Bubby Brister
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | August 15, 1962 Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Neville (Monroe, Louisiana) | ||||||||
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| NFL draft | 1986: 3rd round, 67th overall pick | ||||||||
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Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister III (born August 15, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave and Northeast Louisiana Indians before being selected in the third round of the 1986 NFL draft by the Steelers.
Brister played high school football in Monroe, Louisiana and enrolled at Tulane University in New Orleans. He transferred to Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in Monroe in 1984. He was a two-sport athlete and was selected out of high school in the 1981 Major League Baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers. He played a season of minor league baseball with the Bristol Tigers in Bristol, Virginia before attending college for football.