Amos Zereoué (born October 8, 1976 in Ivory Coast) is an African-born former American football player in the National Football League, who last played for the New England Patriots. During his college career Zereoué played for West Virginia University before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 95th pick of the 1999 NFL Draft.
He now owns and operates a restaurant in Manhattan, New York, called Zereoué.
Zereoué was raised by a single fa...
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Amos Zereoué (born October 8, 1976 in Ivory Coast) is an African-born former American football player in the National Football League, who last played for the New England Patriots. During his college career Zereoué played for West Virginia University before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 95th pick of the 1999 NFL Draft.
He now owns and operates a restaurant in Manhattan, New York, called Zereoué.
Zereoué was raised by a single father in Hempstead, New York; he lived in a group home called "Hope for Youth", in Bellmore, NY, during his high school years, owing to legal trouble in junior high school and the concerns of his father that the drugs and crime of the neighborhood he grew up in were undermining his ambition.
Zereoué attended Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, New York and was a letterman in football. Zereoué set Long Island records of 5,360 yards and 59 touchdowns at Mepham, earning Street & Smith All-America recognition. He was also the first two...
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