Whitney Paul was an American football

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 outside linebacker

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 in the NFL

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 for the Kansas City Chiefs

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 and New Orleans Saints

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. He played college football

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 at the University of Colorado

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. His older brother Harold Paul played for San Diego in 1974. he currently resides in Texas. He has one other sibling Peggy Paul. All three Reside in Southern Texas. His mother Geneva Paul stil lives in their hometown of Galveston Texas. Whitney has one son Whitney Paul Jr. who was a Junior olympic swimmer.