Scott Thomas Kowalkowski (born August 23, 1968) is a former American football

American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 who played for the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 and the Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

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 in a ten year career that lasted from 1991 to 2001 in the National Football League

National Football League

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.

Kowalkowski played college football

College football

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 at the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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 and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL Draft

1991 NFL Draft

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 by the Eagles. His father, Bob Kowalkowski

Bob Kowalkowski

Robert Kowalkowski was a former American Football offensive guard who played for the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers in a twelve year career that lasted from 1966 to 1977 in the National Football League....

, also played with the Lions.

Kowalkowski played high school football at Saint Mary's Preparatory in Orchard Lake, Michigan, where he was an All-American defensive lineman. He graduated from Saint Mary's in 1987.