Defensive tackle, Michigan State, 2009–11
Jerel Worthy
- Number
- No. 99
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 310 lb
- Hometown
- Huber Heights, OH
- Born
- Apr 28, 1990, in Huber Heights, Ohio
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Jerel Worthy played defensive tackle at Michigan State (2009–11). He was a consensus All‑American in 2011. The Green Bay Packers took Worthy in round 2, No. 51 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 3 |
| On file | 53 | 55 | 108 | 27.5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Michigan State | 99 | DT | ||
| 2010 | Michigan State | 99 | DT | ||
| 2011 | Michigan State | 99 | DT | 6′3″ | 310 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 308 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.08 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.74 s | |
| Vertical jump | 28½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′11″ | |
| Bench press | 28 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.60 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.56 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 12 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 26 | 31 | 2.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AAF | Orlando Apollos |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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