- Jeff Roehl
NFL player
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College=Notre Dame
Northwestern
Position=Offensive tackle
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years=2003
teams=New York Giants
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PFR=Jeffrey Alan Roehl (born
May 18 ,1980 inEvergreen Park, Illinois ) was anAmerican football offensive lineman who played mostly with theNew York Giants of theNational Football League . He more recently played for theAmsterdam Admirals inNFL Europa before retiring from professional football.Personal
Roehl is now a full-time commercial real estate broker and he currently resides in
Orland Park, Illinois .High school
Jeff Roehl attended
Carl Sandburg High School inOrland Park, Illinois , where he played for head coach Mike Navarro. In 1997, the Roehl-led Eagles set the school record for both total yards in a season and total rushing yards in a season. Roehl was a two-year varsity starter and finished his career rated as the 98th best football prospect in the USA by Tom Lemming of the Prep Football Report.Awards
* 1996 All Conference (SICA Blue)
* 1996 All Area (Star Newspapers )
*1997National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete
*1997 IHSA Academic All-State
*1997 Conference MVP (SICA Blue)
*1997 All Conference (SICA Blue)
*1997 All Area (Star Newspapers ,Chicago Sun-Times )
*1997 All State (H.S. Coaches,Chicago Tribune , Champaign News-Gazette)
*1997 "Best of the Midwest" Team (Detroit Free Press )
*1997 3rd Team All America (Prep Football Report)College
Roehl originally attended the
University of Notre Dame in 1998 on a full football scholarship. After one season at Notre Dame, he transferred toNorthwestern University [ [http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roehl_jeff00.html Player Bio: Jeff Roehl :: Football ] ] and sat out the 1999 season (due toNCAA transfer regulations). Beginning the following season, he was named a starter at offensive guard and began a streak of 35 consecutive starts which continued through his final game of eligibility in the 2002 season. The Northwestern Wildcats won theBig Ten Championship and played in theAlamo Bowl in 2000 while he was a starter. Prior to the 2002 season, Roehl was rated as the No. 12 guard in the nation by theSporting News . He was selected to play in the 2003 East-West Shrine Game inSan Francisco, California , an all-star game that invites the nation's top collegiate players to compete against one another. Roehl played under the lateRandy Walker (football coach) at Northwestern and cites Walker as one of his heroes. He graduated in 2003 with a degree in organizational communication with a minor in economics.Awards
*2000 Honorable Mention All America (Football News)
*2000 Mid-Season All America (CNN/SI )
*2000 Honorable Mention All Big Ten
*2000 Academic All Big Ten
*2000 Offensive Newcomer of the Year (NGN)
*2001 Honorable Mention All Big Ten
*2001 Academic All Big Ten
*2001 Rashidi Wheeler Award
*2002 2nd Team All Big Ten
*2002 Academic All Big Ten
*2002 Academic All District
*2002 Carnig Minisian Citizenship AwardProfessional
An undrafted free agent out of
Northwestern University , Roehl signed with theNew York Giants and entered the 2003 training camp as a long shot to make the team. He outplayed several NFL veterans to earn a spot on the 53-man active roster at the start of the regular season. Roehl saw his first game action in the first quarter of the first game, substituting forLuke Petitgout at left tackle and playing againstGrant Wistrom of theSt. Louis Rams . He performed admirably and was named a starter for theMonday Night Football game vs. theDallas Cowboys on September 15, 2003. During the rest of the season, Roehl played in twelve games, starting one more [ [http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/396885 NFL Players ] ] . During the 2003 season, Roehl was featured on "Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL", anESPN documentary profiling the life of a few select NFL first-year players.During the 2004 offseason, the Giants made a coaching change from
Jim Fassel toTom Coughlin . This coaching change coincided with an untimely injury for Roehl, and as a result his career with the New York Giants was over. Roehl went on to be claimed off the waiver wire by theSeattle Seahawks in 2004. In 2005, he spent most of the year on the roster of theNew England Patriots [ [http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30927 Jeff Roehl - Official New England Patriots Biography ] ] and in 2006, he was a full-time starter inNFL Europe for theAmsterdam Admirals . After the 2006NFL Europe season, Roehl briefly signed with thePhiladelphia Eagles , and then retired from professional football.Awards
*2006 First Team All-NFL Europe (
Amsterdam Admirals ) [http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/9460589]References
External links
* [http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roehl_jeff00.html Official Northwestern University Bio]
* [http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/396885 Official NFL.com Player Page]
* [http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/AMS/9307220 Jeff Roehl's Journal Entry #1 for the Amsterdam Admirals (NFL Europe)]
* [http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/AMS/9427984 Jeff Roehl's Journal Entry #2 for the Amsterdam Admirals (NFL Europe)]
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