Jeff Heath (American football)
| No. 38 Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Strong safety | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 14, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Lake Orion, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Lake Orion (MI) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Saginaw Valley State | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 126 |
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| Interceptions: | 4 |
| Pass deflections: | 7 |
| Sacks: | 1.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Jeff Heath (born May 14, 1991) is an American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Saginaw Valley State. Heath signed with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2013.
Heath attended Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan. His father Mike, played semi-pro football and serves as an assistant football coach at Lake Orion. Heath was selected as the Big Play Player of the Year for kicking a game-winning 49 yard field goal to give Lake Orion a playoff victory and regional title over Sterling Heights Stevenson. The team would advance to the Michigan Division 1 state championship game in 2008 before falling to Rockford High School. He started as a defensive back and was voted team captain his senior year.
Heath played college football at Saginaw Valley State University, a NCAA Division II program and member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Heath was not heavily recruited out of high school, and was only offered a partial scholarship with SVSU.
As a sophomore, he appeared in 8 games (7 starts), tallying 49 tackles (3.5 for loss), one interception and 2 fumble recoveries. The next year, he started all 11 games, registering 81 tackles (9 for loss), one sack, 3 passes defensed, one interception, also forced and recovered one fumble.
As a senior, he started all games, recording 77 tackles (3 for loss), 5 interceptions, 7 passes defensed, one forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries. He finished his college career after starting 30-of-35 games, posting 219 tackles (16.5 for loss), 7 interceptions, 4 forced fumbles and 4 fumble recoveries.
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