Jay Riemersma

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jay Riemersma
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	May 17, 1973(1973-05-17)
Age	51
Birthplace	Evansville
Country	United States
Birth City	Evansville
Horoscope	Taurus

Jay Riemersma Biography

Jay Riemersma is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on May 17, 1973 in Evansville, Evansville, United States. Allen Jay Riemersma (born May 17, 1973) is a former American football tight end. He played for the University of Michigan from 1994 to

1995. He next played nine seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills (1996–2002) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2003–2004). In 2007, he accepted a position as the regional director of the Family Research Council. He announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in September 2009.

In 1994, Riemersma suffered a rotator cuff injury, which ended his career as a quarterback. Michigan head coach Gary Moeller switched Riemersma to the tight end position, where he played in the 1994 and 1995 seasons. Interviewed in 2009, Riemersma pointed to the rotator cuff injury as “divine intervention,” saying, “Some called the injury luck. I called it divine intervention. I never would have played in the NFL as a quarterback. It was an injury that parlayed into an NFL career.”

As a rookie in 1996, Riemersma did not see any action. In his second season he appeared in all 16 games for the Bills, including eight as a starter. He caught 26 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns.

Riemersma was drafted by the Buffalo Bills as the 35th pick of the 7th round (244th pick overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. He spent seven seasons in Buffalo from 1996 to 2002, appearing in 90 games, 65 as a starter. As a tight end for the Bills, he had 221 receptions for 2,304 yards and 20 touchdowns.

During the 1994 season, Riemersma became one of quarterback Todd Collins’ favorite targets, finishing as the team’s third leading receiver behind Amani Toomer and Mercury Hayes. He caught 33 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns in 1994. His most productive games were against Notre Dame (5 catches for 69 yards and a touchdown) and Wisconsin (8 catches for 79 yards and a touchdown).

Jay Riemersma Net Worth

Jay Riemersma is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jay Riemersma 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Riemersma was born in Evansville, Indiana and grew up in Zeeland, Michigan. In 1991, he graduated from Zeeland High School, where he was a star athlete in three sports. He became Zeeland’s all-time leading scorer in basketball, played baseball for two seasons, and was the quarterback for the football team.

Riemersma enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1991. Originally recruited by Michigan as a quarterback, Riemersma appeared in three games at that position in the 1992 and 1993 seasons. On September 26, 1992, he made his debut as a redshirt freshman against the University of Houston. He came into the game as a substitute for Todd Collins in the third quarter and completed all three passes he attempted for 43 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown pass to Amani Toomer in the fourth quarter. He completed a total of six of eleven passes for 79 yards the 1992 and 1993 seasons.

In 1995, Riemersma added another 41 catches for 370 yards and a touchdown. His best games of the 1995 season came against Virginia and Michigan State. He connected with Scott Dreisbach for seven catches and 71 yards in the Wolverines’ come-from-behind 18-17 win over Virginia in the season opener, and he caught a career-high nine passes, good for 70 yards, in a 28-25 loss to the Spartans. The longest reception of his college career was a 35-yard catch in Michigan’s 31-23 win over Ohio State in 1995.

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In March 2003, Riemersma signed a three-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers worth almost $4 million. In his first game for the Steelers, a 34-15 win over the Baltimore Ravens on September 7, 2003, Riemersma “beat Baltimore safety Ed Reed badly” for a 20-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Maddox. On the next drive, Ravens safety Gary Baxter followed Riemersma and left Hines Ward wide open for a 28-yard touchdown catch. After the game, Steelers coach Bill Cowher said, “Jay Riemersma adds a dimension we never had. He gives you a guy that you better start thinking about down the middle of the field.” He played for Pittsburgh in 2003 and 2004 before rupturing his right Achilles tendon on a 26-yard touchdown reception against the Jacksonville Jaguars in December

2004. At the time of the injury, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, “Jay Riemersma caught a touchdown pass in his first game with the Steelers and his last, but that’s about the extent of any good fortune the tight end has had in his two seasons here.”

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Jay Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jay Riemersma celebrates birthday on May 17 of every year.

Riemersma did not play another game in the NFL after suffering the Achilles tendon injury. In February 2005, the Steelers released Riemersma in a salary cap move required after the Steelers’ 15-1 performance in 2004 triggered performance bonuses, including a $2 million bonus to Ben Roethlisberger. Riemersma spent the 2005 season coaching high school football and recovering from his injury. In January 2006, Riemersma announced that he would not attempt a comeback and that he was retiring from the NFL. His agent, said at the time that the nature and severity of the injury would make it too difficult for Riemersma to play again.