Background
Jaeger, Jeff Todd was born on November 26, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Jaeger, Jeff Todd was born on November 26, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Jaeger was not offered scholarships out of high school and chose to walk on the football team at the University of Washington.
Jaeger played college football for the University of Washington, and received All-American honors. In the NFL, he played for the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders and Chicago Bears. Jeff is now a top broker at Marketplace Sotheby"s International Realty in Redmond, Washington.
He was a standout kicker for Kent-Meridian High School in Kent, Washington.
Jaeger would repeat as an Associated Press honorable mention All-America selection in his sophomore season. Following Jaeger"s junior year he was selected as a 2nd Team All-American by Football News.
Following his senior season, in which the Huskies went 8-3-1, Jaeger was a consensus All-American, selected as a 1st Team All-American by both the Associated Press and United Press International. Jaeger is still the all-time Washington Husky scoring leader with 358 points and holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association record with 80 career field goals (Jaeger finished with 21 more field goals than the second leading kicker in Husky history). In his senior season, Jaeger converted 17 of 21 field goal attempts as well as 42 of 43 extra point tries.
Perhaps most impressively Jaeger was 6 of 7 on field goal attempts of 40 yards or more.
The Cleveland Browns selected Jaeger in the third round (eighty-second pick overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft, and he played for the Browns for a single season in 1987. In his rookie season, Jaeger broke all of the Browns rookie scoring records with 75 points despite playing in only ten games. He was voted to his first Pro Bowl in 1991.
He tied the Raiders franchise record for longest field goal with a 54-yarder in 1992.
In 1993, he led the NFL in scoring and set a new Raider record with 132 points. That same year he also led the NFL in complete field goals and tied the all-time NFL mark for field goal attempts.
His kick was seemingly low and yet managed to cross the uprights. Jaeger led the Raiders in scoring during five consecutive seasons and consistently ranked in the top ten in the league in scoring.
Jaeger eventually spent his last years with the Chicago Bears.
In 1999, Jaeger injured his hip, and was released, but was then re-signed two days later. Career high/best bolded.