| Chad Levitt | |
| Number: | 31 |
| Position: | Running back |
| Birth Date: | 21 November 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 231 |
| College: | Cornell |
| Draftyear: | 1997 |
| Draftround: | 4 |
| Draftpick: | 123 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Pfr: | LeviCh20 |
Chad Aaron Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player.[1]
He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6'1", and had a playing weight of 231 pounds.[1] [2] [3] He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in track and field, for Cheltenham High School, from which he graduated in 1993.[4] [5]
In football his 1601yd in his senior year set a new Cheltenham High School single season rushing record, and he was First-team and Outstanding Player of Suburban One Liberty League, Academic All-League, and a Montgomery County All Star.[5] In wrestling, he was a Suburban One All-Star.[5] In shot put and in the 4x100 relay, he was First-team All-League.[5] He was awarded the 1993 B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge Ted Domsky Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award.[5]
Levitt played college football for Cornell University, as a running back.[1] [3] He was three-time All-Ivy, and an Associated Press All-American selection as a senior.[5] He set a Cornell and Ivy League career record for most rushing attempts (922), and a Cornell-best record for 100yd rushing games in a career (24). In 1996, he rushed for 1435yd and was the ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year.[5]
He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL draft.[6] [7] He played two seasons in the National Football League.[1] In 1999, he played for the St. Louis Rams, and in 1997 for the Oakland Raiders.[1]
In 1997, he was named the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic (college) Athlete of the Year by US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5] [8] In 2008, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3] He is also a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.[5]