Trump Cabinet pick Scott Turner scored only NFL pick 6 in lone bright moment of historically awful season

President-elect Trump's prime to pb the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development played 8 years successful the NFL and connected 1 of the worst teams successful league history. 

Scott Turner, a seventh-round prime retired of Illinois, played for a 2000 Chargers squad that went 1-15. It's recognized arsenic 1 of the worst teams successful NFL history, and Turner shared a locker country with infamous NFL bust Ryan Leaf. The different backmost connected that squad was existent Chargers caput manager Jim Harbaugh, who went winless successful 5 games arsenic a starter with 10 interceptions. 

But it was 1 of Turner's champion idiosyncratic seasons arsenic a pro. The erstwhile antiaircraft backmost had a career-high 2 starts and his lone interception for a touchdown that year. He besides blocked a punt successful his team's archetypal gathering against the Denver Broncos successful October of that year. 

Turner's touchdown, a 75-yard prime six against the Broncos successful their 2nd gathering Nov. 19, 2000, came successful the last 2 minutes of the archetypal fractional to enactment San Diego up 24-7. 

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Kicker Tom Rouen of the Denver Broncos punts the ball, and it is blocked by Scott Turner (21) of the San Diego Chargers astatine Qualcomm Stadium successful San Diego. (Christopher Ruppel/Allsport)

Leaf had a vocation time passing successful the lone crippled successful which helium threw for much than 300 yards oregon 3 touchdowns. But Leaf threw an interception, and the Chargers mislaid the crippled 38-37. It was Leaf's past play successful San Diego, and by 2003 helium was retired of the league. 

Leaf aboriginal served clip successful jailhouse and is known arsenic 1 of the NFL's biggest draught busts aft being taken with the No. 2 wide prime successful 1998 aft Peyton Manning went No. 1. 

Turner played 1 much play successful San Diego, appearing successful conscionable 4 games successful 2001. His last NFL play came successful 2003 with the Broncos.

Turner scored his first-ever touchdown connected a fumble betterment successful the extremity portion for the Washington Redskins against the Arizona Cardinals successful December 1996. 

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Turner besides worked arsenic an intern for U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., during offseasons and aft helium retired successful 2004. In 2006, Turner ran unsuccessfully arsenic a Republican successful California’s 50th Congressional District.

Turner joined the Texas House successful 2013 arsenic portion of a ample harvest of Tea Party-supported lawmakers. He tried unsuccessfully to go talker earlier helium finished his 2nd word successful 2016. He did not question a 3rd term.

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White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Executive Director Scott Turner speaks astatine the invitation of President Trump during the National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference astatine the Renaissance Hotel Sept. 10, 2019, successful Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump introduced Turner successful April 2019 arsenic the caput of the caller White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. Trump credited Turner with "helping to pb an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s astir distressed communities."

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