Kevin Lesley Ross (born January 16, 1962 in Camden, New Jersey) was a cornerback and safety who played 14 seasons in the National Football League. He is nicknamed "Rock".
Ross played high school football at Paulsboro High School in Paulsboro, New Jersey and went on to attended Temple University.
The Chiefs' seventh pick in the 1984 NFL Draft, he became a starter his rookie season and perfected a classic bump-and-run coverage that made him hard to...
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Kevin Lesley Ross (born January 16, 1962 in Camden, New Jersey) was a cornerback and safety who played 14 seasons in the National Football League. He is nicknamed "Rock".
Ross played high school football at Paulsboro High School in Paulsboro, New Jersey and went on to attended Temple University.
The Chiefs' seventh pick in the 1984 NFL Draft, he became a starter his rookie season and perfected a classic bump-and-run coverage that made him hard to beat in the secondary. For his career in Kansas City, he picked off 30 passes and score 5 touchdowns. Ross played in a total of 156 games for the Chiefs. He went to Atlanta as a free agent before the 1994 season and later returned to play in five games in 1997.
Along with former teammate Albert Lewis, Ross was named one of the NFL's top 10 defensive back tandems by the NFL Network.
He was assistant secondary and quality control coach with the San Diego Chargers. After the Chargers' disappointing 2009 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers,...
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