Antoine D. Winfield is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League . He played college football for Ohio State University, earning All-American honors and winning the Jim Thorpe Award. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and he has played professionally for the Bills and Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He is a three-time Pro Bowl selection. Winfield was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended Garfield High School in his hometown of Akron. Winfield attended Ohio State University, where he played for the Ohio... State Buckeyes football team from 1995 to 1998. As a senior in 1998, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. The Buffalo Bills selected Winfield in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bills from 1999 to 2003. On July 23, 2009 the Vikings signed Winfield to a new five-year, $36 million contract. The deal includes $16.1 million in guarantees. He made his second straight Pro Bowl in 2010 after replacing injured Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
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