McKinley Boykin (born March 24, 1983) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive tackle A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that will typically line up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the offensive guards, however he may also line up opposite one of the tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the la ...

who played one season in the

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. He was signed by the

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as an

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in 2006. He played

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. Boykin was also a member of the Cologne Centurions,

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and

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Professional career

New Orleans Saints

Boykin was allocated by the

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in the spring of 2007 and played for the Cologne Centurions. He played in three regular season games in the NFL. Boykin tallied up 10 tackles in three games.

Florida Tuskers

Boykin was signed by the

of the United Football League on August 17.

Virginia Destroyers

He was released on August 29, 2011.

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Just Sports Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boykin, McKinley 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Bessemer, Alabama Players of American football from Jefferson County, Alabama American football defensive tackles Ole Miss Rebels football players New Orleans Saints players Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) players Florida Tuskers players Virginia Destroyers players Orlando Predators players