Heath Irwin
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | June 27, 1973 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Boulder | ||||||||
| College | Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1996: 4th round, 101st overall pick | ||||||||
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Heath Spencer Irwin (born June 27, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins, and the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes after graduating from Boulder High School. He was selected with the 101st selection of the 1996 NFL draft by the Patriots.
He was both a high school football and college football All-American and a star offensive lineman on a record-setting Colorado offensive unit. In the NFL, his team made the playoffs in five of his first six seasons. He is both the son of a former Colorado football player and the nephew of another (Hale Irwin) who is a World Golf Hall of Fame member.
Irwin played a lot of golf during his youth.[1] Irwin was a high school All-American (by Super Prep and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report) at Boulder High School, where he played offensive guard and defensive tackle.[2] He also competed in the shot put and discus throw in high school.[3] He was a 1995 College Football All-America Team first-team selection by the Associated Press for the 1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team and an honorable mention selection by the United Press International as a senior as well as a second-team All-American on the 1994 Colorado Buffaloes football team that had a record-setting 5,448 total net yards of offense including the famed Miracle at Michigan.[2] Irwin scored a touchdown for the 1995 Colorado Buffaloes football team on October 28 against Nebraska. No other Colorado lineman scored a touchdown until Alex Kelley did in the September 2 season opener for the 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team against Colorado State.[4]