Jeffrey Bryant Saturday was born on June 18,1975 and is an American football former coach and center.
29 Facts About Jeff Saturday
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Jeff Saturday was the interim head coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League for the final 8 weeks of the Colts' 2022 season following the firing of Frank Reich.
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Jeff Saturday then signed with the Indianapolis Colts, with whom he played 13 seasons, won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears and was selected to four All-Pro teams and five Pro Bowls.
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Jeff Saturday attended Shamrock High School in Decatur, Georgia, in 1993.
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Jeff Saturday received a scholarship offer from the University of North Carolina partly because of Gartrell's friendship with UNC's then-defensive coordinator Carl Torbush.
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Jeff Saturday received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a four-year letterman for coach Mack Brown's North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 1994 to 1997.
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Jeff Saturday was recognized as a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection at center in 1996 and 1997, and an Academic All-ACC selection in 1997.
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Jeff Saturday was described as "somewhat an overachiever, has worked to make himself better," but as "an undersized guy [who] simply has trouble matching up against power NTs that can overwhelm him".
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Jeff Saturday then returned to Raleigh, North Carolina, and took a job as a manager at an electrical supply store.
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Jeff Saturday first came to the attention of the Indianapolis Colts during the 1998 season, when former college teammate Nate Hobgood-Chittick was on the roster.
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Jeff Saturday finished his time with the Colts as the team's starting center for 12 straight seasons, and was the anchor of the Colts' offensive line, which gave up the fewest quarterback sacks among all NFL teams in the 2004,2005, and 2006 seasons.
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Jeff Saturday attempted a pass once, during a game in 2004, but it fell incomplete.
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On January 21,2007, Jeff Saturday helped the Colts win the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots when he recovered a teammate's fumble in the end zone and scored a touchdown.
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Jeff Saturday provided the key block on the game-winning touchdown run by Joseph Addai, pancaking Vince Wilfork.
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On February 26,2009, Jeff Saturday signed a three-year $13.3 million contract with the Colts including a $7.45 million signing bonus.
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Jeff Saturday became a free agent after the 2011 season.
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Jeff Saturday signed a two-year deal with the Green Bay Packers for $7.75 million on March 23,2012.
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On January 25,2013, Jeff Saturday announced he would retire following the 2013 Pro Bowl Game.
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On March 7,2013, Jeff Saturday signed a 1-day contract with the Colts to retire with the team with which he spent 13 of his 14 seasons.
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Jeff Saturday was voted onto six Pro Bowl teams in 2005,2006,2007,2009,2010, and 2012.
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Jeff Saturday was selected as Offensive Lineman of the Year by the National Football League Alumni organization for 2007.
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Jeff Saturday was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor during the week 2 game against the New York Jets on September 21,2015.
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Jeff Saturday was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, in Macon, Georgia, as a member of the 2017 class.
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On January 20,2017, Jeff Saturday was named the head coach of Hebron Christian Academy, in Dacula, Georgia.
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On February 14,2020, Jeff Saturday resigned from the position of head coach at Hebron Christian.
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Jeff Saturday was the first NFL head coach with no prior college or professional coaching experience since Norm Van Brocklin with the Minnesota Vikings in 1961.
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Coincidentally, Frank Reich, who Jeff Saturday replaced as Colts head coach, was the quarterback who led the comeback victory for the Buffalo Bills over the Oilers.
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Jeff Saturday is a member of the executive committee of the National Football League Players' Association, where he was the key negotiator in completing the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL and NFLPA.
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Jeff Saturday joined ESPN in 2013 and appeared on network programming such as NFL Live and SportsCenter.