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American football player (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl Kenneth Aikens Jr. (born June 5, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver/defensive back in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Northern Illinois University.
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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Born: | Great Lakes, Illinois, U.S. | June 5, 1962||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Chicago (IL) Curie | ||||||||||
College: | Northern Illinois | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1985 | ||||||||||
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Aikens played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1987 before playing 7 seasons in the AFL for the Chicago Bruisers, Dallas Texans, Orlando Predators & the Milwaukee Mustangs.
In 2000, Aikens was inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame.[1]
Aikens played collegiately at Northern Illinois University, where he was a 3-year letter writer for the Huskies football team. (1981, 1983–84).[2] As a senior in 1984, Aikens was named an All-Mid-American Conference Honorable Mention at Split End.[2]
In 1992, Aikens joined the Orlando Predators. Aikens was a productive member of the Predators on both offense and defense, helping them reach ArenaBowl VI.[3]
In 1994, the Predators traded Aikens to the expansion Milwaukee Mustangs for future considerations.[4]
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