| No. 48 Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| Linebacker/Long snapper | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: March 24, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Boynton Beach, Florida | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Massachusetts | |
| Undrafted in 2004 | |
| Debuted in 2004 for the Chicago Bears | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011 | |
| Games played | 64 |
| Tackles | 18 |
| Fumble recoveries | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Jeremy Robert Cain (born March 24, 1980) is an American football linebacker and long snapper for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Massachusetts.
Cain has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans and Washington Redskins.
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Cain attended Saint Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) In football, as a senior, he garnered first team All-Broward County honors and All-State honors.
Cain enjoyed a stellar career at UMass, seeing action in all four years of college at linebacker. A three year starter, Cain was a two time All-American and was also twice a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award given annually to the top Defensive player in Division 1-AA. He finished his career ranking fifth in school history with 363 tackles.
Cain was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He would spend the 2004 and 2005 seasons between the active roster and the practice squad. Cain saw action in eight games over two years and recorded 10 tackles as a reserve linebacker and one special teams tackle.
In 2006 Cain spent the season with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe. He would serve as the team's starting linebacker and long snapper recording 38 tackles in helping the Admirals to an appearance in World Bowl XIV.
For the 2007 season Cain signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles but was cut by the team in training camp. The following month he was signed by the Tennessee Titans after an injury to the team's long snapper Ken Amato. Cain would appear in nine games as the Titans primary long snapper and also made three special teams tackles.
After spending the 2008 season out of football, Cain was signed by the Washington Redskins in 2009. He was waived on June 11, 2009 prior to training camp. Cain was claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars on June 18, 2009.
Cain outlasted veteran Joe Zelenka for the starting long snapper position in the 2009 training camp. He would serve as the teams long snapper for all 16 games in 2009. Cain also made nine special teams tackles which placed him in second place on the Jaguars all time single season list for a long snapper.
In 2010 Cain once again played all 16 games at long snapper and also recorded four special teams tackles.
On February 24, 2011 Cain signed a three year, 2.45 million dollar contract with the Jaguars.[1]
| American Football Conference | |||
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| AFC East
Garrison Sanborn (Buffalo Bills) |
AFC North
Morgan Cox (Baltimore Ravens) |
AFC South
Jon Weeks (Houston Texans) |
AFC West
Lonie Paxton (Denver Broncos) |
| National Football Conference | |||
| NFC East
L. P. Ladouceur (Dallas Cowboys) |
NFC North
Chris Massey (Chicago Bears) |
NFC South
Joe Zelenka (Atlanta Falcons) |
NFC West
Mike Leach (Arizona Cardinals) |