High school: Coconut Creek (FL) 40 yard dash time 4.72 seconds | Weight: 255 lb (116 kg) Height 1.88 m Name Jonathan Freeny | |
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Date of birth: (1989-06-15) June 15, 1989 (age 26) Parents Pamela Freeny, Eddy Freeny Similar People Jabaal Sheard, Logan Ryan, Dont'a Hightower, Jamie Collins, Devin McCourty Profiles | ||
Tilted: Jonathan Freeny
Jonathan Freeny (born June 15, 1989) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Rutgers. He has also been a member of the Miami Dolphins, Chicago Rush, and New England Patriots.
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- College career
- Miami Dolphins
- Chicago Rush
- New England Patriots
- Personal life
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College career
Freeny chose to accept a scholarship to Rutgers University due to then head coach Greg Schiano's connections to South Florida from his time with the University of Miami. Freeny would play 46 games at Rutgers and primarily played at defensive end and linebacker.
Miami Dolphins
Freeny signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted college free agent on July 28, 2011. He was released by the team on September 3, 2011.
Chicago Rush
Freeny was assigned to the Chicago Rush on October 4, 2011. He was exempted by the Rush on December 6, 2011.
Miami Dolphins
Freeny was signed to the Dolphins' practice squad on December 7, 2011. He then spent the following 3 seasons on the Dolphins active roster. At the end of the 2014 season Freeny became a restricted free agent but was not tendered a contract by Miami and therefore became an unrestricted free agent.
New England Patriots
On March 12, 2015, Freeny signed with the New England Patriots on a one-year deal. On September 24, 2015, the Patriots extended Freeny's contract through 2016 after emerging as a core special teamer. He played in 13 regular season games with seven starts registering 43 tackles, one sack, one pass breakup, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and two special teams tackles.
On August 27, 2016, the Patriots signed Freeny to a two-year contract extension. He was placed on injured reserve on October 15, 2016 with a shoulder injury.
On February 5, 2017, Freeny's Patriots appeared in Super Bowl LI. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime.
On September 2, 2017, Freeny was released by the Patriots.
Personal life
Freeny is distant cousins with Dwight Freeney.