Shawn Mayer

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Birthplace= flagicon|USA Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
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Position= DB
College= Penn State
undraftedyear=2003
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years= 2003-2004
2005
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2005-present
teams= New England Patriots
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Cleveland Browns
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Shawn A. Mayer (born March 4, 1979 in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey) is a professional American football player, currently a safety on the Cleveland Browns practice squad.

Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots in 2003, Mayer played in 9 games that season, compiling 15 tackles, including one in Super Bowl XXXVIII [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/boxscores/2004/02/01/1077_boxscore.html] . That one Super Bowl tackle remarkably was of Carolina Panthers wide receiver Ricky Proehl, who attended the same Hillsborough High School as Mayer. He would appear in only 3 games in 2004, and in February 2005 he signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons who then allocated him to NFL Europe. Mayer excelled as a member of the Hamburg Sea Devils, matching the NFL Europe record for interceptions in a game (3), [http://www.nfleurope.com/records/individual/sacks] setting team records for interceptions in a season (5) and in a game (3) [http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/records/HAM] and earning All-NFL Europe honors. He would return to play for Hamburg during the 2006 season, this time allocated by the Cleveland Browns. [http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl/players/Shawn_Mayer]

Mayer started 23 games while at Penn State University and finished his career with 252 tackles, 5 interceptions, 1.5 sacks and 8 tackles for loss. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Penn State University in 2003.

He grew up in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey [Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB73613D891A626&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "LIONS SAFETY MAYER INJURED, WILL MISS SEASON"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", August 15, 2000. Accessed March 30, 2008. "Safety Shawn Mayer, who had figured heavily in Penn State's plans this year, will miss the football season because of a knee injury suffered in practice.... The 6-foot, 197-pounder from Hillsborough, N.J., played in every game last season."] and was twice-named a "USA Today" All-American and New Jersey SuperPrep following his junior and senior seasons at Hillsborough High School where he also excelled in track and field.

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* [http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/396857 NFL player page] www.nfl.com
* [http://www.nfleurope.com/players/playerpage/1230 Player profile] , www.nfleurope.com
* [http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl/players/Shawn_Mayer Transaction history] , "Sportsnet"