Jonas Seawright

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debutyear=2006
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college=North Carolina
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* New York Giants (2005-2006)
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Jonas Salley Seawright (born April 12, 1982 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is a former American football defensive tackle (DT) in the National Football League (NFL).

High school years

Seawright attended Orangeburg Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina and was a letterman in football. In football, he was a two-year starter, and was an All-State honoree as a senior. As a junior, he posted 175 tackles and 5 sacks.

College career

During his college years, he played for University of North Carolina. During Seawright's freshman season, he played against Clemson, and Maryland. He was also redshirted in 2000. The following year, Jonas played some time on the offensive line, but soon switched back to DT. During this season, he appeared in 11 games, and played an extensive amount of time against Wake Forest, where he made 1 tackle. This year, he gained 7 tackles, 2 of which were solo, while 5 were assists. In a season finale against Duke, Seawright made 3 tackles. He also 2 tackles from a game against Clemson. Seawright's junior year he played in all 12 games, starting 6 of them, against teams such as Florida State, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Virginia, East Carolina, and Arizona State. He ended the year having 10 tackles, 5 of which were primary stops, and the other 5 were assists. This year, Seawright had 3 blocked kicks. These include a blocked extra point against Florida State, and Arizona State. The other was a blocked field goal in the Wake Forest game. Seawright also recorded 2 tackles against Syracuse and Duke.

NFL career

Seawright made the 53 man roster in 2006 for the New York Giants and played in 9 games, but in 2007 the Giants, with many talented defensive lineman, made the decision to cut him [cite web |url=http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=25825 |title=Hasselback, Huston, Seawright among cuts |accessdate=2008-09-11 |author=Michael Eisen |date= |work= |publisher=giants.com] .

External links

* [http://www.nfl.com/players/jonasseawright/profile?id=SEA766870 NFL.com player page]
* [http://boards.giants.com/forums/thread/663.aspx The Legend of Seawright]
* [http://www.giants.com/news/press_releases/story.asp?story_id=15933 Jonas makes strides to attain the starting Nose Tackle spot]
* [http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/seawright_jonas00.html College Stats Page]

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