Jason Hairston

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Jason Hairston (July 17, 1971 – September 4, 2018) was an American businessman and American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was the founder and CEO of Kuiu, a hunting gear company. Hairston grew up in Southern California. In high school, he was an All-Orange County defender at Foothill High School. He attended the University of California, Davis and, in 1993, was named a starting linebacker for UC Davis Aggies football. In his junior season, he broke his neck during a Division II playoff game, damaging his C5 and C6 vertebrae. In 1995, he was signed as an unrestricted free agent to the San Francisco 49ers. After a year with the team, he signed with the Denver Broncos before retiring in 1996. Hairston was then a commercial real estate agent and co-founded the hunting gear company Sitka in 2005 with Jonathan Hart. They sold the company to Gore-Tex in 2009. In 2010, he founded Kuiu, which had expected sales of $50 million in 2016. Hairston was friends with...

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