:John Hudson (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = John Hudson

| number = 76, 66, 65

| position = Guard
Center
Long snapper

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1968|01|29}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 270

| high_school = Henry County {{avoid wrap|(Paris, Tennessee){{Cite web|title=Auburn wins fight for Paris lineman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/773079022/?match=1&terms=%22john%20hudson%22|access-date=2024-12-20|website=The Commercial Appeal|language=en-US}}}}

| college = Auburn

| draftyear = 1990

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 294

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 139

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 0

| pfr = HudsJo20

}}

John Lewis Hudson (born January 29, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a center for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, and Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers. He currently owns an animal farm on 700 acres in Paris, Tennessee.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

History

Hudson played college football at Auburn University and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eleventh round of the 1990 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1990 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was a member of the 2000 World Champion Baltimore Ravens. After retiring from the professional sport, Hudson became a high-school football coach at Henry County High School in Paris, Tennessee; he also serves as a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the town's First Baptist Church. He was inducted into the Tennessee Football Hall of Fame in 2011.[http://www.parispi.net/sports/local_sports/article_d375e630-c6d7-507a-9a90-9266a577e728.html Hudson’s dedication hasn’t gone unnoticed] Paris Post-Intelligencer, 14 February 2011

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