Kirk Botkin
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| Position: | Tight end/ Long snapper | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 19, 1971 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Baytown, Texas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Robert E. Lee High School (Baytown, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Arkansas Razorbacks football | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 48 |
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| Games started: | 1 |
| Receptions / Yds: | 6 / 55 |
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Kirk Randal Botkin (born March 19, 1971) is the Defensive Coordinator for the South Carolina State University Bulldogs football team and a former American football tight end and long snapper who played four seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has since coached football at the collegiate level. Botkin and his wife, the former Rebecca Holloway, have three children, Lane, Ty and Brynn.
Botkin was born in Baytown, Texas where he attended Robert E. Lee High School.
Botkin matriculated at the University of Arkansas. In 1992, he was selected to the All-SEC football team, named by the conference's coaches. He was the first Razorback to ever earn that honor.
Botkin went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft, but was signed by the New England Patriots just afterward. He was released by the Patriots during training camp in August 1994. He was picked up by the New Orleans Saints once the 1994 season was underway. He remained with the Saints though the 1995 season.
Botkin was waived by the Saints prior to the 1996 season, but was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was used by the Steelers over the next two seasons primarily as a long snapper, but also saw some work at tight end due to an injury to the team's starting tight end, Mark Bruener.
Botkin did not return for 1998 after the Steelers rescinded a contract offer to him.
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