Michael Eric Saxon is a retired 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...

 player. He had a 11-year career 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...

 from 1985 to 1995 as a punter. He played in Super Bowl XXVII

Super Bowl XXVII

Super Bowl XXVII was a football game played on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1992 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football Conference champion...

 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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. Saxon was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 11th round of the 1984 draft but never played for them in 1984. Saxon tried next to play in the USFL with the Arizona Outlaws in 1985 but once again didn't see any playing time