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Jarrett Irons is a former American football player. A native of The Woodlands, Texas, Irons played college football as a linebacker at the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1996. He was a team co-captain of the 1995 and 1996 team and was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference team both years. As as senior, he was selected as a consensus first-team linebacker on the 1996 College Football All-America Team. At the end of his collegiate career, Irons held Michigan's career tackles record. ==University of Michigan== Irons was the fifth player to be named Michigan Wolverines football captain as a junior.〔 He was named an All-American by the Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association in 1996. He finished his career at Michigan with 453 tackles, at that time second most in Michigan history. Irons led the team in tackles as a Freshman (2nd Wolverine to do so) and as a Junior.〔 As a senior, he finished second in tackles to Sam Sword and as a sophomore he finished second to Steve Morrison.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-11-26 )〕 In 1995, he was co-captain with Joe Marinaro. In 1996, he was co-captain with Rod Payne. The 1995 defense was third in the nation in defense against the run. Irons wore #37 for the Wolverines while redshirting in 1992 and as a varsity letterman from 1993-1996. One of three times Irons was involved in a career high 16 tackles was during the Miracle at Michigan. One of those tackles was a forced fumble by Kordell Stewart that led to a touchback on a key goal line stand. The other occasions that Irons accumulated 16 tackles were as a redshirt Freshman against the Wisconsin Badgers and as a fifth year senior in his final regular season game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Irons was also involved in what is described as the best goal-line stand in Michigan Football history. In 1993, the Penn State University Nittany Lions played its first season in the Big Ten. On October 16, 1993, the Nittany Lions entered the game 5-0 (2-0 Big Ten) and ranked number seven, while Michigan was struggling at 3-2 (1-1). In the third quarter, Michigan led 14-10, but Penn State had driven to 79 yards for a first and goal from the one yard line. After consecutive quarterback sneak attempts by Kerry Collins and a third down dive attempt by Ki-Jana Carter failed, Jarrett Irons fought off fullback, Brian O'Neal and stopped Carter again on fourth down. The subsequent drive for Penn State would result in a field goal from the eight yard line. Michigan shut down the Lions for the rest of the game for a 21-13 victory. Irons was involved in 15 tackles that day. Irons' 296 career tackles ranks first in school history at the University of Michigan: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jarrett Irons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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