Jonathan Meeks

Jonathan Meeks

No. 36 Buffalo Bills
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1989-11-08) November 8, 1989
Place of birth:	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Rock Hill (SC)
College:	Clemson
NFL draft:	2013 / Round: 5 / Pick: 143
Career history
Buffalo Bills (2013–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 15 Interceptions: 0 Passes defensed: 0 Player stats at NFL.com

Jonathan Meeks (born November 8, 1989) is an American football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Clemson University. He was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

High school

Meeks attended Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina where he played quarterback and free safety as a senior. He had 896 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, and 612 passing yards and seven touchdowns. Defensively, he recorded 69 tackles and two interceptions. He spent one semester at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia following high school, in order to raise his necessary test scores for NCAA standards.

He was rated a four-star recruit by Rivals.com.

College career

While attending Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, Meeks played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 2009 to 2012.

Professional career

NFL Draft

He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round, 143rd overall, of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Buffalo Bills

Expected to back up Aaron Williams at SS with Duke Williams, who was also drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft. He was injured while playing against Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4 and was placed on the injured reserve designated to return list. He was released by the Bills on September 5, 2015. On September 6, 2015, the Bills signed Meeks to their practice squad. On September 23, 2015, Meeks was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad.

NFL stats

Year	Team	GP	COMB	TOTAL	AST	SACK	FF	FR	FR YDS	INT	IR YDS	AVG IR	LNG	TD	PD
2013	BUF	08	02	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	BUF	12	12	8	4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		20	14	9	5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 defended

External links

• Buffalo Bills bio Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Clemson Tigers bio Archive copy at the Wayback Machine