Jeff Roehl
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Jeff Roehl (born May 18, 1980 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is football offensive lineman with the New York Giants of the National Football League.
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[edit] Personal
Jeff Roehl was born son of Alan and Kathy Roehl and attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois and went on to attend college at Northwestern University. Upon completion of his collegiate career, he spent almost four years playing in the NFL (most notably in 2003) with the New York Giants. During the 2003 season, Roehl was featured on "Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL", an ESPN documentary profiling the life of a few select NFL first-year players. Roehl currently resides in Orland Park, Illinois.
[edit] Professional
An undrafted free agent out of Northwestern University, Roehl signed with the New 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 for Luke Petitgout at left tackle and playing against Grant Wistrom of the St. Louis Rams. He performed admirably and was named a starter for the Monday Night Football game vs. the Dallas Cowboys on September 15, 2003. During the rest of the season, Roehl played in twelve games, starting one more. [1]
During the 2004 offseason, the Giants made a coaching change from Jim Fassel to Tom 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 the Seattle Seahawks in 2004. In 2005, he spent most of the year on the roster of the New England Patriots [2] and in 2006, he was a full-time starter in NFL Europe for the Amsterdam Admirals. After the 2006 NFL Europe season, Roehl briefly signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, and then retired from professional football.
AWARDS:
2006 First Team All-NFL Europe (Amsterdam Admirals) [3]
[edit] College
Roehl originally attended the University of Notre Dame in 1998 on a full football scholarship. After one season at Notre Dame, he transferred to Northwestern University [4] and sat out the 1999 season (due to NCAA 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 the Big Ten Championship and played in the Alamo 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 the Sporting News. He was selected to play in the 2003 East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco, California, an all-star game that invites the nation's top collegiate players to compete against one another. Roehl played under the late Randy 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 Award
[edit] High School
Jeff Roehl attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland 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) - 1997 National 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)
