Given the question: Facts: - fontcolor: black - weight lbs: 178 - position: cb - height in: 8 - caption: tony penn state nittany lions pittman in action at beaver stadium for the - college: penn state - height ft: 5 - awards: 1994 all-america . 1993 jim o'hora award 2nd team all-big ten . first team academic - birth date: 5 august 1971 - honors: 1994 college football hall of fame scholar athlete - name: tony pittman - color: lightsteelblue - image: tony and tega xmas 2009.jpg - birth place: baltimore , maryland , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tony pittman .
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tony pittman -lrb- born august 5 , 1971 in baltimore , maryland -rrb- is an american former college football player .he was a 2nd team all-big ten cornerback at penn state after graduating from phillips academy in 1990 .pittman grew up in erie , pennsylvania and also attended mcdowell high school , where he would have been in the 1989 graduation class had he not transferred to phillips academy .