Jared Odrick

Jared Taylor Odrick (born December 31, 1987) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at Penn State.

Jared Odrick
Odrick with the Miami Dolphins in 2014
No. 98, 75
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1987-12-31) December 31, 1987
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:295 lb (134 kg)
Career information
High school:Lebanon (PA)
College:Penn State
NFL Draft:2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:170
Sacks:23.0
Forced fumbles:5
Fumble recoveries:1
Interceptions:1
Player stats at NFL.com

High school career

Odrick was a 2005 USAToday, Parade Magazine, and U.S. Army All-American as a senior at Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was named first-team all-state and played in the 2006 Big 33 Football Classic and the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.[1]

College career

Odrick played sparingly his freshman season with Penn State University, but earned the starting job at defensive tackle in 2007. He would make 16 tackles, with four tackles-for-loss, two sacks, and one blocked kick.[1] In 2008, Odrick started 11 games, earning First-team All-Big Ten honors. He recorded 41 tackles, with 9.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and three pass breakups.[1]

Odrick was named an AFCA and CBSSports.com All-American in 2009.[2][3] He was also named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year,[4] the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year,[4] and First-team All-Big Ten by the conference’s coaches,[4] He is ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten with 6.0 sacks and was fifth on the team with 41 tackles, has 10.0 tackles for loss, with one blocked field goal, one pass break-up and three quarterback hurries.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

Odrick was drafted by the Miami Dolphins with the 28th overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a five-year, $13 million contract (with $7.1 million guaranteed) with the Dolphins on July 29, 2010.[5] He is represented by Drew Rosenhaus.[5] In October 2010, Jared broke his foot in practice and missed the rest of the season.

In 2011, Odrick had a strong season having an interception and six sacks as a backup defensive end. Odrick became infamous during that season for performing the "Pee-Wee Herman Dance" after recording a sack, reenacting a scene from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.[6]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Odrick was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on March 11, 2015.[7]

Odrick was placed on injured reserve on December 10, 2016 with a shoulder injury.[8]

On February 20, 2017, Odrick was released by the Jaguars.[9]

NFL statistics
YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
2010MIA11100.0000000000
2011MIA16222026.0100139393902
2012MIA16352695.0000000002
2013MIA16423394.5100000002
2014MIA16292361.0110000005
2015JAX16292365.5100000003
2016JAX612931.0100000001
Career871701353522.55101393939015

[10]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed

Arts & Entertainment

Writing

Odrick has written many articles for a variety of sports publications, including "Football, the flag, and the right to speak our minds," for Sports Illustrated, "Who do you cheer for?", for Sporting News, and most recently "Keeling to Nike", a response to Kaepernick and Nike. His articles speak to the climate of the NFL, and delve into issues typically left unturned; Odrick makes strong statements on the American landscape. Follow the writing of Jared Odrick on his website Jaredodrick.com.

TV & Film

Ballers

In 2015, Odrick made his debut on HBO's Ballers, written by Stephen Levinson and starring Dwayne Johnson. He appeared in four episodes between 2015-2016. [11]

Independent Film Work

Odrick is the executive producer of three short films: "Roller Coaster" (2015), "Filling in" (2016), and "Jade" (2017). He acted in both "Filling in" and "Jade," playing the role of Kevin in the former, and Justin in the latter. He will be also making an appearance in the upcoming Sylvester Stallone's thriller film, Samaritan which is set to be released on December 11th, 2020. [1]

Visual Arts

Jaxtaposition

In 2017, Odrick curated an art exhibit in the city of Jacksonville, taking over ten select billboards and juxtaposing local artists' work against commercial advertisements. The contrast between the art and advertisement emphasized "how much we've allowed commercialism to hoard our public viewing space".[12] The project was a collaborative effort with University of North Florida art student, Jenna Sparrow, and the Jaguar's Director of Photography, Everett Sullivan.

References
  1. "91: Jared Odrick". Penn State Sports Information. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  2. "Odrick Selected AFCA All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 3, 2009.
  3. "Odrick and Bowman Earn CBSsports.com All-America Honors". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 14, 2009.
  4. "Big Ten Announces 2009 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors". Big Ten Conference. November 23, 2009. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  5. Snyder, Audrey (July 29, 2010). "Odrick signs contract with Dolphins". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.
  6. Rick Chandler (November 22, 2011). "Jared Odrick's Pee Wee Herman sack dance is a big deal in Miami right now (video)". Off the Bench. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  7. John, Oehser. "Jared Odrick: Looking to fit in". Jaguars.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  8. Oehser, John (December 10, 2016). "Saturday update: Thomas, Odrick on injured reserve". Jaguars.com.
  9. Oehser, John (February 20, 2017). "Jaguars release DE Jared Odrick". Jaguars.com.
  10. "Jared Odrick Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  11. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7437608/
  12. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/jaguars-star-promoting-local-artists-with-unqiue-advertising-juxtaposition-exhibit/382423897
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