Nick Turnbull

Nick Turnbull (born July 28, 1981) is a former professional gridiron football safety. He played college football for the FIU Golden Panthers.

Nick Turnbull

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Position	Safety
Personal information
Born	(1981-07-28) July 28, 1981 (age 44) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school	Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Florida)[1]
College	Florida International
NFL draft	2006: undrafted
Career history
Atlanta Falcons (2006) Chicago Bears (2006) Atlanta Falcons (2007) Cincinnati Bengals (2007)* Atlanta Falcons (2008)* Las Vegas Locomotives (2009–2011) Ottawa Redblacks (2014)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Awards and highlights
2× UFL champion (2009, 2010) Second-team All-Sun Belt (2005)
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Early life and education

Turnbull is the son of James and Patricia Turnbull.^[2] He was raised in Carol City and Opa-locka, Florida.^{[citation needed]} He attended Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida,^[3] where he played four years of football and three of basketball. He is a three-time All-County selection. He was named All-State after making 193 tackles and a county record 23 interceptions as a senior in high school and averaged 21.7 points and 13 rebounds for the Falcon basketball team.^[4] Turnbull was a student at Florida International University from 2002 to 2005.^[2]

College career

Turnbull was on the FIU Golden Panthers football team. During his career there, he finished with 16 interceptions making him the school's all-time leader. He also ties for 1st in single-season and single-game interceptions, and is 6th on the career tackles list with 267.

Professional career

He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent from 2006 - 2008.

Turnbull was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League from 2009 - 2011.

Turnbull has also played for the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals as a practive squad member.

He was one of the first three signings by the expansion Ottawa Redblacks on November 27, 2013, but retired before he could play for them.^[5][6]

Personal

Turnbull lives in Miami, Florida. He is known as "The Truth". He modeled and appeared in GQ and Vogue ^{[citation needed]}. He is currently working in surgery.