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{{Short description|American football player (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
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| image_size = 250
| caption = Worilds with Steelers in 2012
| number = 9397, 9793
| position = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|3|mf=y}}
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| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 262
| high_school = [[Carteret High School|Carteret]] {{nowrap|(NJ)[[Carteret, New Jersey]])}}
| college = [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]
| draftyear = 2010
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'''Jason Adjepong Worilds''' (born March 3, 1988) is aan American former professional [[American football|football]] [[linebacker]]player who playedwas in thea [[National Football Leaguelinebacker]] (NFL). He was selected byfor the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the second round of the [[2010National NFLFootball DraftLeague]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] atfor the [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech Hokies]] and was selected by the Steelers in the second round of the [[2010 NFL draft]]. He retired during the prime of his career to become aone of [[Jehovah’s WitnessWitnesses]].
 
==Early life==
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| note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL Draft Profile: Jason Worilds |url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jason-worilds?id=496887 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |website=NFL.com}}</ref>
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The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] selected Worilds in the second round (52nd overall) of the [[2010 NFL Draftdraft]].<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> On March 3, 2014, he signed his $9.754 million transition tender to stay with Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Worilds Signs His $9.754 Million Transition Tender |url=http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghsteelers/2014/03/04/jason-worilds-signs-his-9-754-million-transition-tender/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305214344/http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghsteelers/2014/03/04/jason-worilds-signs-his-9-754-million-transition-tender/ |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref>
 
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! colspan="2"| Career || 73 || 204 || 144 || 60 || 25.5 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 30 || 30 || 30 || 0 || 5
|}<ref name="ESPN">{{Cite web |title=Jason Worilds Stats |url=httphttps://espnwww.goespn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13306/jason-worilds |access-date=May 11, 2015 |website=ESPN |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures}}</ref>
 
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[[Category:Players of American football from Union County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportspeoplesportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American peoplesportsmen]]