Trump taps former NFL player Scott Turner to lead Department of Housing and Urban Development 

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named former NFL player Scott Turner as his pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

“Scott is an NFL Veteran, who, during my First Term, served as the First Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), helping to lead an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s most distressed communities,” Trump said in his announcement. 

Trump, left, shakes hands with Scott Turner in 2019. Bloomberg via Getty Images

Turner, a former Texas state lawmaker, played nine seasons in the NFL as a member of the Washington Commanders, San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos.

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