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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 28, 1981 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Florida International |
| Undrafted: | 2006 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Nick Turnbull (born July 28, 1981) is a former professional gridiron football safety. He played college football for the FIU Golden Panthers.
Turnbull is the son of James and Patricia Turnbull.[1] He was raised in Carol City and Opa-locka, Florida.[citation needed] He attended Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida,[2] where he played four years of football and three of basketball. He is a three-time All-County selection. He was named All-State after making 193 tackles and a county record 23 interceptions as a senior in high school and averaged 21.7 points and 13 rebounds for the Falcon basketball team.[3] Turnbull was a student at Florida International University from 2002 to 2005.[4]
Turnbull was on the FIU Golden Panthers football team. During his career there, he finished with 16 interceptions making him the school's all-time leader. He also ties for 1st in single-season and single-game interceptions, and is 6th on the career tackles list with 267.
He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent from 2006 - 2008.
Turnbull was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League from 2009 - 2011.
Turnbull has also played for the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals as a practive squad member.
He was one of the first three signings by the expansion Ottawa Redblacks on November 27, 2013 but retired before he could play for them.[5] [6]
Turnbull lives in Miami, Florida. He is known as "The Truth". He modeled and appeared in GQ and Vogue[citation needed]. He is currently working in surgery.