Jerry Mackey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}}

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| name = Jerry Mackey

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| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|20}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 233

| college = Syracuse

| undraftedyear = 2007

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Jerry Joseph Mackey (born September 20, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Syracuse.

Mackey has also been a member of the New York Jets.

Early life

PrepStar All-American … Rated the No. 8 prospect in New York by SuperPrep … New York Sportswriters Association First-team Class AA All-State as a senior and junior … All-Nassau County and All-Long Island as a senior … Received the Bill Piner Award as outstanding linebacker in Nassau County in 2001 … Had 85 tackles, 51 solo, one sack, two forced fumbles and three fumbles recoveries as a senior

College career

Mackey was a 3-year starter at Syracuse at the Linebacker position. His sophomore year, he posted a career high 106 tackles. Though Mackey suffered a major shoulder injury late in his junior campaign and registered just 29 tackles that year. Mackey wore jersey #57 at Syracuse.

Personal life

Jerry is the nephew of former NFL tight end John Mackey.