Herbstreit ).Tovar was inducted into the
Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 2001.NFL career
Tovar was a third round selection by the
Cincinnati Bengals in the1993 NFL Draft . He had an eight-year career in the National Football League, including five years with the Bengals, two with theSan Diego Chargers , and one with theCarolina Panthers .Coaching
Tovar spent the 2004 and 2005 football seasons with the Army Black Knights, coaching linebackers under head coach
Bobby Ross . He then joined theMiami Dolphins staff, under coachNick Saban . In 2007, Tovar joined the coaching staff ofUniversity of Kansas Jayhawks underMark Mangino as linebackers coach.Trivia
Tovar was the first of 21 players recruited by Ohio State
head coach John Cooper to earnAll-America status at Ohio State.
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