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{{Short description|American football player (born 1988)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jermaine Gresham
| image = Jermaine Gresham 2013.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Gresham with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2013
| number = 84
| position = [[Tight end]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ardmore, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date =
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| weight_lbs = 260
| high_school = [[Ardmore City Schools|Ardmore]]
| college = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] (2006–2009)
| draftyear = 2010
| draftround = 1
| draftpick = 21
| pastteams =
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2014}})
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|2015}}
| highlights =
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2012 Pro Bowl|2011]], [[2013 Pro Bowl|2012]])
* [[Touchdown Club of Columbus#Ozzie Newsome Award|Ozzie Newsome Award]] (2008)
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2008 College Football All-America Team|2008]])
* First-team All-[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] ([[2008 All-Big 12 Conference football team|2008]])
| statlabel1 = [[Reception (American football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue1 = 377
| statlabel2 = [[Receiving yards]]
| statvalue2 = 3,752
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| statvalue3 = 29
| pfr = GresJe00
}}
'''Jermaine Gresham''' (born June 16, 1988) is an American former professional [[American football|football]]
==
===Football===
Gresham was a [[High school football|high school]] standout at [[wide receiver]] from [[Ardmore City Schools|Ardmore High School]] in [[Ardmore, Oklahoma]].
During his sophomore year Gresham helped the Tigers go 10–2, and had the game clinching 29-yard [[touchdown]] in a 13–0 win against [[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Ward |first=Josh |date=September 6, 2003 |title=Backup QB lifts Ardmore |newspaper=Daily Oklahoman
His senior year, he had 70 catches for 1,175 yards and 24 touchdowns and was named to the Parade All-American team.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ojeda |first=Francisco
Gresham had 148 career catches and was ranked as the No. 34 overall prospect in 2005 by [[rivals.com]].<ref name=TW-2005-12-25>{{Citation |date=December 25, 2005 |title=Football All-State 2005: First Team Offense |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]
===Basketball===
Gresham was also an outstanding [[basketball]] player before giving it up after the ACL knee injury, and to pursue his career in football as an Oklahoma Sooner.
Gresham started on the Ardmore basketball team as a 6′4″ freshman [[basketball center|center]]. He averaged 10.1 points-per-game (PPG) and 6.7 rebounds-per-game (RPG)
The Ardmore Tigers returned to the Class 5A boys basketball final game for 2004, but lost to the [[Southeast High School (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)|Oklahoma City Southeast]] Spartans, 60–55, and finished with a 25–3 record. Ardmore led 52–42 with 4:39 to play, but [[Turnover (basketball)|turnovers]] by Ardmore and [[Three-point field goal|three-pointers]] by Southeast put the Spartans on an 18–3 run to win the title. Gresham (as a sophomore) led the team with an 11.8 PPG season average, added 7.5 RPG, and had 17-points and 15-rebounds in the championship final game.<ref>{{Citation |last=Doyle |first=Matt |date=March 11, 2004 |title=5A/6A Boys: Trust: A two-way street |newspaper=Tulsa World
As a junior, Gresham helped lead his team to the 2005 Class 5A state tournament semifinals with a 17.3 PPG season average, losing to [[Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Tulsa Washington High School]] 71–61 (a team that included [[Felix Jones]]). In the game Gresham stole the ball and dunked it making the score Tulsa Washington–37 Ardmore–34 with 5:25 left in the third quarter, but he was penalized with a [[technical foul]] for hanging on the rim. This sparked Tulsa Washington to a 17–6 run to end the quarter at 54–40, and Ardmore never got any closer than nine (with 26 seconds remaining) the rest of the way.<ref>{{Citation |last=Seeley |first=David |date=March 13, 2005 |title=Tulsa Washington ends Ardmore boys' season |newspaper=Daily Ardmoreite
Gresham did not play his final year; at the end of the football season (after tearing his ACL in the next to last game against Coweta, but playing hurt in the final game against Bixby), and start of the basketball season, he underwent surgery December 9, 2005, that ended his senior basketball season.<ref name=OjedaF-DO-2005-12-13 />
==College career==
As the top rated tight end and the number 34 overall prospect by [[Rivals.com]] for the 2005 season,<ref name=TW-2005-12-25 /> Gresham received interest from many top [[college football]] programs, including the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]], [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State Cowboys]], [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]], [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]], [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State Buckeyes]], and the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]].<ref>{{Citation |
Gresham really liked the tradition of tight ends at Miami ([[Bubba Franks]], [[Jeremy Shockey]] and [[Kellen Winslow Jr.]]), as well as the camaraderie and closeness of the players there,<ref name=WrightS-TO-2007-09-06>{{Citation |last=Wright |first=Scott |date=September 6, 2007 |title=OU vs. Miami: Tight end Jermaine Gresham decided to play for Sooners - Family key to Gresham choosing OU |newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]
