Cato June

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cato June
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1979(1979-11-18)
Age	45
Birthplace	Riverside
Country	United States
Birth City	Riverside
Horoscope	Capricorn

Cato June Biography

Cato June is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on November 18, 1979 in Riverside, Riverside, United States. Cato Nnamdi June (born November 18, 1979) is a former American football linebacker and high-school football coach. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. A 2006 Pro Bowl choice, June was a member of the Super Bowl XLI champion Colts that defeated the Chicago Bears. During the Super Bowl championship season, June was the Colts’ leading tackler. In addition to his tenure with the Colts, he played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before becoming a professional, he played college football at Michigan and was an outstanding athlete in high school football, basketball, track and field and baseball at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. As a senior, he was widely regarded to be the best high school football player in the District of Columbia.

At the end of the season, he was a 1997 All-Met selection by The Washington Post and described as both the top DCIAA defensive back and as a running back who scored 18 two-point conversions and returned three kickoffs for touchdowns. He was selected as The Washington Post All-Met Defensive Player of the Year and USA Today District of Columbia Player of the Year and Second-team All-USA. During the season, he did not yield a touchdown all season and collecting five interceptions (two for touchdowns), 84 solo tackles, 39 assists in addition to his offensive statistics, which included 889 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was named the only Parade All-American from Metropolitan Washington, and he was selected as a Gatorade player of the year for the District of Columbia. June was also honored by The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. June played under coach Willie Stewart who coached Anacostia to seven consecutive appearances in the DCIAA championship game, including three in which June participated and the 1995 victory in which June was MVP.

June played college football at the University of Michigan, where he switched from cornerback to play safety and wear the #2 jersey that had previously been worn by 1997 Heisman Trophy winner, Charles Woodson. As a defensive back at Michigan, June’s head coach, Lloyd Carr, was the former coach for the position. He redshirted as a freshman during the 1998 season for the 1998 Wolverines. During his 1999 season as a redshirt freshmen for the 1999 Wolverines, he intercepted a pass in his second game, which he returned for 29 yards to the 16-yard line. That season, he played all twelve games and started the final four games at free safety. As the season progressed, he became involved in several big plays. He recovered a fumble on October 23 against Illinois. In the following game against Indiana on October 30, he blocked a punt and recovered the football, which led to a touchdown on the following play. He earned his first start on November 6 against Northwestern and sacked the quarterback to take the Wildcats out of field goal range. On November 13 against Penn State, he forced a fumble near midfield, which led to a Michigan scoring drive. Although he had earned a starting position, his pass defense coverage had not yet earned respect. In his best performance of the season, before a record-setting crowd of 111,575 at Michigan Stadium, he recorded a team-high 10 (7 solo) of his 27 tackles in a 24–17 victory in the rivalry game against Ohio State on November 20, 1999. June also recovered a fumble to set up a scoring drive for the final Michigan touchdown. The season ended in an overtime victory against Alabama in the 2000 Orange Bowl.

During the summer before his 2000 season as a redshirt sophomore for the 2000 Wolverines when he was expected to challenge for the starting strong safety position, he suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee that required reconstructive surgery. He spent the season in rehabilitation with two other teammates who had knee injuries and was unable to run for six months. His absence at the safety position caused Fargas to switch from running back to safety that season. Before returning to football, he was involved in a public altercation in spring 2001. During the altercation, a Michigan teammate was identified as having punched someone in the face, and June was charged with failing to obey an officer’s order for refusing to leave the scene.

As a senior, he was a member of the National Honor Society, co-class president and a candidate to be valedictorian with a 3.8 grade point average. In addition to football, he played on the baseball, basketball and track and field teams. In track, he ran the 100 meters in 10.5 seconds and 200 meters in 21.6 seconds. He was city champion in the triple jump as a junior. He was a starting small forward on the three-time DCIAA championship basketball team. He received second-team All-conference honors his senior year. By the eve of the DCIAA Championship game held on Thanksgiving Day (November 27, 1997), he had 35 scholarship offers. Before his senior season his dream school for its combination of athletics and academics was the University of North Carolina. He was recruited by top football programs such as Syracuse, and Miami and his early list of top five programs was Michigan, Ohio State, Florida, North Carolina and Penn State. Later, he replaced Penn State with Miami on his five school visitation list. He visited Ohio State in mid-December as they prepared for the 1998 Sugar Bowl. He visited Florida in mid-January 1998. June’s final decision was a choice between Florida and Michigan and he chose Michigan on January 13, 1998, although there were reports that he had signed with Notre Dame.

