1. Jeremy Bridges was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.
16 Facts About Jeremy Bridges
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Jeremy Bridges graduated in 1998 from South Pike High School in Magnolia, Mississippi, where he played football and was the Pike County, Mississippi Player of the Year as a senior.
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Jeremy Bridges played college football at Southern Mississippi and graduated with a degree in sports administration.
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Jeremy Bridges was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round in the 2003 NFL draft, but was inactive for the entire season.
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Jeremy Bridges was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals on September 6,2004, and made his first ever NFL start on October 10 at the San Francisco 49ers.
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Jeremy Bridges was signed by the Carolina Panthers as a free agent and started in the final 14 games of the 2006 season.
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Jeremy Bridges was released by the Panthers on February 25,2009.
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Jeremy Bridges was signed by the Washington Redskins as a free agent on May 3,2009.
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Jeremy Bridges played in all 48 regular-season games from 2009 to 2011, starting 16.
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Jeremy Bridges injured his thumb in the 2012 preseason, and was placed on injured reserve.
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Jeremy Bridges was arrested prior to the start of training camp for the 2007 season and charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly pointing a gun at a woman in a strip club parking lot in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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On Sunday, December 7,2008, Jeremy Bridges was arrested in Ballantyne, Charlotte, North Carolina and charged with simple assault and battery and communicating threats.
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The incident started when Jeremy Bridges ordered a bottle of Dom Perignon from the restaurant bar Saturday night and shook it up, causing the champagne to spew and get other patrons wet.
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The restaurant manager alleges that Jeremy Bridges then got into a verbal confrontation with another patron and then a physical confrontation with the bouncer, at which time the police were called.
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Jeremy Bridges admits that he shook and opened the champagne bottle, but denies any physical confrontation.
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Jeremy Bridges was inactive for the Panthers' game on December 8,2008, but it is unclear if he will face any more punishment from either the Panthers or the NFL.