Brandon Renee Whiting is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 who played for the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 and San Francisco 49ers

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Early years

Whiting played high school football at Long Beach Polytechnic High School

Long Beach Polytechnic High School

Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a High school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States....

 in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California

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. The high school was later named the "Sports School of the Century" by Sports Illustrated magazine in 2005. Whiting joins many other talented graduates. Long Beach Poly boasts having sent more players to the NFL than any other high school in the country. Polytechnic High School

College career

Whiting, a four-year starter on the defensive line for the CAL Golden Bears, earned second team All-Pac-10 honors as a junior and senior, and honorable mention as a freshman. He wrapped up his stellar career with 24.5 sacks, which ranks as the third-best total in school history, and ranks sixth all-time with 35 tackles for loss. A two-time team captain, Whiting earned team awards as a senior for Most Valuable Defensive Lineman and the Joe Roth Award for courage, attitude, and sportsmanship. He was a three-time Pac-10 Conference All-Academic team member, carrying a 3.24 GPA in Developmental Studies at Cal.CAL Bears

Philadelphia Eagles

Whiting was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft

1998 NFL Draft

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