Jeremy Shockey
- New York Giants (2003-2007)
- New Orleans Saints (2008-2010)
- Carolina Panthers (2011 -present)
- Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year (2002)
- All-Pro team (2002)
- 4 × Pro Bowl (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 )
- 2 × Super Bowl (XLII, XLIV)
Jeremy Charles Shockey ( born August 18, 1980 in Ada ) is an American professional American football player at the position of tight ends. The 1.96 meter tall Shockey plays for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ( NFL).
Biography
High school and college
Shockey grew up in the small town of Ada and was so skinny that the football coach at first would not let him play in high school. But the teenager impressed with his talent, so he was used both on offense as a wide receiver and the defensive as linebacker. Nevertheless, he was the then "only" 88 kg heavy senior as too fragile and chose as Junior College, the small Northeastern Oklahoma A & M. There Shockey trained on more muscle mass and was converted because of its speed, athleticism and safe hands to tight end. In 2000, he attracted the attention of the University of Miami and was a member of the local Hurricanes. There Shockey has established itself as one of the best tight ends and helped his team win the 2001 NCAA Championships, and was elected to the All-American team.
NFL
In the 2002 NFL Draft Shockey was selected to 14 out of the New York Giants. The tight end played an excellent season in which he scored 894 Yards space gain, 74 passes caught and scored two touchdowns, was elected to the Pro Bowl and won the " Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year " title. In the media city of New York, the long-haired and extroverted Shockey was a crowd favorite, even though the coaches his irascible nature sometimes felt as a problem: after the Giants 49ers short of 38-39 were defeated in the play- offs by the San Francisco, he overwhelmed the journalists with insults and threw a fan water over the head.
In subsequent years, Shockey was 2003, 2005 and 2006, elected to the Pro Bowl. The Giants themselves but sank into mediocrity, was until 2004 the quarterback and future Super Bowl MVP, Eli Manning drafted. Together with Manning, running back Tiki Barber and defensive end Michael Strahan was Shockey at the growing strength of the Giants and had three seasons in which he caught more than 60 passes and always scored more than 600 yards space gain. However, Shockey made at times of trouble, because he called his coach Tom Coughlin after a defeat against the Seattle Seahawks as incompetent and Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells - called " Homo" insulted.
In 2007, Shockey broke his fibula and fell for the rest of the season. Nevertheless, the Giants won the Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated New England Patriots to date, and there was speculation that the Giants would give the unpredictable, no longer indispensable tight end. Shockey responded with a boycott of the training camp and was traded in the offseason to the New Orleans Saints.
In the city that was still devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Shockey could not quite connect to his old form. In the 2008 season he scored 483 yards and caught 50 passes extra space, which meant both Karrieretiefstwerte. However, despite excellent performances from quarterback Drew Brees managed the Saints not in the play-offs. The following season was even better. Surprisingly it managed the Saints in the Super Bowl XLIV, defeating there the favored Indianapolis Colts and their three-time MVP Peyton Manning with 31-17. Shockey contributed to this result in a touchdown. Having Although the Giants won the Super Bowl without having been in the finals on the court, he now won his first "real" ring. In 2010, he could not prevent the Saints sensationally dropped out in the first play-off round against the Seattle Seahawks, who had ever come first NFL team with a negative balance in the play-offs.
Private life
Shockey is the son of Lucinda Shockey and Jimmy, and he has an older brother named James. His father left the family when he was a child. In addition to her mother and brother Shockey calls his grandmother Evylene as inspiration, who was paralyzed after an accident, but still always supported the education of their grandchildren.
The patriotic Shockey wears on his right arm a large area tattoo that extends from the shoulder to the wrist, and contains many typical American symbols such as the Bald Eagle or the Stars and Stripes.