Garth Jax
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Houston, Texas, U.S.
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | September 16, 1963 Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston) | ||||||||
| College | Florida State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1986: 11th round, 296th overall pick | ||||||||
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James Garth Jax (born September 16, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles.
Jax has two brothers and two sisters; Clayton Jax, the oldest, Brady Jax, Hilary, and Bronwyn. Jax grew up in Houston where he attended Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and helped his team win the 4-A state title in three of his four years. He received All-state honors at linebacker as a senior. He accepted a football scholarship from Florida State University.
He became a starter at outside linebacker in the last game of his freshman year against West Virginia University. Unfortunately his career would be plagued with injuries. He was limited to a part-time role as a sophomore because of an illness.
As a junior, he made 13 tackles during a 38–26 loss against the University of South Carolina, before suffering serious kidney and spleen injuries, to the extent that some doctors doubted if he could play football again.[1] He missed the last 3 games of the season.
In his final college year, he made a team-high 13 tackles in the season opener against Tulane University. Despite a broken right thumb and a bruised left shoulder, as a starter he led the team with 6 quarterback sacks and ranked fifth with 63 tackles.[2]