Jonathan Meeks is an American football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League.
Education
Meeks attended Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina where he played quarterback and free safety as a senior. He had 896 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, and 612 passing yards and seven touchdowns. Defensively, he recorded 69 tackles and two interceptions.
He spent one semester at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia following high school, in order to raise his necessary test scores for National Collegiate Athletic Association standards.
He was rated a four-star recruit by Rivals.com.
Career
He played college football for Clemson University. He was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. While attending Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, Meeks played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 2009 to 2012.
NFL Draft He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round, 143rd overall, of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Buffalo Bills Expected to back up Aaron Williams at Steamship with Duke Williams, who was also drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft. He was injured while playing against Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4 and was placed on the injured reserve designated to return list.
He was released by the Bills on September 5, 2015. On September 6, 2015, the Bills signed Meeks to their practice squad.
On September 23, 2015, Meeks was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad.
NFL stats Key General Practice: games played COMB: combined tackles TOTAL: total tackles Air Service Training: assisted tackles SACK: sacks FF: forced fumbles First Revision: fumble recoveries First Revision YDS: fumble return yards INT: interceptions International Rectifier YDS: interception return yards AVG International Rectifier : average interception return Liquefied Natural Gas: longest interception return Territorial Decoration: interceptions returned for touchdown.
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Privatdozent : passes defended.