Eddie George

Edward Nathan George Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is the current head football coach at Tennessee State University. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily for the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans franchise. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a player, and the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and won the Heisman Trophy in 1995. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Tennessee Titans (both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers) and Dallas Cowboys. Post-football, he earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. In 2016, he appeared on Broadway in the musical Chicago as the hustling lawyer Billy Flynn. His jersey was retired by the Titans during a halftime ceremony against the Indianapolis Colts on September 15, 2019. He also owns a restaurant in Columbus called Eddie George Bar and Grille 27. In 2004, he married American singer, rapper, actress, and author Tamara 'Taj' Johnson. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

All 18Movies 11TV 7

It's in the Game: Madden NFL

Self

Untold: The Murder of Air McNair

Self - NFL Titans/Oilers Running Back (archive footage)

The Great Heisman Race of 1997

Self (archive footage)

Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair

Self

Show Me the Father

Self

Run the Race

Tom

Magnum P.I.

Travis Leet

Another Version of You

Mortimer

Walk of Fame

Rookie

Shooter

Ron Perkins

Ballers

Eddie George

Knife Fight

Tony Blanchard

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

NCIS: Los Angeles

Byron Brown

The Game Plan

Club Guest

7-10 Split

Self

Into the Sun

Jones

Coach

Eddie George