Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Rashawn Slater was born March 26, 1999, in Sugar Land, Texas. He attended Clements High School. He was named first-team All-District as a junior and senior when he was also named second-team All-Greater Houston. Slater was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Northwestern. As a true freshman, Slater started 12 games at right tackle and was named Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, he was named to the third team All-Big Ten by the league's coaches after starting all 14 of Northwestern's games. Slater was named honorable mention All-Big Ten after allowing zero sacks in 11 starts as a junior. Entering his senior year, Slater was named a preseason All-American, preseason All-Big Ten and to the Outland Trophy watchlist. Following the early announcement that Big Ten would postpone their 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Slater announced that he would be preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft. He was taken 13th in the draft by the Los Angeles Chargers.

As a rookie, Slater was named the Chargers starting left tackle and was named to his first Pro Bowl as a starter.