.jpg) Lageman aboardUSSPaul Ignatius in 2019 | |||||||||
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born | (1967-07-18)July 18, 1967 (age 58) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 266 lb (121 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Park View(Sterling, Virginia) | ||||||||
| College | Virginia | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1989: 1st round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Jeffrey David Lageman (born July 18, 1967) is an Americansports commentator and former professionalfootball player. He played as adefensive end in theNational Football League (NFL).
Lageman playedcollege football for theVirginia Cavaliers and was selected by theNew York Jets in the first round of the1989 NFL draft. In 1994, he was signed by theJacksonville Jaguars; he retired after an injury in 1998. Though considered small for a defensive lineman, he distinguished himself on the field, recording a total of 47 careerquarterback sacks.[1][2] Following his retirement from sports he went into sports broadcasting inJacksonville, Florida.
Lageman was born inFairfax, Virginia.[2] He attendedPark View High School in nearbySterling. He attended theUniversity of Virginia for college, where he played bothlinebacker anddefensive end for theVirginia Cavaliers football team.[2][3]
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||||
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| 6 ft5+1⁄2 in (1.97 m) | 247 lb (112 kg) | 4.86 s | 1.71 s | 2.86 s | 4.34 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 15 reps | ||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
Although considered undersized to playdefensive end in the NFL, a fact that was pointed out byMel Kiper Jr. duringESPN's coverage of the1989 NFL draft, Lageman was taken in the first round by theNew York Jets.[5] Lageman's NFL career spanned 10 seasons, the first six with the Jets, and the final four with theJacksonville Jaguars.[1] His best year came in 1991 when he made tenquarterback sacks. He made a career total of 47 sacks in the NFL.
In 1995, Lageman was signed by theJacksonville Jaguars in their inaugural year.[3] With Lageman playing a key role, the Jaguars made the 1996 playoffs and upset theBuffalo Bills and theDenver Broncos on the road before losing to theNew England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game.
Lageman's playing career ended on the first game of the 1998 season in Chicago. Although the Jaguars won on a last second touchdown pass fromMark Brunell toJimmy Smith, they lost Lageman to a torn muscle in his arm. He never played again.
During his time in Jacksonville, Lageman, an avid hunter and fisherman, began his broadcasting career with a radio show titled "The Outdoors Show" along with Captain Kevin Faver and Captain Kirk Waltz.[6] After his playing career, Lageman continued his broadcasting career as a footballcolor analyst onFox television.
By 2001, "The Outdoors Show" had moved from an all-sports station (WBWL-AM) to a 50,000 watt news-talk station (WOKV) and soon after, Lageman joined the play-by-play man Brian Sexton in the booth of the Jaguars Radio Network as the color analyst.[7] He also serves as co-host of the weekly "Jaguars This Week" radio show along with Sexton, Jaguars.com senior writer John Oehser and former Jaguars teammateTony Boselli, and is a castmember of the weekly television program, Jaguars All Access. Lageman lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Tera Lageman, and their children Taylor and Dylan.