Raheem Orr (born August 21, 1986) 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 ...

and

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defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

as well as a fullback in the

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(AFL) and the

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(NFL) for parts of 5 seasons. He played

High School Football High school football (french: football au lycée) is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries, but its popularity is declining, part ...

Yazoo City High School The Yazoo City Municipal School District is a public school district based in Yazoo City, Mississippi (USA). The district boundaries parallel that of Yazoo City. History In 2019, the school district was taken over by the Mississippi Department o ...

, and was recognized as an All-Conference player in 2004. After being drafted by the

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, Orr was released and ultimately signed with the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

. Raised in

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, Orr graduated from Elizabeth High School. He had a son on February 1, 2006 with his partner, Khargan Makorney (b. 1988). They were never married. After a year off of football, Orr began playing for the

Philadelphia Soul Philadelphia soul, sometimes called Philly soul, the Philadelphia sound, Phillysound, or The Sound of Philadelphia TSOP, is a genre of late 1960s–1970s soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often feat ...

in 2006. Orr played briefly for the

Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team began play in 1998 in the Arena Football League as an expansion team. They were last coached by Steve Thonn. Their home arena was the Van Andel Arena. ...

in 2008, before returning to the Soul, helping them to an

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victory.

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1986 births Living people Elizabeth High School (New Jersey) alumni Sportspeople from Elizabeth, New Jersey American football defensive ends Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players New York Giants players Philadelphia Soul players Grand Rapids Rampage players Players of American football from New Jersey {{ArenaFootballLeague-stub