George Hegamin
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| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 14, 1973 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Weight: | 331 lb (150 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Camden |
| College: | North Carolina State |
| NFL draft: | 1994 / Round: 3 / Pick: 102 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
George Russell Hegamin (born February 14, 1973) is a former
offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at North Carolina State University
.
Early years
Hegamin started to play organized
All-American honorable-mention and first-team All-state honors, as a senior defensive tackle.[1]
He accepted a football scholarship from
right tackle starting job and received Freshman All-American and second-team All-ACC
honors.
In 1993, he was platooned at
offensive line that surrendered only 14 sacks (third lowest in school history). At the end of the season, he bypassed his final two years of college to enter the NFL draft
, in order to help his mother, who was diagnosed with cancer.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
Hegamin was selected by the
1994 NFL Draft, and was the largest player picked in the draft.[2]
As a rookie, he was de-activated for the first seven games of the season. He appeared in three contests, before being de-activated for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs.
The next year, he appeared in the season opener, before being declared inactive for the next 12 games. With injuries along the
offensive line, he was active but didn't play in the final three contests of the regular season. He was a part of the Super Bowl XXX
championship team.
In
Washington Redskins
.
In his first years in the league, he saw little action as a backup of arguably some of the best
left tackle with Larry Allen
in passing downs situations.
Philadelphia Eagles
On February 19,
right guard
, where he started six games.
The next year, with the arrival of new head coach
blocking sled the length of a practice field under the heat, in front of some players, coaches, executives and the media. He eventually was cut on September 4, 1999.[4]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On November 10,
Personal life
Hegamin works as the Senior Manager of Players Services for the
offensive lineman coach at the Under Armour
National Combine and Elite Football Camp. Current OL Coach at IMG Academy in FL. He is now on the staff of the Colorado Buffalos under Coach Prime.
References
- ^ "Wolfpack packing 340 pounds of 'can't miss' in frosh Hegamin". Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Birds' first free agent move a big one". Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "By George, Hegamin is led out the door by Reid". Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Bucs must face the cold hard facts". Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Fit & Trim: Bucs Slash Roster to 53". Retrieved February 19, 2017.