Maurice Antoine Turner is a former

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in the

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. He was drafted in the twelfth round of the

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by the

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and would play with the team during the

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before splitting the following season between the Vikings and the

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. After a year away from the NFL, he was a member of the

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during the

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. His youngest son,

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, was an All-American offensive lineman at

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, and is currently playing as an

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for the New York Jets. His oldest son, Bryan Kehl, is a former NFL

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