Jeffrey David "Jeff" Maehl is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent.
Education
Jeff played for the Paradise Bobcats, where he was given the opportunity to display his skills on the field He wore the #15 jersey in green and gold. (Paradise is but a 15-minute drive to the hometown of 2011 Super Bowl champion, and Most Valuable Player, Aaron Rodgers) Here is where his numbers clearly showed the ability to move on and play with Oregon.
He played in the 2007 Lions Club District 4C-1 All Star Game along with former rival at Pleasant Valley, now British Columbia Lions quarterback Jordan Rodgers.
Career
He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Oregon. Maehl has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Maehl has a full sleeve on one arm and a half-sleeve tattoo on his other.
He also has one on his right arm that says "Paradise California", his hometown, and features a row of pine trees which densely inhabit the area, and more scripture and design. The one on his left is in honor of drowned former teammate Todd Doxey.
Doxey was a close friend and roommate of Maehl. He played college football with the University of Oregon Ducks.
As a senior in 2010, Maehl caught 77 passes for 1,076 yards while helping Oregon to the 2011 British Computer Society National Championship Game.
In that game, quarterback Darron Thomas and Maehl combined to set the record for the longest pass play from scrimmage in a championship game: 81 yards. Prior to the 2011 NFL Draft, Maehl was predicted to be a late-round draft pick by draft analyst Mel Kiper Junior. At the NFL combine Jeff Maehl had a strong performance.
He measured in at 6"1" and 190 lbs and had a slower than average 40-time of 4.62 seconds.
However, in the measures of quickness - 20-yard shuttle, 60-yard shuttle, and 3-cone drill - Maehl finished 2nd, 1st, and 1st respectively. Maehl"s 6.42 second 3-cone drill was not only the fastest in this year"s draft, but the fastest it has been run in 6 years.
2014 NFL Draft Maehl went undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft but was selected with the final pick of the 2011 UFL Draft by the Virginia Destroyers. Maehl was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on July 25, 2011.
Despite being waived by Houston on September 3, 2011, Maehl was signed to the Texans practice squad on September 4, 2011.
On December 13, 2011, Maehl was signed to the active roster following the release of fellow wide receiver Derrick Mason. Maehl was cut on September 1, 2012 while the Texans were trimming their roster to 53 men, signed by Texans to the practice squad on September 4, 2011, signed from practice squad to active roster by Texans on December
13, 2011 and signed by the Texans to Reserve/Future contracts on January
24, 2013. Maehl was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for offensive tackle Nate Menkin on August 12, 2013, where he was reunited with his former college coach Chip Kelly. In week four of the 2014 season Maehl came in during a blowout loss to the Denver Broncos in the fourth quarter, scoring a reception touchdown.