Robert Geathers
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 11, 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Georgetown, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Hemingway (SC) Carvers Bay | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117 | ||||||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 325 |
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| Sacks: | 34.0 |
| Pass deflections: | 18 |
| Interceptions: | 3 |
| Forced fumbles: | 6 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Robert Lee Geathers, Jr. (born August 11, 1983) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at the University of Georgia. He was selected by the Bengals in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Geathers played his entire professional career for the Bengals and became a regular starter a defensive end in 2005, his second season in the NFL. With the Bengals, Geathers has been known for making sacks and returning recovered fumbles. Geathers has many family members who played football at the college or professional level; his uncle Jumpy Geathers played in the NFL from 1984 to 1996, and his father Robert Geathers Sr. was a 1981 draft pick. A younger brother Clifton Geathers has played in the NFL since 2010 and another brother Kwame Geathers plays for the San Diego Chargers.
Geathers played at Carvers Bay High School and graduated in 2001. As a senior, he recorded 100 tackles and nine sacks on defense and played quarterback on offense. This helped him garner several scholarship offers, and decided to attend the University of Georgia.
At the University of Georgia, Geathers majored in sports studies and began playing on the Georgia Bulldogs football team in 2001 as a true freshman. During his three-year career with Georgia, Geathers started 16 of 39 games and in 2001 was the only true freshman to play all games. Geathers made 81 tackles with five sacks, 10 stops for losses, 22 quarterback pressures, six pass deflections, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and two interceptions. Declaring for the NFL Draft after his junior year, Geathers was drafted in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft by Cincinnati.
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