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Chad Brinker (born November 5, 1979) is an American professional football executive and former running back who is the president of football operations for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).

Early life

Brinker was born on November 5, 1979, in Martins Ferry, Ohio. His father was a coal miner. He grew up playing football and was a standout running back at Martins Ferry High School, where he also competed in track and field, baseball and basketball. He lettered all four years with the football team and became a starter as a sophomore. He totaled 3,984 rushing yards and 51 touchdowns in his stint at Martins Ferry, placing second all-time in school history in the former. He was a first-team All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference (OVAC), first-team all-valley, first-team all-district and first-team all-state choice after both his junior and senior years and was the district offensive player of the year as a senior, as well as the district nominee for the Ohio Mr. Football award and a USA Today All-American.

Brinker ran for 2,024 yards as a senior, which included a 319-yard, seven touchdown-performance against Indian Valley in only two quarters of play. He was selected to the Rudy Mumley OVAC All-Star Charity Football Classic following his senior season. He was also an all-state selection in track and field and an All-OVAC performer in basketball. He was inducted into the OVAC Hall of Fame in 2014.

College career

Brinker enrolled at Ohio University in 1998, being a redshirt for the Ohio Bobcats football team that year. He ended up winning four varsity letters for the Bobcats. His coach described him as the most hard-working player on the team and one of the team's fastest players, and as a sophomore, he had a "touchdown trifecta" – scoring a rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown, and throwing for a touchdown in an upset defeat of Miinnesota.

Early in the 2001 season, Brinker's junior year, he started to suffer from severe headaches and blurred vision. He kept his condition private and continued playing, running for 140 yards against Iowa State. By the fourth game of the season, against Toledo, his condition had worsened, and after running for 73 yards on 11 attempts, he left the game in the fourth quarter. He said that "I remember losing peripheral vision and just having the excruciating pain in my head and I guess I was forgetting plays and stuff. So my teammates are the ones that told the doctor that 'I think Chad's concussed, there's something wrong with him.'" He underwent a CAT scan, which discovered an arachnoid cyst in his brain. Afterwards, Brinker had to have surgery: a three-hour operation, which required drilling a hole in his skull, was successful in removing the cyst.

Brinker decided to continue to play football after his brain surgery. He began training three months after the surgery, and, with the clearance of doctors, he returned to the football team for the 2002 season. As a senior, he ran for 1,099 yards and 10 touchdowns. He concluded his tenure with the Bobcats having ran for 2,826 yards and 27 touchdowns while having been named All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) twice, with his rushing touchdowns total placing fourth in school history and rushing yards placing fifth. He was invited to the Hula Bowl all-star game following his senior season.

Professional career

After not being selected in the 2003 NFL draft, Brinker signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.

Executive career

References

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