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Thaddeus Michael Bullard ( born April 29, 1977 in Live Oak, Florida ) is an American professional wrestler and football player. He appears regularly in the produced by the WWE wrestling shows under the ring name Titus O'Neil.

Pro football

Bullard grew up in Live Oak, Florida, where he attended Suwannee High School. There they made ​​him a Parade All-American. In January 1996, he signed with the University of Florida Gators. Bullard graduated in four seasons a total of 44 games.

After college, Thaddeus played from 2003-2007 in the Arena Football League with the Utah Blaze, Tampa Bay Storm, Las Vegas Gladiators and the Carolina Cobras.

Wrestling

Bullard signed a development contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2009 and started training for the Florida Championship Wrestling. He made his television debut on 16 January 2010 as Titus O'Neil. Together with Skip Sheffield he could win a tag team match against Vance Archer and Alex Riley.

WWE NXT

In the finale of WWE NXT Season 1, which was broadcast on 1 June 2010, Bullard was announced with Zack Ryder as a Pro for the second season. In this however, he was eliminated first. From March 2011 he again took part in NXT ( fifth season ), this time with Hornswoggle as a pro. In the NXT output of 18 April 2012, he was drafted along with Darren Young by John Laurinaitis to SmackDown. With Young, he has since formed the tag team of the Prime Time Players.