Joe Jurevicius

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Joe Jurevicius
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Joe Jurevicius autographs a game ball for Capt. Ryan Silver, a pilot from the 89th Flying Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.jpg
Jurevicius signs autographs prior to a 2004 game
No. 86, 84, 83, 87
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1974-12-23) December 23, 1974 (age 49)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: Lake Catholic
(Mentor, Ohio)
College: Penn State
NFL draft: 1998  / Round: 2 / Pick: 55
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:323
Receiving yards:4,119
Touchdowns:29
Player stats at PFR

Joseph Michael Jurevicius (born December 23, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

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Jurevicius played for the Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, and Cleveland Browns. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, and also played in Super Bowl XXXV and Super Bowl XL as a member of the Giants and Seahawks respectively.

Early years

Jurevicius attended St. Justin Martyr School in Eastlake, Ohio, and Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio, and was a letterman in football as a wide receiver and punter, and in basketball, his #84 jersey is retired and hanging in the Lake Catholic gymnasium.

College career

Jurevicius played college football at Penn State University under head coach Joe Paterno. He finished his college career with 94 receptions for 1,905 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump
6 ft 4+7⁄8 in
(1.95 m)		231 lb
(105 kg)		33 in
(0.84 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		4.66 s1.67 s2.74 s4.48 s7.49 s31.5 in
(0.80 m)
All values from NFL Combine [1]

New York Giants

Jurevicius was selected by the New York Giants in the second round (55th overall) in the 1998 NFL draft. [2] He played four seasons with the New York Giants through the 2002 season. During his time in New York, he played in 58 games, scoring five touchdowns and totaling 1,442 receiving yards. He played in the Giants' 34–7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV, but did not record any receptions.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

In 2002, Jurevicius signed a four-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an unrestricted free agent. In the 2002 NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, he took a crossing pattern 71 yards down to the Eagles' five-yard line. In Super Bowl XXXVII, Jurevicius was the game's leading receiver with four catches for 78 yards as Tampa Bay won by a score of 48–21 over the Oakland Raiders. Tampa Bay is the first franchise from the NFC South to win the Super Bowl.

Jurevicius left Tampa Bay following the 2004 season. He played in 30 games for the team, recording 874 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.

Seattle Seahawks

In 2005, Jurevicius signed with the Seattle Seahawks. He finished the regular season with a career-high 10 touchdowns with 694 receiving yards, leading the team in touchdowns and finishing second in yards. He also had a career-high 137 yards against the St. Louis Rams. He led the Seahawks in receiving with five catches for 93 yards in their 21–10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL.

Cleveland Browns

On March 11, 2006, Jurevicius signed a four-year contract with his hometown team, the Cleveland Browns. He became an immediate impact player as a dependable, sure-handed receiver—especially on 3rd-and-long situations. [3] He finished the 2007 season with the third most 3rd-down receptions (29) in the league. [4]

In 2008, Jurevicius spent the preseason recovering from surgery on his right knee. Shortly after the initial surgery, he developed a staph infection and underwent five additional surgeries to eliminate the infection. [5] He began the season on the Active/PUP list, and on August 25, he was transferred to the Reserve/PUP list, forcing him to miss the first six weeks of the regular season. Slow recovery prevented his availability before Week 10, which by NFL rules, made him ineligible to return for the remainder of the 2008 season. [6] He was awarded the team's Ed Block Courage Award, given to the player who best persevered through injury. [7]

Jurevicius underwent a seventh surgery to clear out scar tissue in late 2008, [4] vowing to return for the 2009 season. [8] However, the Browns released him on March 11, 2009. [9]

On June 26, 2009, Jurevicius filed a lawsuit in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas naming the Browns, the Cleveland Clinic, and Browns team physicians, Dr. Anthony Miniaci and Dr. Richard Figler, as defendants. [10] The suit alleged Jurevicius contracted staph in his right knee due to the Browns' failure to sterilize their Berea, Ohio training facility properly and the failure of doctors at the Cleveland Clinic to take proper precautions against infection. [10] Five other Browns players and two staff members had contracted staph since 2003. [10] The Browns and Cleveland Clinic confidentially settled with Jurevicius in 2010. [11]

Retirement

The damage done to his knee effectively forced him into retirement. He now appears on the Tailgate Show on Cleveland Browns pre-game television. Jurevicius also appeared on two episodes of North American Hunter in 2013 hunting moose and bear in Newfoundland and British Columbia.

In 2014, he opted to receive stem cell therapy on his knees. [12]

Personal life

Jurevicius currently lives in Nebraska. He is of Lithuanian descent, and has a tattoo of Vytis, the national symbol of Lithuania on his right biceps. He earned a degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University in 1997. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice: August 25, 1997 and February 3, 2003.

Jurevicius is an avid hunter. In 2007, he co-founded Dismal River Outfitters, a hunting ranch and resort in Mullen, Nebraska, with his former Buccaneer and Seahawk teammate, John Howell. [13] [14] His appearance on 'North American Hunter' chasing moose and spot-and-stalk bear is a further testament to his love of hunting and the outdoors.

In June 2009, Jurevicius took part in the 2009 NFL/NFLPA "Broadcast Boot Camp," a program designed by the NFL Broadcasting Department and their broadcast partners to prepare players for possible post-playing careers in broadcasting. [15]

In September 2018, Jurevicius was robbed at gunpoint in his house in Gates Mills, Ohio. [16] The robber Robert Howse, who was 24 years old at the time, was later found guilty of charges relating to the robbery and received a 43-year prison sentence. The defendant had a notable outburst at his sentencing. [17]

Jurevicius owns a commercial cleaning and laundry businesses named The Clean Group, which is headquartered outside of Cleveland. [18]

In March 2024, The Clean Group suffered a major fire. [19]

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  2. ↑ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Grzegorek, Vince (November 19, 2008). "Joe The Receiver: Jurevicius Is A Fan Favorite Because He's One Of Us". Cleveland Scene . Retrieved November 12, 2008.[ dead link ]
  4. 1 2 Ridenour, Marla (November 5, 2008). "Season has been nightmare for Browns". Rocky Mountain News . Retrieved November 7, 2008.
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  11. ↑ Cabot, Mary Kay (June 16, 2010). "Browns, Cleveland Clinic agree to settlement in Joe Jurevicius' staph lawsuit". The Plain Dealer .
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  13. ↑ "About Us". dismalriveroutfitters.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
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