- Jason Glenn
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1979|8|20
Birthplace=Aldine, Texas
College=Texas A&M
Position=Linebacker
DraftedYear=2001
DraftedRound=6 / Pick 10
Stats=Y
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years=2001-2004
2005
2006-2007
teams=New York Jets Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings Jason Glenn (born
August 20 ,1979 ) was an NFLlinebacker who played for theNew York Jets , theMiami Dolphins , and theMinnesota Vikings between 2001-2006. He is the younger brother ofJacksonville Jaguars cornerbackAaron Glenn .High School and College
Glenn attended Chester W. Nimitz high school in
Houston, Texas .Glenn began his college career at Texas A&M as a safety, but significant increases in size and strength made him better suited for the linebacker position, which he began playing his sophomore year. He was an All-
Big 12 Conference first-team selection as a senior in 2000 despite suffering a season-ending knee injury. He finished his college career with 167 tackles (107 solo), 11 sacks, 22 passes deflected and 33 tackles for losses and was one of the Aggies' fan favorites as well as a vocal leader on and off the field.NFL
2001
Glenn played in the final 15 regular season games as rookie with the Jetsand finished fifth on the team in special teams tackles with 17. He played in the AFC Wild Card game at Oakland on 1/12/02 and had one special teams tackle.
2002
Played in all 16 of the Jets' games. Most of his time was spent on special teams, where he ranked second on the team with 27 tackles, as well as a blocked punt and one fumble recovery. Also had a tackle and a pass deflection in spot duty as an extra LB. Made one tackle on defense and two on special teams in the AFC Wild Card playoff game win over Indianapolis Made two special teams tackles in the AFC Divisional Playoff loss at Oakland.
2003
Played in 14 games on the year for Jets and saw his role increase significantly from his first two seasons. Although he was used primarily as the team’s nickel LB, he did start once (game 14 against [Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh) and ended up with 47 tackles on the season.
2004
Was limited due to injury -- he suffered a fractured right arm against New England and missed six games with the injury. Finished with 10 tackles (seven solo) and a fumble recovery.
2005
Played in all 16 games (primarily on special teams) for the Dolphins. Finished the year with 13 tackles (12 solo).
2006-2007
Played primarily on special teams in nine games for the Vikings. He had eight tackles on defense (six solo) and one fumble recovery on special teams before being placed on IR Nov. 14 with an injured knee. Glenn re-aggravated that knee injury during 2007 training camp and was to again be placed on the IR on August 14, 2007. That same day, Vikings' Head Coach
Brad Childress announced that Glenn was retiring from football.External links
* [http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=30227§ion=bio Jets bio]
* [http://vikings.scout.com/a.z?s=63&p=8&c=1&nid=2981128 Vikings bio]
* [http://vikings.scout.com/2/668260.html NFL retirement]
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