The Gators' outstanding offensive line was called "The Great Wall of Florida," and included Ker, Phil Bromley, Lomas Brown, Billy Hinson and Jeff Zimmerman. As a senior, he was a starter at right tackle on the Gator's 1984 squad that, at the time, was considered the finest Gators football team ever. He played two years for coach Charley Pell and coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football teams. Ker's nickname among his Gators teammates was "Big Daddy," and he could bench-press up to 515 pounds making him one of the strongest players in college football. The Florida Gators football coaches were convinced of Ker's talent and offered him a football scholarship to attend the University of Florida for his last 2 years of eligibility in 19. As a sophomore, he was recognized as a junior college ("JUCO") All-American in 1982. On the advice of a friend, Ker called the football coach at Arizona Western College who invited him to walk-on to the football team. He graduated in 1980, but he wanted to play at a big school to improve his chances of being drafted in the NFL, so he worked out during the first year after graduation, adding another fifty pounds to his six-foot, four-inch frame. Īs a senior, he was named All-Conference and the Dunedin Falcons football team won a Pinellas County championship, but no Division I football programs recruited him to play college football. He had not played high school football before his junior year, but he started working out after beginning high school at 145 pounds, he bulked up to 210. During his junior year in high school, he decided to become a professional football player. Ker attended Dunedin High School in Dunedin. During school semester breaks and vacations, he also waited tables and cooked in the kitchen. In the mid-1970s, George managed the kitchen at a sports restaurant in Clearwater, Florida, where Ker worked as a busboy while he was in high school. After school, and during weekends and summers, Ker followed his father's steps with his work ethic. When Ker was young, his family moved to Florida, and his father worked several jobs to support the family in Dunedin, Florida running a lawn service during the day and working at a convenience store at night. His father George immigrated to the United States from Scotland, and had previously served in the British Army as a Buckingham Palace guard. Ker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the only son of George and Anne Ker. He played college football at the University of Florida. * Offseason and/or practice squad member onlyĬrawford Francis Ker (born May 5, 1962) is a former American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. Ker as CEO of Ker's WingHouse Bar & Grill
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