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Jason Heath Sehorn (born April 15, 1971 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
) is a former professional
Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are those in which Sportsperson receive payment for their performance. While men have competed as professional athletes throughout much of modern history, only recently has it become common for Women's professional sports to have the opportunity to become professional athletes....
 American football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 defensive back
Defensive back

In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage....
 in the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
.

rn played football
High school football

High school football, referring to the American football code in the United States and the Canadian football code in Canada, is one of the most popular interscholastic sports at high schools in both countries....
 for Mount Shasta High School in Mount Shasta, California
Mount Shasta, California

Mount Shasta is a city in Siskiyou County, California, located at around 3,600 ft on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark....
 and then Shasta College
Shasta College

Shasta College is an American two-year community college located in Redding, California. It was founded in 1950 and dedicated by President Harry Truman....
 in Redding, California
Redding, California

Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 80,865 and has grown to approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations....
.

rn was drafted
NFL Draft

The NFL Draft is an annual sports draft in which National Football League teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters. It is used to determine which newly eligible players will play for which NFL teams....
 in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft
1994 NFL Draft

The 1994 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting....
 by the New York Giants
New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex....
 after playing for two years at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
....

rn spent most of his career playing the cornerback
Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American football and Canadian football football. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers....
 position for the New York Giants.






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Jason Heath Sehorn (born April 15, 1971 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
) is a former professional
Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are those in which Sportsperson receive payment for their performance. While men have competed as professional athletes throughout much of modern history, only recently has it become common for Women's professional sports to have the opportunity to become professional athletes....
 American football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 defensive back
Defensive back

In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage....
 in the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
.

High school career

Sehorn played football
High school football

High school football, referring to the American football code in the United States and the Canadian football code in Canada, is one of the most popular interscholastic sports at high schools in both countries....
 for Mount Shasta High School in Mount Shasta, California
Mount Shasta, California

Mount Shasta is a city in Siskiyou County, California, located at around 3,600 ft on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark....
 and then Shasta College
Shasta College

Shasta College is an American two-year community college located in Redding, California. It was founded in 1950 and dedicated by President Harry Truman....
 in Redding, California
Redding, California

Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 80,865 and has grown to approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations....
.

College career

Sehorn was drafted
NFL Draft

The NFL Draft is an annual sports draft in which National Football League teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters. It is used to determine which newly eligible players will play for which NFL teams....
 in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft
1994 NFL Draft

The 1994 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting....
 by the New York Giants
New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex....
 after playing for two years at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
....

Professional career

Sehorn spent most of his career playing the cornerback
Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American football and Canadian football football. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers....
 position for the New York Giants. During his time with the Giants, Sehorn received some notoriety for being the only Caucasian starting cornerback in the NFL. Upon his release, Sehorn signed with the St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams

The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the NFC West of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 as a safety
Safety (American football)

Safety is an American football and Canadian football position played by a member of the American football positions#Defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage....
. He did not play during the 2004 season
2004 NFL season

The 2004 regular season of the National Football League was the 85th season for the major professional American football league in the United States....
, however, as his contract with the Rams was terminated after he failed a physical examination.

It is rumored that Sehorn's nickname by other Giants' players was Hollywood, based on his upbringing in Southern California
Southern California

Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Bernardino, California, and Riverside, California....
, until they learned that he grew up in a trailer park
Trailer park

A trailer park is a Neighbourhood consisting of an area of land where travel trailers rest. The term may also be used to refer to mobile home parks or manufactured home communities....
. He was then nicknamed Species for his athleticism. After a highly successful season in 1997
1997 NFL season

The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Tennessee Titans relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee....
, Sehorn suffered a debilitating knee injury, tearing both his anterior cruciate
Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects from a posterio-lateral part of the femur to an anterio-medial part of the tibia....
 and medial collateral ligament
Medial collateral ligament

The medial collateral ligament of the knee is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the Human_anatomical_terms#Anatomical_directions side of the knee joint in humans and other primates....
s, returning the opening kickoff in the 1998 preseason
1998 NFL season

The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, still awaiting construction on a new stadium in Nashville....
 game against the New York Jets
New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
. Though Sehorn returned the next season
1999 NFL season

The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 NFL season....
, his speed was greatly diminished.

Personal life

Sehornīs Mother is Nancy Alexander.Sehorn was married to former CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
 correspondent Whitney Casey
Whitney Casey

Whitney Casey is a journalist who published her first book, "The Man Plan: Drive Men Wild... Not Away" in 2009. The book has been promoted on radio and print news....
 (now the former host of "Great Day Houston" on Houston's KHOU-TV
KHOU-TV

KHOU-TV is the local CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas, owned by Belo Corporation. It broadcasts on Channel 11, and its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas at an antenna farm, along with all other Houston broadcast stations....
) from February 14, 1998 to their divorce in 1999. His marriage to actress Angie Harmon
Angie Harmon

Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an United States model and television/film actor. She became a well-known model in the 1990s and developed a career as a television star after roles on Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....
 is well known due to his unusual and public proposal. During one of Harmon's appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an United States late night television talk show currently hosted by Jay Leno, on NBC. It made its debut on May 25, 1992, following Johnny Carson retirement as host of The Tonight Show....
, Sehorn (almost certainly with the assistance of host Jay Leno
Jay Leno

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, television host and writer, who succeeded Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1992....
) hid backstage and surprised Harmon by getting on one knee and asking for her hand in marriage, in front of a live studio audience and millions more watching on television that night. They have three daughters: Finley Faith (born October 14, 2003), Avery Grace (Born June 22, 2005 in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
), and Emery Hope (Born December 18, 2008)

Sehorn played a firefighter on the NBC show Third Watch
Third Watch

Third Watch was an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005....
 for one episode, in which his character is killed in a warehouse blaze.

In 2005, Sehorn joined Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
, and is currently a panelist on their Sunday NFL pregame show.

Sehorn has occasionally been rumored to be gay, but unlike other straight male celebrities who react with anger and lawsuits, he laughs and says he is flattered by the rumors.

Sehorn has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck, New Jersey

Teaneck is a Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, and is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 39,260....
.

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