Jared Odrick

Jared Taylor Odrick (born December 31, 1987) is an American former football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

He is now a professional actor in movies such as Roller Coaster (2015), Filling (2016) and more recently opposite Sylvester Stallone in Samaritan (2022).

Early life
Odrick was a 2005 USAToday, Parade Magazine, and U.S. Army All-American as a senior at Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was named first-team all-state and played in the 2006 Big 33 Football Classic and the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

College career
Odrick played sparingly his freshman season with Penn State University, but earned the starting job at defensive tackle in 2007. He would make 16 tackles, with four tackles-for-loss, two sacks, and one blocked kick. In 2008, Odrick started 11 games, earning First-team All-Big Ten honors. He recorded 41 tackles, with 9.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and three pass breakups.

Odrick was named an AFCA and CBSSports.com All-American in 2009. He was also named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year, and First-team All-Big Ten by the conference's coaches, He is ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten with 6.0 sacks and was fifth on the team with 41 tackles, has 10.0 tackles for loss, with one blocked field goal, one pass break-up and three quarterback hurries.

Odrick‘s Relationship: Julianna Noel Ciarlante PSU ‘09, UPenn ‘14 VMD Zoetis/Ferrero, heiress with undisclosed net worth.

Miami Dolphins
Odrick was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the first round with the 28th overall pick of the 2010 NFL draft. He signed a five-year, $13 million contract (with $7.1 million guaranteed) with the Dolphins on July 29, 2010. He is represented by Drew Rosenhaus. In October 2010, Jared broke his foot in practice and missed the rest of the season.

In 2011, Odrick had a strong season having an interception and six sacks as a backup defensive end. Odrick became infamous during that season for performing the "Pee-Wee Herman Dance" after recording a sack, reenacting a scene from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Jacksonville Jaguars
Odrick was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on March 11, 2015.

Odrick was placed on injured reserve on December 10, 2016, with a shoulder injury.

On February 20, 2017, Odrick was released by the Jaguars.

NFL statistics
Key
 * GP: games played
 * COMB: combined tackles
 * TOTAL: total tackles
 * AST: assisted tackles
 * SACK: sacks
 * FF: forced fumbles
 * FR: fumble recoveries
 * FR YDS: fumble return yards
 * INT: interceptions
 * IR YDS: interception return yards
 * AVG IR: average interception return
 * LNG: longest interception return
 * TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
 * PD: passes defensed

Writing
Odrick has written many articles for a variety of sports publications, including "Football, the flag, and the right to speak our minds," for Sports Illustrated, "Who do you cheer for?", for Sporting News, and most recently "Kneeling to Nike", a critical response to Kaepernick and Nike.

TV and film
In 2015, Odrick made his debut on HBO's Ballers, written by Stephen Levinson and starring Dwayne Johnson. He appeared in four episodes between 2015 and 2016.

Odrick is the executive producer of three short films: "Roller Coaster" (2015), "Filling in" (2016), and "Jade" (2017). He acted in both "Filling in" and "Jade," playing the role of Kevin in the former, and Justin in the latter. He made an appearance in Sylvester Stallone's thriller film, Samaritan, which was released in 2022.

Visual arts
In 2017, Odrick curated an art exhibit in the city of Jacksonville, taking over ten select billboards and juxtaposing local artists' work against commercial advertisements. The contrast between the art and advertisement emphasized "how much we've allowed commercialism to hoard our public viewing space". The project was a collaborative effort with University of North Florida art student, Jenna Sparrow, and the Jaguar's Director of Photography, Everett Sullivan.

Motorsports
On September 29, 2023, Odrick won the Sports Car Club of America Runoffs GT2 National Championship at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, VA in a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup racecar. In 2024, Odrick took on a full-time drive in the Trans-Am Series TA2 with CB Motorsports.