Jeremy Shockey
Jeremy Shockey
Jeremy Charles Shockeyis a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the New York Giants 14th overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth18 August 1980
CityAda, OK
felt last year
Last year I had 61 catches and it felt like 10,
leading playoffs
He's going to be leading us to the playoffs for a lot of years to come.
bring everybody great guy job letting looks protecting
He's done a great job of never letting the first guy bring him down and protecting the football. He's a guy everybody looks to.
breakout close confident game gets start time
Give him time and he'll do great. He gets more confident with every start and he'll get better every game he plays. He's really close to having a great, breakout game.
He didn't say much, ... He didn't have to.
complacent games played
We played pretty well the first two games and got a little complacent and thought we were better than we were.
fun last year
We have a lot to prove. Last year was no fun for anybody.
coming confidence gives knowing leader team
Having the leader of the team in Eli, him being around, knowing everything, knowing everybody's assignments, it gives everyone a lot more confidence. We all have confidence coming in with Eli, Plax and Tiki, those guys. We can build, not necessarily on what we did in the past, but what we can do now.
dealt environment played
He's not going to play in a rougher environment than he played in, and he dealt with it.
games hair trying
Everybody who's ever done anything bad to me, anything that ever went wrong, I try to take it out on somebody-every game. It's like when you see Michael Jordan's highlights and your hair sits up on your arms? I'm like that the whole game.
late
I guess you can say I was a late bloomer.
hurt war heart
It's a war out there and either they're going to hurt you or you're going to hurt them. I just go out there and play with my heart.
real character thinking
I think I'm a real good person off the field. I've got good character traits, I go to Church often, and I do community service. I think I'm a really good role model.
new-york home concerned
New York will be my home for the rest of my life as far as I'm concerned.