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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Watsonville, California | May 13, 1972||||||
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Dennis-Yarmouth (MA) | ||||||
College: | Northeastern | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1995 | ||||||
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Josh Heinrich Taves (a.k.a. Josh Heinrich; born May 13, 1972, in Watsonville, California) is a former professional American football player. [1]
Taves is Jewish. [2] He grew up in Truro, MA, played football for Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, and for Northeastern University, where he twice made the Jewish All-American team. [3] [4]
He was named NFL Europe's 1998 Most Valuable Defensive Player, after he was co-leader in sacks in the league with 9 in 10 games for the Barcelona Dragons. [4]
In the National Football League, he played defensive end for 29 games over three seasons for the Oakland Raiders and the Carolina Panthers. [1]