{{Short description|American football player (born 1978)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jason Short | image = | caption = | position = Linebacker | number = 52 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|15}} | birth_place = Painesville, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 254 | high_school = Riverside (Painesville) | college = Eastern Michigan | undraftedyear = 2001 | pastteams = * Peoria Pirates (2002) * Barcelona Dragons (2003) * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2003|2006}}) * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2007}})* | highlights = | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 36 | pfr = ShorJa20 }} '''Jason Michael Short''' (born July 15, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Michigan Eagles. He played in the NFL with the Eagles and also signed with the Cleveland Browns.
In 2006, Sports Illustrated ranked Jason Short among the "10 Most Feared NFL Players".<ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Peter |title=The NFL's 10 most feared men |url=https://www.si.com/uncategorized/2006/08/30/30-010-most-feared-nfl-players |website=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=August 30, 2006 |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> On the Eagles team that played in the Super Bowl XXXIX vs. New England Patriots 2004-05 NFC Champions with Philadelphia Eagles
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061021022204/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/teamRosterDetails.jsp?id=8229 Philadelphia Eagles biography] *{{footballstats|cbs=402712}}
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