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Jeremy Ray Staat (born October 10, 1976 in Bakersfield, California) is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 and the St. Louis Rams for two games in 2003. He also played for the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team. He is a United States Marine, and has served in Iraq. ==Football career== Staat was a two-sport star in Bakersfield High School in California, where he was All-Area selection. He then attended Bakersfield College, a junior college, for two years before transferring to Arizona State University. At ASU, Staat became friends with free safety Pat Tillman, and was a roommate with Tillman's brother for a semester. Staat and Tillman drank and partied hard during their college careers, and Staat initially did not understand why an NFL-bound player would require higher education.〔Ted Miller, (From ASU to the NFL to Iraq, Staat finally graduates ), ESPN.com, May 14, 2009, Accessed May 14, 2009.〕 While playing for the Sun Devils, he won the Morris Trophy as the best defensive lineman in the Pac-10 Conference in 1997. In the 1998 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Staat with the 41st overall pick. He played three seasons in Pittsburgh, starting in eleven games in the 1999 season. He was cut by the Seattle Seahawks in 2001, and began seriously considering joining the military after the September 11, 2001 attacks. However Pat Tillman, who had quit a lucrative career with the Arizona Cardinals to become a U.S. Army Ranger after the attacks, talked Staat into staying in the league for at least three more games to earn his NFL retirement benefits.〔 Staat eventually earned his pension during stint with the St. Louis Rams during the 2003 season. The following season, he joined the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League. During the 2004 season, he found Tillman had been killed in action in Afghanistan, in what was later revealed to be a "friendly fire" incident. The loss of his friend further reduced his interest in football, and he soon left the Avengers and professional football. 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「Jeremy Staat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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