Brad Meester

Brad Meester

No. 63     Jacksonville Jaguars
Center
Personal information
Date of birth: March 23, 1977 (1977-03-23)
Place of birth: Iowa Falls, Iowa
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Weight: 302 lb (137 kg)
Career information
College: Northern Iowa
NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60
Debuted in 2000 for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Career history
Jacksonville Jaguars (2000–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
3× First-team All-GFC (1997–1999) Division I-AA AP All-American (1999) Ed Block Courage Award (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2011
Games played	173
Games started	173
Stats at NFL.com

Bradley Ryan Meester (born March 23, 1977) is an American football center for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northern Iowa.

Early years

Meester attended Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa and was a good student and a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and track & field. Meester was the South Butler FFA Chapter President. Brad Meester graduated from Aplington-Parkersburg High School in 1995 with a 3.80 grade point average.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Jacksonville Jaguars

Meester was drafted in the second round by the Jacksonville Jaguars where he started all 16 games in his rookie season. He was only the third rookie in Jaguars history to start all 16 games. In 2003 he moved from left guard to center. He is the only Jaguar to start his first 92 regular season games.^{[citation needed]} His streak was ended on December 4, 2005 when he suffered a torn biceps tendon in a game against the Cleveland Browns.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Meester was re-signed by the Jaguars on February 27. He's been playing with Jacksonville for more than 11 years, the longest tenure in Jaguars history.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Jacksonville Jaguars bio