Je’Rod L. Cherry is a retired American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 safety in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 who played from 1996

1996 NFL season

The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end...

-2004

2004 NFL season

The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005...

.

Biography

Cherry attended Berkeley High School and was a standout in football and track. He was drafted

NFL Draft

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 by the New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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 out of the University of California

University of California, Berkeley

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 in the 1996 NFL Draft

1996 NFL Draft

The 1996 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. The draft was held April 20–21, 1996...

. In 2000

2000 NFL season

The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants.Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000...

 Cherry signed with the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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, then a month later he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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. After his stint with the Eagles, Cherry signed with the New England Patriots

New England Patriots

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, where he earned Super Bowl ring

Super Bowl ring

The Super Bowl ring is an award in the National Football League given to the winners of the league's annual championship game, the Super Bowl...

s in Super Bowls XXXVI

Super Bowl XXXVI

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, XXXVIII

Super Bowl XXXVIII

Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 regular season....

, and XXXIX

Super Bowl XXXIX

Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played on February 6, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, to decide the National Football League champion following the 2004 regular season...

 as a special teams player before retiring in 2004. He is now a sports talk show host and NFL analyst for WKNR

WKNR

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 AM 850 in Cleveland.

In 2008, Cherry raffled off his first Super Bowl ring with the proceeds going to charity. The event raised over $200,000.

This ring is currently with a collector in Canada

Canada

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's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario.

External links

• New England Player Page