Mincey with the Denver Broncos
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | December 14, 1983 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Statesboro, Georgia | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Statesboro (GA) | ||||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 6 / Pick: 191 | ||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Total tackles: | 215 |
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Sacks: | 26.0 |
Pass deflections: | 12 |
Interceptions: | 1 |
Forced fumbles: | 7 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jeremy Lamar Mincey (born December 14, 1983) is a retired American football defensive end. Mincey was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos, and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Florida. He is currently managed by OG Ron C for his music career.
Mincey was born in Statesboro, Georgia in 1983. He attended Statesboro High School, where he was a letterman in basketball and football for the Statesboro Blue Devils, but only began playing football as a junior. Mincey graduated from Statesboro High in 2002.
After accepting a scholarship from Jacksonville State University, he decided to attend Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, where he played from 2002 to 2003. He was recognized as a first-team all-conference, after tallying fifty-nine total tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, one interception, two pass breakups, three forced fumbles, four recovered fumbles and one sack for a safety. Rivals.com rated Mincey as the No. 18 junior college player in the country.
After his sophomore year, he accepted an athletic scholarship to transfer to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams in 2004 and 2005. As a senior team captain in 2005, Mincey earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors when he ranked fourth on the team with sixty-two tackles and second with 10.5 tackles for a loss. He started in all twenty-four games in which he played for the Gators.