Antonio Cochran
Encyclopedia
Antonia Desez Cochran is a retired American
football
player who played seven seasons in the National Football League
.
Cochran attended Macon County High School
in Montezuma
, Georgia
. He also attended Middle Georgia College
before transferring to Georgia
.
Cochran signed with Florida out of HS, but attended Okaloosa-Walton on a basketball scholarship. After contributing as a part-time starter on O-W's national championship BASKETBALL team, he transferred to Middle Georgia College (MGC) to play football.
United States
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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 who played seven seasons 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...
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Cochran attended Macon County High School
Macon County High School
Macon County High School is located in Macon County, Georgia. It recently has around 450 students attending the small campus.- History :Macon County High School was established in the late 1950s in Montezuma, Georgia as a white school. The black school was located across town, and was known as D.F...
in Montezuma
Montezuma, Georgia
Montezuma is a city in Macon County, Georgia . The population was 3,999 at the 2000 census. It is home to the armory of Bravo Company, 648th Engineers of the Georgia Army National Guard.-History:...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. He also attended Middle Georgia College
Middle Georgia College
Middle Georgia College is a publicly supported, residential,charter unit of the University System of Georgia, in the city Cochran in the U.S. state of Georgia. Founded in 1884, the school is the oldest two-year college in the United States. It is currently being transformed into a 4 year college...
before transferring to Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
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Cochran signed with Florida out of HS, but attended Okaloosa-Walton on a basketball scholarship. After contributing as a part-time starter on O-W's national championship BASKETBALL team, he transferred to Middle Georgia College (MGC) to play football.