Hannibal Navies is an American football

American football

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 player in the NFL

National Football League

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 who is currently a free agent. Hannibal was a third team All Big 12 selection at the University of Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder

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 and earned the team’s defensive player of the year award after starting every game at linebacker. He was drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft

1999 NFL Draft

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 by the Carolina Panthers

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, then played for the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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. In 2005, he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 where he started 15 games. Navies was cut in training camp a year later. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers on November 22, 2006, and cut to make room for Zak Keasey

Zak Keasey

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 in 2007.

Hannibal is an alumnus of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California

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, and runs a football camp (http://www.hannibalnavies.org/) in the Bay Area for local high school players.