:Chad Dukes (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}

{{About|the former NFL runningback|the Washington-area radio personality|Chad Dukes (radio personality)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Chad Dukes

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|29}}

| birth_place = Albany, New York

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| number = 32, 42

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| position1 = Running back

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| college = Pittsburgh

| playing_years1 = 1996–1998

| playing_team1 = Albany Firebirds (AFL)

| playing_years2 = 1998

| playing_team2 = San Diego Chargers(NFL)*

| playing_years3 = 1999-2000

| playing_team3 = Washington Redskins (NFL)

| playing_years4 = 2000

| playing_team4 = Jacksonville Jaguars(NFL)

| playing_years5 = 2000

| playing_team5 = St. Louis Rams(NFL)

| playing_years6 = 2001

| playing_team6 = Carolina Panthers(NFL)*

| playing_years7 = 2002

| playing_team7 = Los Angeles Avengers (AFL)

| playing_years8 = 2002–2003

| playing_team8 = Manchester Wolves (af2)

| playing_years9 = 2004–2005

| playing_team9 = Colorado Crush (AFL)

| playing_years10 = 2006

| playing_team10 = Philadelphia Soul (AFL)

| playing_years11 = 2007

| playing_team11 = Austin Wranglers (af2)

| career_highlights = * First-team All-Arena (1997, 1998)

  • Second-team All-Arena (2002)

| NFL = DUK270111

| DatabaseFootball = DUKESCHA01

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Chad Everett Dukes (born December 29, 1971) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins (1998–2000), San Diego Chargers (1998), St. Louis Rams (2000) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (2000) and played four games total in his NFL career (two for Jaguars, two for Skins). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh. Dukes played on the Albany Firebirds (1998–1999) before his NFL career, the Colorado Crush (2004), the Manchester Wolves (2002–2003) and the Philadelphia Soul after his NFL career in the Arena Football League. Dukes won AFL Ironman of the year in 1998 when he was with the Firebirds. In 2004, he was a part of the 2004 Crush ArenaBowl XIX Championship team. In 2002, Dukes was named the defensive af2 Tough Man of the Year while playing for the Manchester Wolves in 2002.