Drayton Florence

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Drayton Florence
Date of birth	December 19, 1980
Place of birth	Ocala, Florida
Position(s)	DB
College	Tuskegee
NFL Draft	2003 / Round 2 / Pick 46
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
2003-	San Diego Chargers

Drayton Florence, Jr. (born December 19, 1980 in Ocala, Florida) is an American football defensive back for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL Drayton was an all-district selection at Vanguard High School in Ocala, Florida, but spent sophomore year at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, South Carolina.^{[citation needed]} He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Tuskegee University. Florence attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga prior to going to Tuskegee. He is the cousin of Chicago Rush wide receiver Carlos Wright.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Personal Foul During 2007 AFC Divisional Playoff Game against Patriots

On Sunday, January 14, 2007 in the AFC Divisional Playoff game against the New England Patriots, Florence committed a personal foul, head-butting Patriot TE Daniel Graham following a 3rd and long play.^[1] During the play, the Charger defense had stopped the Patriots for a 7 yard loss putting the ball at the Charger 37 yard line (apx. 53 yard field goal range). The result of the penalty was a Patriots first down on the Charger 18. The extension of the drive led to a Stephen Gostkowski 34 yard field goal. The Patriots went on to win the game 24-21.^[2]