Jonas Seawright
{{Short description|American football player (born 1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| caption =
| number = 75, 69, 92
| position = Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|12}}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 335
| high_school = Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Orangeburg, SC)
| college = North Carolina
| undraftedyear = 2005
| pastteams =
- New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2005}}–{{NFL Year|2006}})
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2009}})*
- New York Sentinels ({{UFL Year|2009}})
- Hartford Colonials ({{UFL Year|2010}})
- Sacramento Mountain Lions ({{UFL Year|2011}})
- San Antonio Talons ({{AFL Year|2012}})
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 1
}}
Jonas Salley Seawright (born April 12, 1982) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at North Carolina.
Seawright was also a member of the Dallas Cowboys, New York Sentinels and Hartford Colonials.
Early life
College career
During his college years, he played for University of North Carolina. During Seawright's freshman season, he played against Clemson, and Maryland. He was also redshirted in 2000. The following year, Jonas played some time on the offensive line, but soon switched back to DT. During this season, he appeared in 11 games, and played an extensive amount of time against Wake Forest, where he made 1 tackle. This year, he gained 7 tackles, 2 of which were solo, while 5 were assists. In a season finale against Duke, Seawright made 3 tackles. He also 2 tackles from a game against Clemson. Seawright's junior year he played in all 12 games, starting 6 of them, against teams such as Florida State, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Virginia, East Carolina, and Arizona State. He ended the year having 10 tackles, 5 of which were primary stops, and the other 5 were assists. This year, Seawright had 3 blocked kicks. These include a blocked extra point against Florida State, and Arizona State. The other was a blocked field goal in the Wake Forest game. Seawright also recorded 2 tackles against Syracuse and Duke.
Professional career
=New York Giants=
Seawright made the 53 man roster in 2006 for the New York Giants and played in nine games,{{cite news|url=http://www.giants.com/news/press_releases/story.asp?story_id=15933|title=Jonas makes strides to attain the starting Nose Tackle spot|publisher=Giants.com|access-date=2009-05-18|archive-date=September 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083702/http://www.giants.com/news/press_releases/story.asp?story_id=15933|url-status=dead}} but in 2007 the Giants, with many talented defensive lineman, made the decision to cut him.{{cite web |url=http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=25825 |title=Hasselback, Huston, Seawright among cuts |access-date=2008-09-11 |author=Michael Eisen |date= |publisher=giants.com |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519101031/http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=25825 |url-status=dead }}
=Dallas Cowboys=
Seawright was signed by the Dallas Cowboys on May 18, 2009.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061030155143/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/seawright_jonas00.html North Carolina Tar Heels bio]
- [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=seawrjon001&defensesort=9 Just Sports Stats]
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Category:Players of American football from South Carolina
Category:American football defensive tackles
Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football players
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Dallas Cowboys players
Category:New York Sentinels players
Category:Hartford Colonials players
Category:Sacramento Mountain Lions players