Mike Meade (born February 12, 1960) is a former
running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball,
and block. Ther ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
.
Biography
Meade was born Michael Lee Meade on February 12, 1960, in
Dover, Delaware.
Career
Meade was drafted by the
Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the
1982 NFL Draft
The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 27–28, 1982, at the New York Sh ...
and played two seasons with the team before playing two seasons with the
Detroit Lions. He played at the collegiate level at
Pennsylvania State University.
See also
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List of Green Bay Packers players
The following is a list of notable past or present players of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team.
All-time roster
* Green Bay Packers players: A-D
* Green Bay Packers players: E-K
* Green Bay Packers players: L-R
* Green Bay ...
*
List of Detroit Lions players
This is a list of American football players who have played for the Detroit Lions or for the Portsmouth Spartans (1930–33), in the National Football League (NFL). It includes players that have played at least one match in the NFL regular seas ...
References
1960 births
Living people
People from Dover, Delaware
Green Bay Packers players
Detroit Lions players
American football running backs
Penn State Nittany Lions football players
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