Vikings sign Oliver Celestin

**briboy75** · 06-20-2004, 11:51 PM

From Vikings.com

Oliver Celestin
Texas Southern / 1st year
HT 6-0 / Wt 207
BN 2/25/81 / FA - '04

Professional Info
Part of 2004 World Bowl champion Berlin Thunder where he played in the same defensive backfield as Vikings CB Jermaine Mays...Spent training camp 2003 with Cleveland Browns.

2004 Signed by Vikings on 6/17/04...Ranked 5th on Berlin squad with 35 tackles and tied for 2nd with 7 passes defensed along with a forced fumble...Led team with 11 special teams tackles.

2003 Signed by Browns as a rookie free agent on 5/23/03...Saw time in preseason games with Cleveland before being released on 8/26/03.

College Info
Played in 40 career games at Texas Southern...Ended career with 229 tackles and 11 interceptions...Named to the All-SWAC 1st team in 2002...Set a school record with a 100-yard interception return against Grambling...Notched 82 tackles as a senior with 6 interceptions and twice earned SWAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Personal Info
Attended St. Augustine High in New Orleans...Graduated with degree in administration of justice from Texas Southern in December 2002.

**pepper 0n moss** · 06-21-2004, 12:39 AM

we need linebackers!!!!!

**Big Daddy** · 06-21-2004, 08:06 AM

This is just to replace Eric Kelly on the depth chart. But I think we took a step backward.

**bigdogbovy** · 06-21-2004, 10:54 AM

Not a step backwards. Eric kelly is the guy you saw chasing recievers into the end zone during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Nearly every time we got beat deep it was kelly. He was being demoted to #5 CB. Celestin played the other side of the field from our NFLE player on the berlin thunder and learned an important thing. How to win. he's young may never start, but kelly is a whiner and a quitter.