Jason Odom

Jason Brian Odom (born March 31, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s. Odom played college football for the Florida Gators, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1995. He played professionally for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Jason Odom

No. 70
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1974-03-31) March 31, 1974 (age 50) Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	307 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school:	Bartow (Bartow, Florida)
College:	Florida
NFL draft:	1996 / round: 4 / pick: 96
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996–2000)
Career highlights and awards
Unanimous All-American (1995) Third-team All-American (1994) 2× Jacobs Blocking Trophy (1994, 1995) 2× First-team All-SEC (1994, 1995) Second-team All-SEC (1993) University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 46 Games started: 41 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Early years

Odom was born in Winter Haven, Florida in 1974.^[1] He attended Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida,^[2]

College career

Odom accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was an offensive lineman for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1992 to 1995.^[3] Odom was a four-year starter, a senior team captain in 1995, a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1994 and 1995, and a unanimous first-team All-American in 1995.^[3][4] In his four years as a Gator, the team won three consecutive SEC championships (1993, 1994, 1995), and played for a Bowl Alliance national championship in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl.^[3] He was also the recipient of the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Trophy, recognizing the best blocker in the SEC, in 1994 and 1995.^[3]

Odom graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1996. In one of a series of articles written for The Gainesville Sun in 2006, the newspaper's sports editors selected him as No. 28 of the top 100 Gators from the first 100 years of Florida football.^[5] He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2010.^[6][7]

Professional career

Odom was chosen in the fourth round (ninety-sixth pick overall) of the 1996 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.^[8] He played offensive tackle for the Buccaneers for four seasons from 1996 to 1999.^[2] He started forty-one of the forty-six Buccaneers games in which he played.^[9] He was placed on injured reserve on August 27, 2000, ending his career.^[10]

Life after football

Odom has served as a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy in Tampa, Florida since 2008.^[11]

See also

• American football portal
• Biography portal
• College football portal

• 1995 College Football All-America Team
• Florida Gators football
• History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• List of Florida Gators football All-Americans
• List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft
• List of SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy winners
• List of University of Florida alumni
• University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

References

1. "Jason Odom Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
2. "Jason Odom". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 88, 93, 97, 102, 125, 184 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011.
4. 2012 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 10 & 14 (2012). Retrieved September 14, 2012.
5. Robbie Andreu & Pat Dooley, "No. 28 Jason Odom Archived September 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine," The Gainesville Sun (August 6, 2006). Retrieved April 1, 2013.
6. "Gator Greats - Gator F Club, Inc". gatorfclub.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
7. "Eight Former Letterwinners Announced to be Hall of Fame Inductees Archived October 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine," GatorZone.com (October 15, 2009). Retrieved July 22, 2011.
8. "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
9. "All Time Players, Jason Odom". National Football League. 2008. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
10. "Odom's NFL Career Comes to an End". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. January 29, 2001. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
11. Thomas W. Krause, "Ex-Buc, Veteran Become Deputies", The Tampa Tribune, Metro Section, p. 5 (July 12, 2008).

Bibliography

• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
• Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
• Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X.