# Jason Short

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{{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](/source/Linebacker)
| number        = 52
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1978|7|15}}
| birth_place   = [Painesville, Ohio](/source/Painesville%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 4
| weight_lbs    = 254
| high_school   = [Riverside](/source/Riverside_High_School_(Painesville%2C_Ohio)) (Painesville)
| college       = [Eastern Michigan](/source/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football)
| undraftedyear = 2001
| pastteams     =
* [Peoria Pirates](/source/Peoria_Pirates) (2002)
* [Barcelona Dragons](/source/Barcelona_Dragons_(NFL_Europe)) ([2003](/source/2003_NFL_Europe_season))
* [Philadelphia Eagles](/source/Philadelphia_Eagles) ({{NFL Year|2003|2006}})
* [Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns) ({{NFL Year|2007}})*
| highlights    = 
| statlabel1    = [Total tackles](/source/Tackle_(football_move))
| statvalue1    = 36
| pfr           = ShorJa20 
}}
'''Jason Michael Short''' (born July 15, 1978) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [linebacker](/source/linebacker) for the [Philadelphia Eagles](/source/Philadelphia_Eagles) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Eastern Michigan Eagles](/source/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football). He played in the NFL with the Eagles and also signed with the [Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns).

In 2006, [Sports Illustrated](/source/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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== 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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Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football linebackers
Category:Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) players
Category:Cleveland Browns players
Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football players
Category:Sportspeople from Painesville, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Lake County, Ohio
Category:Philadelphia Eagles players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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