Steve Gregory (American football)

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Steve Gregory
Steve Gregory during San Diego Chargers Practice (August 2, 2008).jpg
Gregory with the San Diego Chargers in 2008
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position:Senior consultant/associate defensive coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1983-01-08) January 8, 1983 (age 41)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Curtis (Staten Island, New York)
College: Syracuse
Undrafted: 2006
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:357
Forced fumbles:2
Pass deflections:24
Interceptions:7
Defensive touchdowns:2
Player stats at PFR

Stephen C. Gregory (born January 8, 1983) is an American football coach and a former safety. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football and coached at Syracuse. Gregory was also a member of the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs.

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Early life

Gregory lived in Staten Island, New York for most of his youth. He was a Jets fan growing up. He attended St. Margaret Mary Parochial Elementary school grades 6–8 then attended Monsignor Farrell High School before transferring to Curtis High School. He played college football at Syracuse University.

Professional career

San Diego Chargers

The defender started his career as an undrafted free agent, [1] and signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played for them until 2011. He started 31 of 85 games, recording 241 tackles, four interceptions and two sacks.

New England Patriots

On March 15, 2012, Gregory signed with the New England Patriots. [2] On Thanksgiving Night, Gregory had a primary role in the Patriots' victory over his home-town team, the New York Jets. In the game, Gregory had an interception, 2 recovered fumbles (one leading to a touchdown, during the now-infamous "Butt Fumble" play), [3] 5 tackles, and 1 pass deflection. At the end of the game, on the national NBC broadcast, Gregory was awarded the traditional Thanksgiving award, along with teammates Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork.

Between 2012 and 2014, he started 23 games for the New England Patriots. [1] Gregory was released by the Patriots on February 28, 2014. [4]

Kansas City Chiefs and retirement

Gregory was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on July 31, 2014. [5] Gregory announced his retirement from football on August 9, 2014. He cited the birth of his daughter with his wife Rosanne as giving him a new perspective on life, with plans to coach. He ended his career with 357 tackles, seven interceptions, 25 defensed passes, three sacks and two touchdowns, out of 111 NFL games. [1]

Coaching career

On June 4, 2015, the Syracuse athletic department announced Gregory would return to his alma mater as a special teams quality control coach. [6]

Detroit Lions

Two years after his year coaching at Syracuse, Gregory joined the Detroit Lions as a defensive assistant. [7] He was promoted to defensive backs coach in 2020, and he missed the team's week 16 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers due to COVID-19 protocols. [8]

Miami Dolphins

In 2021, Gregory joined the Dolphins as a defensive assistant, where he would reunite with Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, whom coached Gregory with the New England Patriots where Flores was his Safeties coach. In 2022, he was retained by Mike McDaniel and was promoted to the Dolphins safeties coach. [9] He was fired on January 19, 2023. [10]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGPTacklesFumblesInterceptions
CmbSoloAstSckFFFRIntYdsTDPD
2006 SD 1412840.0000001
2007 SD 16111010.0000001
2008 SD 15363150.0000004
2009 SD 167158132.00211300
2010 SD 94434100.00024102
2011 SD 156756110.00012613
2012 NE 12373160.02235015
2013 NE 147950291.0000002
Total [11] 111357278793.0247130224

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Patra, Kevin (August 9, 2014). "Steve Gregory announces retirement from NFL". NFL.com. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Patriots, safety Gregory agree Mike Reiss, ESPN Boston
  3. ↑ How New York Jets lost to Patriots in under 60 seconds Gregg Rosenthal, NFL.com Retrieved 32 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Patra, Kevin (February 28, 2014). "Steve Gregory released by New England Patriots". NFL.com. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chiefs sign DB Steve Gregory, waive LB Ben Johnson". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gregory Returns to Syracuse to Join Coaching Staff". cuse.com. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Official Site of the Detroit Lions". www.detroitlions.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ Lage, Larry (December 25, 2020). "Lions' Darrell Bevell can't coach Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols; 3 defensive coaches also out". Madison.com. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ Furones, David. "Dolphins promote from within for safeties coach, retain O-line coach in lesser role as full staff announced". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dolphins Announce Coaching Staff Changes". MiamiDolphins.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Steve Gregory". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
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