Chad Levitt
No. 31
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1975-11-21) November 21, 1975 (age 48)
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:Cheltenham (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)
College:Cornell
NFL Draft:1997 / Round: 4 / Pick: 123
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player.[1]

He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds.[1][2][3] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993.[4][5]

In football his 1,601 yards (1,464 m) in his senior year set a new Cheltenham High School single season rushing record, and he was First-team and Outstanding Player of Suburban One Liberty League, Academic All-League, and a Montgomery County All Star.[5] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star.[5] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League.[5] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award.[5]

Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back.[1][3] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior.[5] He set a Cornell and Ivy League career record for most rushing attempts (922), and a Cornell-best record for 100-yard (91 m) rushing games in a career (24). In 1996, he rushed for 1,435 yards (1,312 m) and was the ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year.[5]

He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft.[6][7] He played two seasons in the National Football League.[1] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders.[1]

In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5][8] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Chad Levitt, RB". Nfl.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Jared Shelly (May 15, 2008). "Inductees Join Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". The Jewish Exponent. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  4. ^ Philadelphia Daily News http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A3F01F3A8192&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved October 31, 2011. ((cite news)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Inductions | Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Phillyjewishsports.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  6. ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ^ "Chad Levitt NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. November 21, 1975. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  8. ^ "Seibald Named Jewish Scholar Athlete of the Year". Ivyleaguesports.com. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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