Rod Shoate

Rod Shoate (April 25, 1953 – October 4, 1999) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was a four-time All-Big 8 Conference Player and a three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma. He played seven seasons in the NFL for the New England Patriots, and then in the United States Football League for the New Jersey Generals and Memphis Showboats.

He died at 46 in 1999 in his home town of Spiro, OK, after an extended illness.