Robert Bass

Robert Shawn Bass (born November 10, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. He was also a member of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL and the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football (WLAF).

Early life and college Bass played both offense and defense at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York and was named SuperPrep's running back of the year in the Northeast his senior year.

He attended Nassau Community College in Uniondale, New York before transferring to the University of Miami, where he started his first game during his senior year. He played in two games for the Bears during the 1995 NFL season. He was released on September 27, 1995.

Personal life Bass worked as Director of Player Development for the Miami Dolphins from 2000 to 2003. In 2012, he founded a security services company called Never Left Alone Security Consulting.

He ran for Montgomery County, Maryland sheriff as a Democratic candidate in 2021. He had moved to the county to work as a sheriff's deputy in 2008. As of 2021, he was living in Silver Spring, Maryland.