President-elect Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development played eight years in the NFL, playing for one of the worst teams in league history.
Scott Turner, a seventh-round pick out of Illinois, played on a Chargers team that went 1-15 in 2000. Known as one of the worst teams in NFL history, Turner shared a locker room with the NFL's infamous bust, Ryan Leaf. The other quarterback on that team was current Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who had 10 interceptions in five games as a starter but no wins.
However, it was one of Turner's best individual seasons as a professional. The former defensive back started a career-high two games that year and recorded his only interception with a touchdown. He also blocked a punt in the team's first game against the Denver Broncos in October of the same year.
Turner's 75-yard touchdown on a pick-six in the second game against the Broncos on November 19, 2000, came with two minutes left in the first half and gave San Diego a 24-7 lead.
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Denver Broncos kicker Tom Rouen punts a ball that is blocked by Scott Turner of the San Diego Chargers, 21, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. (Christopher Rappel/All Sports)
Leaf's career passing day was the only game in which he threw for more than 300 yards or three touchdowns. However, Leaf made an interception and the Chargers lost 38-37. This was Leaf's last season in San Diego, and by 2003 he was out of the league.
Leaf later served time in prison and is known as one of the NFL's biggest draft busts after Peyton Manning was selected No. 2 overall in 1998.
Turner played one more season in San Diego, appearing in just four games in 2001. His final NFL season was with the Broncos in 2003.
Turner scored the first touchdown in history with a fumble recovery in the Washington Redskins' end zone against the Arizona Cardinals in December 1996.
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Turner interned for California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter during the offseason and after retiring in 2004. In 2006, Turner unsuccessfully ran as a Republican in California's 50th Congressional District.
Turner joined the Texas House of Representatives in 2013 as part of a large group of Tea Party supporters. He tried unsuccessfully to become chairman before completing his second term in 2016. He did not seek a third term.
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Scott Turner, executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, speaks at the invitation of President Trump at the National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference held at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC, on September 10, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Trump introduced Turner as head of the new White House Opportunity and Activation Council in April 2019. President Trump praised Turner for “leading an unprecedented effort to transform our nation's most distressed communities.”
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