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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Destrehan, Louisiana | January 17, 1956||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Destrehan (Destrehan, Louisiana) | ||||||||
College: | Nicholls State | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1978 | ||||||||
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Rusty Rebowe (born January 17, 1956) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Rebowe from Norco, Louisiana played high school football at Destrehan High School where he was named Class 3A state defensive most valuable player in 1973.[1][2] His team won the 1973 LHSAA 3A state championship.[1][3]
Rebowe played college football at Nicholls State University.[4] In his junior year in 1976, he was named second-team All-Gulf South Conference and during his senior year in 1977, he was named player of the year in the Gulf South Conference and was a consensus first-team Associated Press All-American, first-team Kodak All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and first-team NCAA All-American.[1][5] He finished his career as the all-time leading tackler in school history with 655 total tackles (solo and assists), all-time leader in solo tackles with 412, all-time leader for tackles in a season with 239 and tackles in a game with 23.[6]
Rebowe was a free agent selection of the New Orleans Saints in 1978 and played for the team during the 1978 season.[7][8] In 1979, he was a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.[1][2]
Rebowe's brother, Tim Rebowe, is the current head coach at Nicholls State.[2][9]