American football player (born 1976)

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Jed Weaver (born August 11, 1976) is a former National Football League tight end. He grew up in Redmond, Oregon, becoming an all-league and all-state player in football, basketball and baseball.

Contents

• 1 High school
• 2 College career
• 3 Professional career
• 4 Personal life
• 5 References

High school

At Redmond High School in Redmond, Oregon, Weaver was a two-sport standout in football, and baseball. In football, he won all-league and all-state honors, while in baseball, as a senior pitcher, he won third team all-state honors. Jed played in the Oregon All-State games in both baseball and football before going to the University of Oregon.

College career

Weaver played college football at the University of Oregon after walking on as a freshman, he was then drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He is a cousin of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Jered Weaver and Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Jeff Weaver and his brother Dan Weaver was a 37-game starter at Center for the University of Oregon football program from 2000-2003.

Professional career

Weaver was a member of the New England Patriots on the Super Bowl *IX Championship team in 2004. Jed was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and made the All Rookie team after starting 11 games in 1999, played 3 seasons with the Miami Dolphins from 2000-2002, helping the Dolphins to the playoffs in two seasons and in 2002 was a major factor blocking for the rushing *le winner that year, Ricky Williams. He moved to the San Francisco 49ers having his best season in 2003 by starting all 16 games and catching 35 p*es for 437 yards. His career totals are 96 games played, 88 catches for 1090 yards and 6 touchdowns in 6 seasons.

Personal life

Jed and his wife Jori currently live in South Florida. He works in real estate, while she owns a women's clothing boutique in Pembroke Pines.

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