Jason Chorak (born September 23, 1974) is a former
All-American American football
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linebacker
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.
Collegiate career
In 1996, he won the
Washington Huskies' season award for the defensive L. Wait Rising Lineman Of Year,
Pacific-10 Conference
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's
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and
College Football All-America Team
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(by
The Sporting News
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and
Football News
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).
In 1996, he led the team with a single season record of 14.5 sacks and finished his career with 25.5 sacks (a career record that would hold up until 2009).
NFL career
He was selected in the
1998 NFL Draft
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by the
St. Louis Rams
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The arri ...
in the seventh round (236th overall) with a
compensatory pick. In 1998, he played for the
Indianapolis Colts
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, contributing 1 sack and 3 tackles in 8 games.
Post NFL Career
He played for the
XFL
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Sports
* XFL (2001), a defunct American football league that played its only season in 2001
* XFL (2020), a professional American football league
Vehicles
* Bell XFL Airabonita, a 1940 U.S. Navy experimental interceptor aircra ...
's
Chicago Enforcers
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.
Chorak is of
Croat origin. His parents are
Croatian immigrants.
Washington's Wild-man Linebacker
Sports Illustrated
See also
* Washington Huskies football statistical leaders
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References
External links
Just Sports StatsNFL.com
Jason Chorak
* ttp://www.all-xfl.com/chicagoenforcers/team/roster/jasonchorak.htm Chicago Enforcers Roster Jason Chorak
All-American college football players
Washington Huskies football players
American people of Croatian descent
Indianapolis Colts players
Chicago Enforcers players
1974 births
Living people
People from Vashon, Washington
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