- Jerome McDougle
Infobox NFLactive
currentteam=New York Giants
currentnumber=95
currentposition=Defensive end
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|12|15
birthplace=Pompano Beach, Florida
heightft=6
heightin=2
weight=264
debutyear=2003
debutteam=Philadelphia Eagles
college=University of Miami
draftyear=2003
draftround=1
draftpick=15
pastteams=
*Philadelphia Eagles (2003-2007)
*New York Giants (2008-present)
status=Active
nfl=MCD753956Jerome McDougle (born
December 15 ,1978 in city-state|Pompano Beach|Florida) is anAmerican football defensive end for theNew York Giants of theNational Football League . He was drafted by thePhiladelphia Eagles 15th overall in the2003 NFL Draft . He playedcollege football at the University of Miami.He is the younger brother of NFL
offensive lineman Stockar McDougle .College career
McDougle was a standout defensive player at the
University of Miami . Among his collegiate accomplishments, he helped lead the University of Miami to its 12-0 national championship season in 2001.Professional career
Philadelphia Eagles
Following his University of Miami career, McDougle was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the
2003 NFL Draft with the 15th overall selection in the draft's first round. The Eagles traded up 15 spots to obtain McDougle, making him the first University of Miami player to be drafted by the Eagles sinceJerome Brown , whose promising NFL career was cut short by a fatal 1992 car accident.With the Eagles, McDougle was plagued by injuries in the 2003 and 2004 seasons. In the final 2003 pre-season game, he sustained ankle, knee and hip injuries during a game against the
New York Jets , forcing him to miss eight games of the 2003 season.During the 2004 season, he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, forcing him to miss one game. Later in the 2004 season, he suffered a knee sprain in a game against the
Dallas Cowboys , and the Eagles declared him inactive for the subsequent final four games of the 2004 season.On
July 28 ,2005 , just four days prior before McDougle was scheduled to arrive for the Eagles 2005 training camp inBethlehem, Pennsylvania , he was shot in theabdomen during a robbery inMiami, Florida . Following the shooting, McDougle was flown by helicopter to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.McDougle initially was expected to recover fully and play for the Eagles in the 2005 season. However, further complications from the shooting and surgery left him out for the entire 2005 season.
In July 2006, McDougle made his NFL return, joining the Eagles at their 2006 training camp practices. He performed well in pre-season outings, recording an impressive sack of former collegiate teammate
Ken Dorsey in the Eagles' pre-season game against theCleveland Browns . On August 15, however, Eagles coachAndy Reid announced that McDougle had sustained fractures to two ribs in pre-season training practices and would require approximately three weeks for recuperation. He was reactivated in September 2006.McDougle's pass rushing and run defense capabilities were expected to be an important part of the 2006 Eagles defense, which features high levels of substitutions of defensive linemen in what is considered one of the NFL's most situational-oriented defenses.
McDougle's actions on the field proved costly to the Eagles during a controversial Eagles 23-21 loss to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 22, 2006. In the fourth quarter of a closely contested game played in 105-degree Tampa Bay heat, McDougle closed in on Buccaneerquarterback Bruce Gradkowski , dropping him for a nine-yard loss in a criticalquarterback sack . As McDougle brought Gradkowski to the ground atRaymond James Stadium , however, he appeared to grab Gradkowski's face mask, resulting in a 15-yard intentional face-masking penalty against the Eagles. The 15-yard nature of the penalty was questionable, with replays showing that McDougle's grasp of Gradkowski's face mask appeared unintentional, which, if true, should have resulted in only a five-yard penalty.Seeing that he had been penalized 15 yards, McDougle kicked the referee's flag in anger, resulting in an additional 15-yard
unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, for a total of 30 yards in penalties. The two penalties incurred by McDougle greatly enhanced the Buccaneers' field position, leading to a Buccaneers field goal, which proved the difference in the game's outcome, which ultimately was won by Tampa Bay on a 62-yard Buccaneers' field goal (the third longest in NFL history) as time expired.In 2007, McDougle was again injured, this time in the Eagles' pre-season opener against the
Baltimore Ravens ; he did not return during the 2007 season.On August 30, 2008, the Eagles released him during final cuts.
New York Giants
A day after being released from the Eagles, McDougle was signed by the
New York Giants on August 31, 2008. [http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2008/08/new_york_giants_sign_de_mcdoug.html]External links
* [http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/teamRosterDetails.jsp?id=618 Jerome McDougle biography at Philadelphia Eagles Web Site] .
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