Nate Hobgood-Chittick Was a Rams Super Bowl Champ – And Paid the Price

Posted Jan 5, 2020
Nate Hobgood-Chittick became a hometown hero as a high school defensive end and tight end in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which led to a scholarship at UNC. After college, he bounced around the NFL before finally landing a spot with the St. Louis Rams. Dick Vermeil remembers him as likely the hardest-working player on the 1999 Super Bowl championship team. (Riverfront Times)

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