Gresham has been called "the most dynamic tight end at Oklahoma since [[Keith Jackson (tight end)|Keith Jackson]]."<ref name="CooneyUSAToday">{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Cooney
===College statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="4"| Receiving
|-
! GP !! GS !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! TD
|-
! colspan="10" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners football}}"| Oklahoma Sooners
|-
! [[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2006]]
| 13 || 0 || 8 || 161 || '''20.1''' || 1
|-
! [[2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2007]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || 37 || 518 || 14.0 || 11
|-
! [[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2008]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || '''66''' || '''950''' || 14.4 || '''14'''
|-
! [[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2009]]
| colspan="6"| ''Did not play due to injury''
|-
! Career !! 41 !! 28 !! 111 !! 1,629 !! 14.7 !! 26
|}
==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
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| weight = 261
| dash = 4.66
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| arm span = 34
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| note = All values from the [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jermaine-gresham?id=497238 |title=Jermaine Gresham Combine Profile at NFL.com |
}}
===Cincinnati Bengals===
The [[Cincinnati Bengals]] drafted Gresham in the first round with the 21st overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Gresham was still drafted in the first round despite missing all of his last college season with a knee injury. He signed a five-year, $15.85 million deal - with $9.6 million guaranteed - on August 3, 2010.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5432349 Bengals, Jermaine Gresham ink deal]</ref>
[[File:Ochocinco-Terrell Owens.jpg|thumb|right|Gresham (far right), next to [[Terrell Owens]] (center) and [[Chad Johnson (wide receiver)|Chad Ochocinco]] (left), in 2010.]]
Gresham was the Bengals starting tight end for the first 15 games of his rookie season, and finished with 52 receptions for 471 yards and four touchdowns. His 52 receptions set a franchise record for catches by a rookie tight end, and ranked him third on the team (tied with [[Jordan Shipley]]).
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===Arizona Cardinals===
On July 24, 2015, Gresham agreed on a one-year deal with the [[Arizona Cardinals]], reuniting with former Bengals quarterback [[Carson Palmer]].
On March 13, 2016, Gresham turned down four-year offers from both the [[New York Jets]] and [[Chicago Bears]] to stay with the Cardinals on a one-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=
On March 7, 2017, Gresham signed a four-year contract extension with the Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cardinals Keep Jermaine Gresham|url=
In 2018, Gresham played in 13 games with 11 starts, recording a career-low nine receptions for 94 yards and no touchdowns.
On March 11, 2019, Gresham was released by the Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cardinals will reportedly release TE Jermaine Gresham|url=http://arizonasports.com/story/1871055/cardinals-will-reportedly-release-te-jermaine-gresham/|website=ArizonaSports.com|date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>
==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="5"| Receiving
|-
|-
! [[2010 NFL season|2010]]
| 15 || 10 || 52 || 471 || 9.1 || 27 || 4
|-
! [[2011 NFL season|2011]]
| 14 || 13 || 56 || 596 || 10.6 || 31 || 6
|-
! [[2012 NFL season|2012]]
| 16 || 15 || 64 || 737 || 11.5 || 55 || 5
|-
! [[2013 NFL season|2013]]
| 14 || 14 || 46 || 458 || 9.9 || 30 || 4
|-
! [[2014 NFL season|2014]]
| 15 || 15 || 62 || 460 || 7.4 || 23 || 5
|-
! [[2015 NFL season|2015]]
| 15 || 12 || 18 || 223 || 12.4 || 22 || 1
|-
! [[2016 NFL season|2016]]
| 16 || 14 || 37 || 391 || 10.6 || 34 || 2
|-
! [[2017 NFL season|2017]]
| 14 || 14 || 33 || 322 || 9.8 || 21 || 2
|-
! [[2018 NFL season|2018]] !! [[2018 Arizona Cardinals season|ARI]]
| 13 || 11 || 9 || 94 || 10.4 || 26 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| Career || 132 || 118 || 377 || 3,752 || 10.0 || 55 || 29
|}
==Random acts of kindness==
Gresham has appeared in the news and in social media several times for his random acts of kindness. For example, in May 2018, he paid $50 to assist Delilah Cassidy, a law student at Arizona State University, with a baggage fee, so that she did not miss her flight.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/30292/jermaine-greshams-random-acts-of-kindness | title=The story behind Jermaine Gresham's random acts of kindness | work=ESPN | date=July 21, 2018 | access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/airlines/2018/05/30/arizona-cardinals-jermaine-gresham-pays-american-airlines-passengers-bag-fee/658453002/ | title=End run: Cardinals' Jermaine Gresham pays American Airlines' passenger's bag fee | work=azcentral.com | date=June 5, 2018 | access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-tweets-about-mans-act-of-kindness-in-airport-turns-out-he-was-nfl-player-jermaine-gresham/ | title=Woman tweets about man's act of kindness, turns out he was NFL player Jermaine Gresham | work=CBS NEWS | date=June 5, 2018 | access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307091725/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gresham_jermaine00.html Oklahoma Sooners bio]
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