Keith Poole

Keith Poole
Born:	June 18, 1974; San Jose, California
Career information
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	Arizona State
NFL draft	1997 / Round: 4 / Pick 116
Career history
As player
1997–2000	New Orleans Saints
2001	Denver Broncos

Keith Robert Strohmaier Poole (born June 18, 1974 in San Jose, California) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos from 1997 to 2001. Poole was a stand out receiver at Clovis High School in Clovis, California and played collegiately at Arizona State alongside quarterback Jake Plummer. In 1996, he and Plummer helped lead the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl only to lose to Ohio State 20-17.

Poole was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. In his five-year NFL career, Poole caught 96 receptions for 1,734 yards and 11 touchdowns.

In 1998, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery for attacking a man with a golf club, and was sentenced to two years of probation.[1][2] He was fined $4,500, according to the Saints and NFL.[3]

References

"Collins Apologizes, Makes Promise". Los Angeles Times. The Associated Press. November 4, 1998.
"Hills, Heroin & Weapons Charges". CBS News. December 29, 1998.
Freeman, Mike (9 January 2000). "PRO FOOTBALL; Stains From the Police Blotter Leave N.F.L. Embarrassed". New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2008.

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[1] "Collins Apologizes, Makes Promise". Los Angeles Times. The Associated Press. November 4, 1998.

[2] "Hills, Heroin & Weapons Charges". CBS News. December 29, 1998.

[3] Freeman, Mike (9 January 2000). "PRO FOOTBALL; Stains From the Police Blotter Leave N.F.L. Embarrassed". New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2008.