Javier E. Arenas (born October 28, 1987) is an American football cornerback and return specialist for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Arenas played college football for the University of Alabama, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was selected by the Chiefs in the second round, as the 50th overall pick, of the 2010 NFL Draft.
Arenas played high school football in his hometown of Tampa, Florida at Robinson High School prior to accepting a scholarship offer from Alabama's Crimson Tide football team before the 2006 college football season. During his senior season for the Crimson Tide, he was selected as All-American by several organizations for his performance throughout the team's undefeated, 14–0 Southeastern Conference and BCS National Championship run.
[edit] College career
Arenas gets ready to return his record-setting punt return against
UT-Chattanooga.
On November 21, 2009, Javier broke Derek Abney's Southeastern Conference record for career punt return touchdowns by returning his 7th punt return for a touchdown against the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in Bryant-Denny Stadium.[2][3]
[edit] Professional career
Arenas was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2nd round, 50th overall of the 2010 NFL Draft. On July 28, 2010 Arenas signed a 4 year, $3.798 millon dollar contract with the Chiefs.[4]
Arenas scored his first career offensive touchdown on October 23, 2011, against the Oakland Raiders.
[edit] Personal
He is the cousin of Orlando Magic All-Star point guard Gilbert Arenas. His brother Armando Murillo was a Golden Helmet winner at Robinson High School in Tampa and started at defensive back for the University of Nebraska in 2007 and 2008.[5]
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Arenas, Javier |
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Arenas, Javier E. |
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All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, cornerback |
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October 28, 1987 |
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Tampa, Florida, United States |
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