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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1959-07-06) July 6, 1959 (age 64) Tyler, Texas |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tempe (AZ) |
| College: | Northern Arizona |
| Undrafted: | 1981 |
| Career history | |
| Player stats at PFR | |
Edward Charles Judie (born July 6, 1959) is a former American football linebacker who played college football for Northern Arizona (1977–1980) and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers (1982-1983), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1983), and Miami Dolphins (1984). He appeared in 24 NFL games, eight of them as a starter.
Judie was born in 1959 in Tyler, Texas. He was born five weeks premature and spent his early weeks in an incubator.[1] He attended Tempe High SchoolinTempe, Arizona. During his junior year in high school, a blood vessel in his head ruptured; doctors opined he would not survive, but he walked out of the hospital five days later.[1]
Judie played college football for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks from 1977 to 1980. He switched to outside linebacker in 1978.[2] He had 83 tackles, including 17 quarterback sacks, in 1977 playing at defensive end.[3][4] Judie survived a second ruptured blood vessel in his head in the spring of 1981 while working out in the weight room.[5]
He signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1981 but spent the year on injured reserve.[6] During the 1982 and 1983 seasons, he appeared in 11 games, three as a starter.[7][2][8]
He was acquired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1983 season.[9] He appeared in 11 games for Tampa Bay, 11 of them as a starter.[7]
In 1984, he signed with the Miami Dolphins late in the season.[6] He appeared in two games for the Dolphins.[7]
