Eugene Yon Chung was a former American football

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 offensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

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 from 1992 to 1997. He is currently the Assistant to the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia Eagles

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When the New England Patriots

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 drafted

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 him 13th overall out of Virginia Tech in the 1992 NFL Draft

1992 NFL Draft

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, Chung became the first Korean American

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 player to be drafted in the first round of an NFL draft. He would go on to play three seasons with New England. Chung was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars

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 in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft

1995 NFL Expansion Draft

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. He played one season with the Jaguars and one with the Indianapolis Colts

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before retiring.