Chris Brantley

Chris Brantley
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Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	December 12, 1970 (age 53); Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:	Teaneck (NJ)
College:	Rutgers
NFL draft:	1994 / Round: 4 / Pick: 108
Career history
	Los Angeles Rams (1994); Buffalo Bills (1996); Scottish Claymores (1997); New York/New Jersey Hitmen (2001); New Jersey Gladiators (2001);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	22
	Player stats at PFR

Christopher Charles Brantley (born December 12, 1970) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).

Brantley graduated in 1989 from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey^[1] and was inducted into the Teaneck Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2011. He played college football for Rutgers University where he set many records and is currently in the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame. He was the school's all-time leader in touchdown receptions with 17, and second all-time in receptions with 144.^[2] He was drafted in the fourth round (108th overall pick) in the 1994 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams.^[3]^[4]^[5] He later signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills.

Brantley has one daughter, Kayla Brantley (28–29), and resides in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[6] He is currently a sports agent at LIFT Sports Management and represents numerous NBA basketball players as well as football players. He served as Athletic Director of the Torah Academy of Bergen County for the 2017–2018 academic year.^[7]^[8]

References

^ via Associated Press. "Hitmen playing in XFL with hopes of return to NFL", CNN Sports Illustrated, February 1, 2001, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 14, 2006. Accessed February 12, 2020. "'It depends on how well everything goes. How well I play,' said wide receiver Chris Brantley, a Teaneck High School star who played for Rutgers before three NFL seasons with the Rams in Los Angeles and the Buffalo Bills."
^ "Chris Brantley, Teaneck Receiving Accolades", The Record, December 4, 1993
^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "Christopher Charles Brantley", pro-football-reference.com, retrieved 2010-09-10
^ Pellowski, Michael J. (2007) Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet, Rivergate Books, ISBN 978-0-8135-4283-6, p. 159
^ Giuffra, Brian A. "Where are they now: Teaneck's Chris Brantley", The Record (Bergen County), November 8, 2011. Accessed November 8, 2011. "Brantley now lives in Bergenfield and has a 16-year-old daughter named Kayla."
^ "Mr. Chris Brantley – Torah Academy of Bergen County". www.tabc.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
^ "TABC Welcomes New Faculty Across All Disciplines". The Jewish Link. September 7, 2017. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2018.