 Waters at the2009 Pro Bowl | |||||||
| No. 54, 64 | |||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | (1977-02-18)February 18, 1977 (age 48) Waxahachie, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Waxahachie | ||||||
| College | North Texas (1995–1998) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1999: undrafted | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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Brian Demond Waters (born February 18, 1977) is an American former professionalfootball player who was anguard in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theNorth Texas Mean Green and was signed by theDallas Cowboys as anundrafted free agent in 1999. He played most of his career for theKansas City Chiefs, and also played for theNew England Patriots. He earned sixPro Bowl selections during his career.
Waters was born inWaxahachie, Texas,[1] and attendedWaxahachie High School. Helettered infootball. As a senior, he was an All-District honoree as both atight end anddefensive end. He made 16receptions for 380 yards onoffense, and made fivesacks and 66tackles ondefense.
Waters attended theUniversity of North Texas where he played for theNorth Texas Mean Green football team. He started his first three years attight end, while recording 86 receptions for 975 yards and ninetouchdowns. As a senior, he was moved todefensive end, but also played as a backupfullback and tight end. On defense, he had 45 tackles (32 solo) and 5 sacks.[2]
TheDallas Cowboys signed him as anundrafted free agent after the1999 NFL draft to playtight end andfullback. He was released duringtraining camp.
TheKansas City Chiefs signed him as afree agent during the2000 offseason and sent him to play with theBerlin Thunder inNFL Europe, with the plan of converting him tocenter.
Waters was named anAll-Pro twice and was selected to thePro Bowl five times in his 11-year career with theKansas City Chiefs.[3] In 2003, he was a part of a 13-3 Chiefs team.[4] During the2004 season, Waters was selected as theAFC Offensive Player of the Week for his play during a game against theAtlanta Falcons on October 24, 2004.[5] The Chiefs scored an NFL-record eight rushing touchdowns during that game.[5] Waters is the onlyoffensive lineman in the AFC to have received the award,[6] and the only lineman in the NFL to win since 1992.[7] Waters was recognized as the recipient of the 2009Walter Payton Man of the Year Award which honors a player's contribution on the field as well as off.[8] He was ranked 67th by his fellow players on theNFL Top 100 Players of 2011.[9]
After 11 seasons in Kansas City, he was released on July 28, 2011.[10]
On September 4,2011, Waters signed with theNew England Patriots.[11] Waters, who started every game at right guard for the Patriots, was voted a starter for thePro Bowl. After never having won a playoff game before the 2011 season, Waters played for the Patriots inSuper Bowl XLVI.[12] Prior to the start of the2012 season, Waters refused to report to the Patriots. Waters said that if he were to play in2012, it would be for a team close to his family in Texas. The Patriots finally released Waters from his contract on April 30,2013.[13]
TheDallas Cowboys signed Waters to a one-year contract worth $3 million on September 3, 2013.[14]
Waters announced his retirement on September 2, 2014.[15]