Courtney Van Buren
Courtney Van Buren (born February 22, 1980) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the San Diego Chargers and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he was an All-SWAC athlete on both the Football and Track teams. He is from St. Louis, Missouri and in 1998 graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School, where he played football and was a two-time Missouri state track finalist in the shot put, placing as high as third. Off the field. Van Buren has made occasional  appearances on television and radio as a color commentator, and is also very involved in various social and political causes. A Spring '00 initiate of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Courtney's parents are radio personality Doug Banks and Michelle Van Buren an executive with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.