Webster Slaughter
American football player
Webster Melvin Slaughter (born October 19, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 to 1998. He played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs.
Early life
Slaughter was born in Stockton, California, where he attended Franklin High School. Slaughter was raised alongside five siblings by his mother, a nurse, after his father died when Webster was 13.
Slaughter excelled in the sports of basketball, baseball, and track alongside the band and speech teams at high school. However, at the request of football coach Duke Pasquini, he played on the football team for his senior year despite his doubts due to his small size of 140 pounds (64 kg). It resulted in an All-Conference selection.
Upon graduating in 1982, Slaughter attended San Joaquin Delta College (after considering Cal State Stanislaus) for football and part-time baseball for two years before transferring to San Diego State University with a scholarship, where he played for two years. In two seasons, Slaughter caught 122 passes for 1,647 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was a second-team All-America selection as a senior.
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