Former cornerback played in the NFL for nine seasons with Washington, San Diego and Denver. He went on to serve in the Texas House of Representatives

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named former NFL player and White House official Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Scott Turner, a former NFL player who worked in Trump’s first administration, is his nominee for secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, keeping up the pace of what has been a breakneck transition process.