[1] His father George immigrated to the United States from Scotland, and had previously served in the British Army as a Buckingham Palace guard.

[1] In the mid-1970s, George managed the kitchen at a sports restaurant in Clearwater, Florida, where Ker worked as a busboy while he was in high school.

[3] Ker's nickname among his Gators teammates was "Big Daddy," and he could bench-press up to 515 pounds making him one of the strongest players in college football.

The Gators' outstanding offensive line was called "The Great Wall of Florida," and included Ker, Phil Bromley, Lomas Brown, Billy Hinson and Jeff Zimmerman.

[3] Ker was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (76th overall) of the 1985 NFL draft, as part of a change in the offensive line philosophy, when the team started to value size and strength over speed and athletic ability.

In 1986, he was named the starter at right guard after Kurt Petersen suffered a season ending left knee injury early in training camp.