Tarek Saleh

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

{{Distinguish|Tareq Saleh}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tarek Saleh

| image =South Dakota-Wisconsin Football Captains Tarek Saleh (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Saleh in 2024

| number = 94, 92, 40, 54

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|7}}

| birth_place = Woodbridge, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 240

| high_school = Notre Dame
(West Haven, Connecticut)

| college = Wisconsin

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 122

| expansiondraftyear = 1999

| expansiondraftround = 1

| expansiondraftpick = 6

| pastteams =

• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|1997|1998}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1999|2001}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1996)
• Second-team All-American (1995)
• 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1995, 1996)

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 42

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = SaleTa20

}}

Tarek Muhammad Saleh (born November 7, 1974) is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected in the fourth 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=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for the Carolina Panthers from 1997 to 1998 and the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2001. He is one of the few Palestinian Americans to have played in the NFL.[https://www.espn.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/9474113/oday-aboushi-new-york-jets-defends-muslim-extremist-comments Jets' Oday Aboushi defends himself]. ESPN. Originally published by Associated Press. 2013-07-12.

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