Jeremy Staat
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| Jeremy Staat | |
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| Position(s): Defensive tackle |
Jersey #(s): 94, 95 |
| Born: October 10, 1976 Bakersfield, California |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1998–2003 | |
| NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 | |
| College: Arizona State | |
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| Career Stats | |
| Tackles | 20 |
| Sacks | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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Jeremy Ray Staat (born October 10, 1976 in Bakersfield, California) is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 and the St. Louis Rams for two games in 2003. He also played for the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team. He is currently a United States Marine serving in Iraq.
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[edit] Football career
Staat was a two-sport star in Bakersfield High School in California, where he was All-Area selection. He then attended Bakersfield Community College for two years before transferring to Arizona State University. Staat was a former teammate of deceased former Arizona Cardinals free safety and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman where they were roommates at ASU. While in Tempe he won the Morris Trophy as the best defensive lineman in the Pac-10 Conference in 1997. In the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft, The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Staat as the 41st overall pick. He played three seasons in Pittsburgh, starting in eleven games in the 1999 season. Staat played in 31 career games, recording 20 tackles and no quarterback sacks. Originally Staat wanted to join the Marines right after the September 11, 2001 attacks, but his former roommate, Pat Tillman, encouraged him to gain his retirement benefits first.
[edit] Military service
The death of Pat Tillman motivated Staat to join the United States Marine Corps in 2006. He completed his recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in March 2006. ”The way I look at it, we’re spreading freedom, and you have to support the troops and you have to support the war,” Staat, 29, told KITV in Honolulu. ”You can’t just tell some Marine who just lost his buddy that we supported you but not the war, because in that case you’re basically saying that Marine, his buddy, just died for nothing. We’re one team.”[4] In March 2007, Lance Corporal Staat deployed with 1st Battalion 3rd Marines for a seven month mission in Iraq.
[edit] References
- ^ NFL Draft - Jeremy Staat - April 13, 1998. Sports Illustrated-CNN. Retrieved on 2006-03-17.
- ^ NFL.com wire reports. "Tillman's college roommate deployed to Iraq", NFL.com, March 23, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Staat, Tillman's ASU teammate, joins Marines retrieved March 17, 2006
- ^ Associated Press. "Former Tillman teammate headed to Iraq", Fox Sports, March 21, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
