Jon Stinchcomb
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Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
.jpg) Stinchcomb in 2010 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 27, 1979 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Parkview (Lilburn, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2003: 2nd round, 37th pick | ||||||||
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Jonathan Stinchcomb (born August 27, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL draft by Saints, and was a member of their Super Bowl XLIV championship team, which beat the Indianapolis Colts.[1]
Stinchcomb attended the University of Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1998 to 2002. Four-year starter at Georgia…All-Academic honors in 2001-02…One of 11 players to earn AFCA Good Works Team honors for contributions to community service…In 2002 named a Walter Camp All-American, All-SEC and one of six recipients of National Football Foundation scholarship. Stinchcomb was inducted into the University of Georgia’s Circle of Honor in 2012.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
302 lb (137 kg) |
32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 5.06 s | 1.75 s | 2.90 s | 4.62 s | 7.83 s | 35 in (0.89 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 32 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine.[2] | ||||||||||||
After spending his first two years with the Saints as a backup, Stinchcomb missed the entire 2005 season with a knee injury, then took over the starting right tackle position for the Saints in 2006. He started 86 consecutive games for the Saints over five seasons, was named the team's Man of the Year in 2008, and went to the Pro Bowl in the Saints' Super Bowl-winning 2009 season. He was released on August 15, 2011, after the Saints' first exhibition game of the 2011 season.[3][4] On September 22, 2011, he told a New Orleans radio interviewer that he had decided to retire, with plans to pursue a career in physical therapy.[5]
