Rodney K. Mazion (born February 4, 1971) is a former
American football
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defensive back
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who played five seasons in the
Arena Football League
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with the
Las Vegas Sting/Anaheim Piranhas and
Milwaukee Mustangs. He played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
and
baseball
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at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...
. He attended
Hillsborough High School in
Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...
. Mazion was drafted by the
Seattle Mariners
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in the 48th round of the
1990 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Hillsborough High School. He was again drafted by the
New York Mets
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in the 15th round of the
1993 MLB June Amateur Draft out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He played for the
Pittsfield Mets
The Pittsfield Mets were a minor league baseball based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and played their home games Wahconah Park. The team previously played as the Little Falls Mets from Little Falls, New York before an investment group organized by ...
of the New York Mets organization in 1993.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
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Living people
1971 births
Players of American football from Tampa, Florida
American football wide receivers
American football defensive backs
African-American players of American football
UNLV Rebels football players
Las Vegas Sting players
Anaheim Piranhas players
Milwaukee Mustangs (1994–2001) players
Pittsfield Mets players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople