Clarence Burgess Owens is a retired safety who played ten seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 for the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 and the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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. He graduated from Rickards High School in Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida

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 in 1969, and then attended the University of Miami

University of Miami

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, where he was an All-American defensive back.

Owens was a first round draft pick of the Jets in 1973. During his rookie season, he returned a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown against the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 on October 28. This was the Jets' only TD scored on a kickoff return during the 1970s. He then became a continuous starting player for the Jets, and was a part of the Raiders' 1980

Super Bowl XV

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 championship team.

Owens is married with six children and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.