Huey Whittaker
American football player (born 1981)
American football player
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| Position: | Wide receiver / Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1981-06-19) June 19, 1981 (age 42) Spring Hill, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Spring Hill (FL) Springstead | ||||||||||
| College: | South Florida | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||||
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Hubert Alton George "Huey" Whittaker (born June 19, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at South Florida.
He has also been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Storm, Utah Blaze, New York Jets and Spokane Shock.
Early life
Whittaker attended Frank W. Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Florida, where he was named a St. Petersburg Times All-Suncoast selection as a senior with 10 receiving touchdowns.[1]
College career
Whittaker attended Hudson Valley Community College before transferring to the University of South Florida.
Professional career
New York Jets
Whittaker was signed to a future contract by the New York Jets on January 2, 2009.[2][3][4] He was waived on August 12 when the team signed placekicker Parker Douglass. He was re-signed on August 16 only to be waived again on August 30.
Spokane Shock
Whittaker was a starting wide receiver for the Spokane Shock in 2010.
Florida Tuskers
Whittaker was signed by the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League on August 26, 2010.
References
- ^ Greg Auman (August 15, 2000). "Whittaker hopes to catch on as USF". www.sptimes.com. St. Petersburg Time. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ "New York Jets bio". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
- ^ Lebefeld, Dan (April 10, 2009). "Sleeper at WR in Jets off-season program". Jets Confidential. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
- ^ Boland, Erik (April 16, 2009). "Morning minicamp practice". Newsday. Retrieved April 23, 2009.[permanent dead link]
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Spokane Shock ArenaBowl XXIII champions
- 0 Greg Orton
- 1 Alex Teems
- 2 Quorey Payne
- 3 Kyle Rowley (MVP)
- 4 Jeremy Geathers
- 5 Eddie Thompson
- 6 Will Mulder
- 7 Antwan Marsh
- 8 Markee White
- 9 Erik Meyer
- 11 Aaron Robbins
- 12 Travis Williams
- 13 Mervin Brookins
- 14 Brian Zbydniewski
- 15 Raul Vijil
- 16 Taylor Rowan
- 17 Huey Whittaker
- 19 Emery Sammons
- 21 Shaun Kauleinamoku
- 22 Tito Hannah
- 44 Mike Alston
- 56 Jerry Turner
- 72 Rob McMackin
- 75 Ed Taʻamu
- 77 Richard Clebert
- 91 Harrison Nikolao
- 94 Adam Juratovac
- 97 Clay Harrell
- 99 Ben McCombs
- Head coach: Rob Keefe
- Assistant coaches: Travis Crusenberry
- Steve Emtman
- Matthew Sauk
- Alex Sirianni