Cato June Net Worth

Cato June is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cato June 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

June was raised in the Great Plains of Oklahoma. As a high school freshman, June attended Muskogee High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he was a veritable “Okie from Muskogee”. According to a Washington Post article, he envisioned himself eventually playing football for either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State. His high school football team had a large following with regular attendance of 8,000. When June was a sophomore, he and Marjani Dele, his mother, moved to the northwest section of Washington, D.C. in 1995. Following the move, she enrolled him in a summer college prep program, where he met Troy Stewart, son of Anacostia head coach Willie Stewart. Troy, an assistant coach at Anacostia, and his father recruited June to Anacostia High School. That season, he played cornerback, wide receiver, and kickoff returner. On Thanksgiving Day, Anacostia won the DCIAA championship game, known as the Turkey Bowl, by a 40–31 score over Dunbar High School. In the game, June intercepted a pass late in the first half and returned it 92 yards for a touchdown to enable his team to take an 8–7 lead. That season, he earned a selection to The Washington Post’ s 1995 All-Met Football team as a defensive back. The following spring, he played shortstop and pitcher for the school baseball team.

Prior to winning the city championship, Anacostia had played football on a barren field that was described by The Washington Post as “rugged prairie known by players across the city as the ‘dust bowl'”. In 1996, Mayor of Washington, D.C., Marion Barry, helped the team acquire new topsoil and 500 rolls of Brute Bermuda sod worth about $60,000 ($97,810 today). As a junior, June, who wore #1, rushed for 90 yards and scored two touchdowns in the DCIAA semi-final game. In the championship game, June fumbled on the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter, leaving the door open for Cardozo Senior High School to score a touchdown in the waning seconds to secure a victory. During his junior year, he was part of the basketball team that successfully defended the Washington D.C. city high school basketball championship.

He was part of the nation’s number one recruiting class for the undefeated defending national champion Wolverines. The team recruited numerous top 50-rated players on both offense: Justin Fargas, Marquise Walker, David Terrell and Drew Henson, and defense: Victor Hobson, Dave Armstrong, June, Bennie Joppru, and Larry Foote. The All-Met Offensive Player of the Year, Walter Cross, was also a member of this recruiting class. The class included a total of six Parade All-Americans: Fargas, Henson, Walker, Terrell, June and Hayden Epstein. Before matriculating to Michigan he participated in the July 1998 D.C. Coaches Association All-Star game as well as the Baltimore- Washington Beltway Classic. As a high schooler with aspirations of making a mark in the NFL and who kept a Deion Sanders poster in his bedroom, he left his mark by writing “Big Time 1” on things whenever the opportunity arose. June graduated as salutatorian.

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June was selected as an honorable mention All-Big Ten performer by both the coaches and the media, despite his late season injury. He was also selected to play in the 2003 Senior Bowl along with Hobson, B.J. Askew, and Joppru. At the 2003 NFL Scouting Combine, June ran the slowest 40-yard dash (4.68 seconds) of all the free safeties. June was one of six Wolverines drafted in the 2003 NFL Draft and the first Michigan safety drafted since Corwin Brown in the 1993 NFL Draft.

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After losing to the New England Patriots in the American Football Conference Championship Game and losing Marcus Washington who joined the Washington Redskins, the Colts shuffled their linebacker lineup and June was listed as a starter when the Colts arrived at mini-camp. At the 2004 Colts training camp, June competed with Keyon Whiteside for the starting weakside linebacker position. By the end of training camp, June was the starter, and 2004 rookie Gilbert Gardner was the backup. June made his debut as a starter in the opening game against the 2004 Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. That season, the Colts used a 4-3 defense with a fourth linebacker on passing downs. In week 5, June had a team-high ten tackles and his first interception in a 35–14 victory over the Oakland Raiders. In week 15, June returned an interception 71 yards to the four-yard-line where he stepped out of bounds with 59 seconds remaining in the game at the RCA Dome, the Colts’ home stadium. This prompted the fans to chant for Peyton Manning to enter the game to attempt to tie Dan Marino’s single-season touchdown pass record. Since the Colts led the game 20–10 and had clinched the AFC South division, Manning took a knee instead. Coach Dungy’s scheme is designed so that the weakside linebacker is supposed to make the most tackles, and June was the Colts’ leading tackler by a wide margin that season. June started every game that season.