Rod Manuel

{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Rod Manuel

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| number = 97

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|8}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 290

| high_school = Western Hills
(Benbrook, Texas)

| college = Oklahoma

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 199

| expansiondraftyear = 1999

| expansiondraftround = 1

| expansiondraftpick = 9

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1997|1998}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1999}})*
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2000}})*{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/2000/2?after=AAAH0AAAAAIAAAAWAAAAAAAEdsQ= |website=NFL.com |access-date=21 November 2024}}
• Grand Rapids Rampage ({{AFL Year|2001|2005}})
• Los Angeles Avengers ({{AFL Year|2006}})

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Total tackles

| statvalue2 = 1

| aflstatlabel1 = Total tackles

| aflstatvalue1 = 36

| aflstatlabel2 = Sacks

| aflstatvalue2 = 5.5

| aflstatlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| aflstatvalue3 = 3

| aflstatlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| aflstatvalue4 = 1

| aflstatlabel5 = Pass deflections

| aflstatvalue5 = 12

| pfr = M/ManuRo20

| afl = Rod_Manuel-2999

}}

Roderick Demond Manuel (born October 8, 1974) is an American former football defensive end who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Steelers in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL draft{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/manu00450.html|title=Rod Manuel|publisher=profootballarchives.com|accessdate=March 18, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318195601/http://www.profootballarchives.com/manu00450.html|archivedate=March 18, 2015|url-status=dead}} and was drafted by Cleveland Browns in the 1999 expansion draft.{{cite news|author=Ed Bouchette|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/steelers/19990210draft5.asp|title=Loss of Manuel no surprise to Steelers|date=February 10, 1999|accessdate=December 29, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013074241/http://old.post-gazette.com/steelers/19990210draft5.asp|url-status=dead}} He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. He was also a member of the Grand Rapids Rampage and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL).