Josh Mauro

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Josh Mauro
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Mauro with Stanford in 2013
No. 73, 97, 69, 96
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1991-02-17) February 17, 1991 (age 33)
St Albans, England
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school: L. D. Bell (Hurst, Texas)
College: Stanford
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:130
Sacks:5.0
Forced fumbles:2
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:5
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Joshua Daniel Mauro (born February 17, 1991) is an English-born former American football defensive end. He played college football at Stanford. Mauro has also played for the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Early years

Mauro moved from England to Texas when he was three years old. His father, Greg, had been stationed for work in England. [1] He was named to the Dallas Morning News first-team all-area and Associated Press all-state team in high school. [2] He was ranked as the nation's 31st-best prospect weakside defensive end by Rivals.com. [2]

College career

On October 9, 2013, he was named on the Bednarik Award watch list. [3] On November 18, 2013, he was named on the Ted Hendricks Award midseason watch list. [4] On December 2, 2013, he was an honorable mention for the 2013 All-Pac-12 team. [5]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 5+7⁄8 in
(1.98 m)		271 lb
(123 kg)		33 in
(0.84 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		5.21 s1.80 s3.03 s4.51 s7.43 s32 in
(0.81 m)		9 ft 8 in
(2.95 m)		29 reps
All values from NFL Combine [6] except BP

Pittsburgh Steelers

Mauro began his professional career by signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent, but was released during the final roster cuts.

Arizona Cardinals

After his release from the Steelers, Mauro signed with the Arizona Cardinals. During his rookie season in 2014, Mauro played 5 games with 6 tackles and a pass defended. In 2015, he played 14 games with 15 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defended, 2 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery.

In 2016, Mauro started 13 of 15 games he played in recording a career-high 42 tackles and 13 tackles for loss. Set to be a restricted free agent in 2017, Mauro signed a two-year contract to remain with the Cardinals on January 12, 2017. [7]

On March 16, 2018, Mauro was released by the Cardinals. [8]

New York Giants

On March 19, 2018, Mauro signed with the New York Giants reuniting with his former defensive coordinator in Arizona, James Bettcher. [9]

On March 23, 2018, Mauro was suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2018 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances. [10]

After being reinstated from his suspension, he recorded a tackle in the Giant's Week 5 loss to the Carolina Panthers. After the bye week and the trading of Damon Harrison, he was named the starting defensive end next to defensive tackle B. J. Hill and nose tackle Dalvin Tomlinson. In his first game as a starter for the Giants, a win against the San Francisco 49ers, he recorded 5 tackles. In a Week 11 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he recorded 4 tackles. Mauro would remain the starting 5-tech defensive end for the rest of the 2018 season and finished with 28 total tackles (17 solo and 11 assists), 1 sack, 4 tackles for a loss, and 1 QB hit.

Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders

On March 15, 2019, Mauro signed with the Oakland Raiders. [11] He was released on September 1, 2019, but was re-signed a day later. [12]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Mauro signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 12, 2020. [13] The NFL suspended him for the first five games of the 2020 NFL season for violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy on August 21, 2020. [14] He was reinstated from suspension on October 12, [15] and he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on October 17. [16] He was activated from the list on October 22 and subsequently released by the Jaguars. [17] He was re-signed to the practice squad two days later. [18]

Arizona Cardinals (second stint)

On October 28, 2020, Mauro was signed by the Arizona Cardinals off the Jaguars practice squad. [19] Mauro made his debut with the Cardinals in Week 9 against the Miami Dolphins. During the game, Mauro recorded his first sack of the season on Tua Tagovailoa during the 34–31 loss. [20] He was placed on injured reserve on November 28, 2020. [21] He was designated to return from injured reserve on December 16, and began practicing with the team again, [22] but was waived on January 13, 2021. [23]

On August 10, 2021, Mauro re-signed with the Cardinals. [24] He was released on August 31, 2021. [25] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 19.

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  11. ↑ "Raiders sign defensive end Josh Mauro". Raiders.com. March 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Raiders claim quarterback DeShone Kizer". Raiders.com. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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  15. ↑ "Jaguars' Josh Mauro: Completes suspension". CBSSports.com. October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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