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| birth_place = [[Lake Orion, Michigan]] |
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| Position: | Strong Safety | ||||||||||
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| Born: | May 14, 1991 Lake Orion, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| College: | Saginaw Valley State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
| First team All-GLIAC (2012) Second team All-GLIAC (2011) | |||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2013 | |||||||||||
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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.
Early years
Heath attended Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan. His father, Mike Heath, played semi-pro football and serves as an assistant football coach at Lake Orion.[1][2] Jeff 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.[3] Heath 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.[4] Heath was named to the first team All-GLIAC in 2012 and second team All-GLIAC in 2011.
Professional career
Pre-draft
| Pre-draft measureables | |||||||||
| Ht | Wt | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20 ss | 3-cone | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6-1 * | 209 lb * | 4.40 * | 1.59 * | 2.70 * | 4.36 * | 6.88 * | 10'06" * | 22 * | x |
(* represents GLIAC Pro Day March 11, 2013)
Dallas Cowboys
At his pro day, Heath ran a 4.4 40 yard dash, bench pressed 225 pounds 22 times, and had a 37 inch vertical leap[5] He went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft.
On April 27, 2013, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent. Heath chose the Cowboys, a team that scouted him in college, because they were the first team to contact him following the draft.[6]
During the 2013 preseason, Rick Gosselin of the The Dallas Morning News proclaimed Heath to be the Cowboys next overlooked college gem.[7]
Following the 2013 preseason, Heath was named to the Cowboys 53 man roster as a reserve safety and special teams contributor.[8]
Heath made his first NFL start on October 27, 2013 against his hometown Detroit Lions.[9] He started in place of injured safety J.J. Wilcox, and finished the game with 9 tackles and a forced fumble.[10]
References
- ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4718005/heath-to-make-first-start-in-homecoming
- ^ http://www.lodragonfootball.com/coaches3.html
- ^ http://saginawbay.blogspot.com/2012/10/sterling-heights-stevenson-history-and.html
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/10/lake_orion_family_friends_cele.html
- ^ http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=97368&draftyear=2013&genpos=SS
- ^ "SVSU defensive back Jeff Heath signs as undrafted free agent with Dallas Cowboys". mlive.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/rick-gosselin/20130825-gosselin-safety-jeff-heath-may-be-dallas-cowboys-next-overlooked-college-gem.ece
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2013/08/svsu_alum_jeff_heath_makes_cow.html
- ^ http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/9878569/demarco-murray-chance-play-detroit-lions
- ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331027008
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