Slaughter excelled in the sports of basketball, baseball, and track alongside the band and speech teams at high school.
[3] Cleveland Browns general manager Ernie Accorsi drafted Slaughter in the second round (43rd overall) of the 1986 NFL draft,[4] based on the strong recommendation of the Browns' Hall of Fame receiver Paul Warfield, who was an unofficial scout for the team in 1986.
His 37-yard catch near the sideline late in the fourth quarter proved crucial when Mark Moseley's field goal was successful to force overtime in the eventual victory.
In the AFC Championship against the Denver Broncos, he caught just one pass for 20 yards after suffering a dislocated shoulder in the first quarter as the Browns lost 23–20.
Slaughter caught just four passes for 53 yards, but one of them was a 4-yard catch for a touchdown that made the game tied at 31 in the fourth quarter.
However, Slaughter’s unwillingness to make a critical block on Jeremiah Castille late in the game was faulted by coach Marty Schottenheimer as to blame for The Fumble.
[7] He played just eight games in 1988, catching 30 passes for 462 yards and three touchdowns while dealing with a broken arm.
The Bills stormed into the lead by three with 3:08 to go, but Slaughter caught an 18-yard pass on fourth down at the 34 to help set up a tying field goal.
However, an interception in overtime set up Buffalo for the winning field goal that made the final score 41–38 in the largest comeback in NFL history.
[14] In 1993, he was targeted more and reaped the rewards for fourteen games, catching a career-high 77 passes for 904 yards for five touchdowns.
Slaughter suffered an knee injury late in the season, which resulted in him being placed on injured reserve by the final game of the year that cost him a chance to play in the playoffs.
[16] He moved to the New York Jets for 1996, where he played sparingly after being inactive for six weeks in the middle of the year, which resulted in 32 catches for 434 yards and two touchdowns.
Slaughter currently serves as an ordained minister, where he goes to senior living facilities and reads the Bible to residents.