Jeff Thomason
{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}
{{for|the Australian cricketer|Jeff Thomson}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jeff Thomason
| number = 49, 83, 85
| position = Tight end
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|30}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 255
| high_school = Corona del Mar {{avoid wrap|(Newport Beach, California)}}
| college = Oregon
| undraftedyear = 1992
| pastteams =
- Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1992|1993}})
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1994|1999}})
- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2000|2002}}, {{NFL Year|2004}})
| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (XXXI)
- 2× Second-team All-Pac-10 (1990, 1991)
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 67
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 650
| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 10
| pfr = ThomJe00
}}
Jeffrey David Thomason (born December 30, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks.
First NFL stint
After playing college football at the University of Oregon, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992. He played for the Bengals, Green Bay Packers, and Philadelphia Eagles, primarily as a reserve player, for ten years.Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, pp. 672-673. ESPN Books, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-4216-3}}. He retired in 2002.
Second NFL stint
Thomason returned to the spotlight before Super Bowl XXXIX when he was re-signed by the Eagles two years after his retirement in order to temporarily replace injured tight end Chad Lewis.Darcy, Kieran. [https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs04/news/story?id=1977753 "From construction site to Super Bowl"]. ESPN.com, January 30, 2005. Retrieved on January 10, 2014. After seeing a few plays of action during the Eagles' loss in that game, he retired once again that summer, returning to the construction business he had been working at before he was re-signed.
References
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{{Super Bowl XXXI}}
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Category:American football tight ends
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Oregon Ducks football players