Jeremy Geathers
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born | June 19, 1986 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | February 11, 2017 (aged 30) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 256 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Andrews (SC) | ||||||||
| College | UNLV | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2008: undrafted | ||||||||
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Jeremy James Geathers (June 19, 1986 – February 11, 2017) was an American professional football player. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Nevada-Las Vegas.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Geathers attended Andrews High School in Andrews, South Carolina.
College career
[edit | edit source]After his high school graduation, Geathers attended Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas. While at Butler, Geathers was a member of the Grizzlies football team.
Geathers spent two seasons playing for the UNLV Rebels before forgoing his final season of eligibility to enter the 2008 NFL draft.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Return to the Shock
[edit | edit source]Geathers returned to the Shock in 2013 and 2014.[1]
Orlando Predators
[edit | edit source]On October 27, 2014, Geathers was assigned to the Orlando Predators.[2]
Death
[edit | edit source]Geathers was killed as he tried to cross a street and was struck by a limousine driver on February 11, 2017, in Las Vegas. Geathers was reportedly not at an intersection or marked crosswalk when the incident occurred.[3]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jeremy Geathers at NFL.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Toronto Argonauts profile page
- ArenaFans.com page
- New Orleans Saints bio Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- UNLV Rebels bio Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- 1986 births
- 2017 deaths
- American football defensive ends
- Butler Grizzlies football players
- UNLV Rebels football players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Spokane Shock players
- Chicago Rush players
- BC Lions players
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Orlando Predators players
- Players of American football from New Orleans
- Players of Canadian football from New Orleans
- Road incident deaths in Nevada
- Pedestrian road incident deaths
- Geathers family
- Canadian football defensive linemen