Antonio Langham

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Antonio Langham
Date of birth	July 31, 1972
Place of birth	Town Creek, Alabama
Position(s)	Cornerback
College	Alabama
NFL Draft	1994 / Round 1/Pick 9
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1994-1995, 1999 1996-1997 1998 2000	Cleveland Browns Baltimore Ravens San Francisco 49ers New England Patriots

Collie Antonio Langham (born July 31, 1972 in Town Creek, Alabama), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 187 lb cornerback from the University of Alabama, Langham played in 7 NFL seasons from 1994-2000. His best year as pro came during the the 1996 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens when he intercepted 5 passes for 59 yards.

Langham caused the Crimson Tide to forfeit most of the 1993 season and suffer NCAA sanctions by secretly signing with an agent during the previous offseason. The case led to a change in NCAA rules; a school is no longer responsible in such cases unless it knew or should have known the athlete was ineligible.

Langham also signed and submitted an application to enter the 1993 NFL draft, rendering him ineligible under NCAA rules, regardless of whether he had signed with an agent or not. That application was quashed in January of 1993 at the request of then-Alabama coach Gene Stallings. Stallings failed to inform the SEC or NCAA of Langham's draft application, or to declare Langham ineligible per NCAA rules. Langham played for Alabama in eleven games of the 1993 season. His actual ineligibility came to light in late November of 1993, and Alabama was eventually forced to forfeit eight wins and a tie from the 1993 season (two other games Langham played in, against LSU and Auburn, were losses on the field). ^[1]