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| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born | (1971-04-15)April 15, 1971 (age 54) Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Mt. Shasta(Mount Shasta, California) | ||||||||
| College | |||||||||
| NFL draft | 1994: 2nd round, 59th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Jason Heath Sehorn (born April 15, 1971) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback in theNational Football League (NFL) for theNew York Giants from 1994 to 2002 andSt. Louis Rams in 2003. He playedcollege football for theUSC Trojans.[1]
Sehorn was born inSacramento, California. He played only one year ofhigh school football atMount Shasta High School inMount Shasta, California.[2]
Sehorn was signed by theChicago Cubs after just one season of playingAmerican Legion Baseball following his senior year of high school. An outfielder, Sehorn failed to produce as a hitter, batting just .184 in 49 games in 1990 for the rookie leagueHuntington Cubs.[3] Sehorn would then turn his focus to playing football.
Sehorn played his first two years of college football atShasta College, a junior college inRedding, California, where he was a standout wide receiver, kick returner and punt returner.[2] He then played two years at theUniversity of Southern California, where he was moved to defense, playing safety and cornerback.[4][5]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.37 s | 1.61 s | 2.66 s | 4.25 s | 35.0 in (0.89 m) | ||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[6] | ||||||||||||
Sehorn was drafted in the second round of the1994 NFL draft by theNew York Giants with the 59th overall pick.[7] He spent most of his career playingcornerback for them.
After back-to-back successful seasons in 1996–97, Sehorn suffered a debilitating knee injury, tearing hisanterior cruciate (ACL) andmedial collateral ligaments (MCL) while returning the opening kickoff in a 1998 preseason game against theNew York Jets.[8] Though Sehorn returned the next season, his speed was diminished. Still, he started 73 games for the Giants at cornerback in six seasons played from 1996 to 2002. He represented the Giants inSuper Bowl XXXV.
The Giants released Sehorn on March 7, 2003, and in May of that year, he signed with theSt. Louis Rams as asafety.[9][10] He missed the first six games of the season with a broken foot, but played in the last ten.[11] The next year, his contract with the Rams was terminated after he failed a physical examination before the start of the2004 season.[12]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1994 | NYG | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | NYG | 16 | 15 | 97 | 83 | 14 | 3.0 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 86 | 75 | 11 | 1.5 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYG | 10 | 10 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | NYG | 14 | 14 | 73 | 60 | 13 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | NYG | 13 | 13 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYG | 16 | 5 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 10 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | 76 | 443 | 377 | 66 | 5.5 | 19 | 228 | 4 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1997 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | NYG | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sehorn participated inABC'sSuperstars competition during the NFL offseason. As a testament to his athleticism, he won the competition three consecutive years from 1998 to 2000.[13]
In 2005, Sehorn joinedFox Sports Net, where he was a panelist on their Sunday NFL pregame show.[14]
Sehorn is also a college football analyst for ESPNU. He joined the network in 2011 as the in-studio analyst for Thursday and Saturday night games on ESPNU.[15]
Sehorn is now the Director of Communications at the Hendrick Automotive Group inCharlotte, North Carolina, an automotive retailer in the United States.[16]
Sehorn was briefly married to formerCNN correspondent Whitney Casey from February 14, 1998, until their divorce in 1999.[17] His marriage to actressAngie Harmon is well known due to his unusual and public proposal. During one of Harmon's appearances onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Sehorn (with the assistance of hostJay Leno)[18] hid backstage and surprised Harmon by getting on one knee and asking for her hand in marriage in front of a live studio audience and millions more watching on television. They were married on June 9, 2001.[19] They have three daughters:[20] Finley, born October 14, 2003;[21][22] Avery, born June 22, 2005;[23] and Emery, born December 18, 2008.[24][25] Both publicly support theRepublican Party.[26] The couple announced in November 2014 that they were separating after 13 years of marriage,[27] and divorced in December 2015. Sehorn remarried, to fire equipment heiress Meghann Gunderman, in 2017. They have a daughter named Sage.[28]
On January 19, 1999, Sehorn's high school jersey #1 was retired by his alma mater,Mt. Shasta High School, in a ceremony hosted by his longtime friend, mentor, and former coach, Joe Blevins. The ceremony aired on local cable television.[29]
Finley Faith Sehorn was born at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday in Dallas. None of the baby's vital statistics were released, but publicist Troy Mankin said Harmon, 31, and child "were doing fine."
The 32-year-old actress gave birth Wednesday [June 22, 2005] to Avery Grace Sehorn in her hometown of Dallas, publicist Troy Nankin said.
Emery Hope Sehorn was born Thursday, said Harmon's publicist, Nicole Perna.
