Javon Hargrave
| No. 79 – Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||
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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 7, 1993 Salisbury, North Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 309 lb (140 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | South Carolina State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2016 / round: 3 / pick: 89 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2016 | |||||||||
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Javon DeAndre Hargrave (born February 7, 1993) is an American football nose tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina State.[1] He was selected in the third round with the 89th overall pick of the 2016 NFL draft.[2]
College career
Hargrave began attending South Carolina State in 2012. As a freshman in 2012, he finished with 45 tackles and 4.5 tackles for a loss. He was named a Freshman All-American.[citation needed]
The following season he collected 12.5 tackles for a loss and 3.5 sacks.
On October 25, 2014, he tied an FCS record after finishing with a total of 6 sacks against Bethune-Cookman. He finished third among the FCS with 16 sacks as a junior in 2014 and was voted a Associated Press All-American.
In the 2015 season opener he made 6 solo tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses, and 2.5 sacks in a 35–7 victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. On September 16, 2015, he made 3 tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss in a 36–0 shutout of Florida A&M. On October 3, 2015, he had a season-high 10 tackles and a sack in a loss to Furman. On October 24, 2015, Hargrave had one of his best games of the season,[according to whom?] finishing with 6 solo tackles, 8 total tackles, 4 tackles for losses, forced a fumble, and had a season-high 3 sacks against Delaware State. In Week 11, he again had a season-high 3 sacks, 7 tackles, and 4 tackles for losses in a victory over Norfolk State. In his last career collegiate game he made a total of 4 tackles, 2 sacks, and a forced fumble in a win over Savannah State.
He finished his last season with South Carolina State with 45 solo tackles, 59 total tackles, 22 tackles for losses, 13.5 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles. For the second consecutive season he was named an Associated Press All-American.[3]
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 1 in (1.85 m) |
309 lb (140 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.93 s | 1.57 s | 2.57 s | 4.70 s | 7.90 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) |
9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) |
29 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Hargrave in the third round (89th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
On June 10, 2016, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed him to a four-year, $3.114 million rpokie contract with a $693,000 signing bonus. Hargrave was the last player of the Steeler's 2016 draft class to sign a contract with the Steelers.[5]
After competing with fellow nose tackle Daniel McCullers in training camp and the preseason, Hargrave won the starting job as the starting nose tackle to begin the 2016 season.[6] He earned his first professional career start during Steeler's season opener at the Washington Redskins and helped them win 38-16. The following game, Hargrave recorded his first career tackle in a 24-16 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
On November 20th, 2016, Hargrave scored his first career NFL touchdown after Ryan Shazier stripped Cleveland Brown's quarterback Josh McCown. During the Steeler's victory he recorded his first sack and also finished with a tackle.[7]
References
- ^ Season, Draft. "Draft Season, Episode 2: Javon Hargrave". Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ "2016 NFL Draft Profile: Javon Hargrave". Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ "Javon Hargrave stats". South Carolina State Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "2016 NFL Draft Profile: Javon Hargrave". Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Simon A Chester (June 25, 2016). "Salary cap numbers for Javon Hargrave's rookie contract". Steelersdepot.com. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Fittipaldo, Ray. "Steelers rookie Javon Hargrave earns starting nose tackle job". Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Pro-Football-Reference.com:Javon Hargrave stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.