Eddie George
Known for ActingBorn 1973-09-24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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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.
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Known for
The Game Plan
2007 · as Club Guest
Into the Sun
2005 · as Jones
Walk of Fame
2017 · as Rookie
Run the Race
2019 · as Tom
Show Me the Father
2021 · as Self
7-10 Split
2007 · as Self
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair
2024 · as Self - NFL Titans/Oilers Running Back (archive footage)
Another Version of You
2018 · as Mortimer
Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair
2022 · as Self
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
2023 · as Self (archive footage)
Knife Fight
2013 · as Tony Blanchard