Former Ashland University All-American defensive lineman Jamie Meder begins his second training camp with the National Football League's Cleveland Browns this week.
In his first full NFL season in 2015, Meder came off the bench in all 16 regular-season games for the Browns as a key member of the defensive line rotation as both a nose tackle and a defensive end. He finished 2015 with 33 total tackles (16 solo) and a sack of Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota on Sept. 20.
Meder became the first former Eagle to play in a regular-season game for the Browns in Week 17 of the 2014 campaign at Baltimore, recording one solo tackle. He originally was an undrafted free agent with the Ravens two years ago, and spent more than two months on their practice squad before joining Cleveland.
Meder was resigned for the 2016 season by the Browns as an exclusive-rights free agent on March 7.
Following in a long line of highly-decorated AU defensive linemen, Meder was a two-time All-American, Ashland's first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year (2010), a two-time GLIAC Defensive Lineman of the Year (2012-13) and a four-time All-GLIAC first-teamer.
His collegiate career totals include 247 total tackles (96 solo), 35 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and three forced fumbles.
Meder is the eighth former Eagle to play in an NFL regular-season game.
CAREER STATS
|
Season |
Team |
|
|
Tackles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G |
GS |
TOT |
SOLO |
AST |
SACK |
SFTY |
PD |
INT |
YDS |
AVG |
LNG |
TD |
FF |
|
2015 |
Cleveland Browns |
16 |
0 |
33 |
16 |
17 |
1.0 |
-- |
0 |
-- |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
-- |
0 |
|
2014 |
Cleveland Browns |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
-- |
0 |
-- |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
-- |
0 |
|
|
TOTAL |
17 |
0 |
34 |
17 |
17 |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FORMER EAGLES WHO HAVE PLAYED IN NFL REGULAR-SEASON GAMES
|
PLAYER |
POSITION |
YEARS IN NFL |
TEAM(S) |
|
Jamie Meder |
Defensive line |
2014-current |
Cleveland '14-current |
|
Ryan Myers |
Linebacker |
2005-06 |
New York Jets '05-06 |
|
Ray Novotny |
Back |
1930-32 |
Portsmouth '30, Cleveland '31, Brooklyn '32 |
|
Bill Overmyer |
Linebacker |
1972 |
Philadelphia '72 |
|
Jeris Pendleton |
Defensive line |
2012-14 |
Jacksonville '12, Indianapolis '13-IR '14 |
|
Tim Seder |
Kicker |
2000-02 |
Dallas '00-01, Jacksonville '02 |
|
Walt Williams |
Defensive back |
1977-83 |
Detroit '77-80, Minnesota '81-82, Chicago '82-83 |
|
Mike Wright |
Defensive line |
2005-11 |
New England '05-11 |
AU
FB/DS