Joel Heath
Joel Heath was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States on June 18th, 1993 and is the American Football Defensive End. At the age of 30, Joel Heath biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Heath played for the Michigan State Spartans of Michigan State University from 2012 to 2015 and was a three-year letterman from 2013 to 2015. He was redshirted in 2011.
He began his Michigan State career as a defensive end, playing in five games in 2012 and a further nine in 2013, recording three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup the latter year. He converted to defensive tackle during bowl practices in 2013. He played in 13 games, of which he started all but one, as a defensive tackle in 2014, accumulating 29 tackles and 2.5 sacks while also leading the team's defensive tackles with five tackles for loss. He recorded three tackles, half a sack and a half a tackle for loss in his team's defeat in the January 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic. He started 12 games at defensive tackle in 2015, totaling two sacks and 31 tackles, including 5.5 for tackles for loss. He missed one game due to an undisclosed injury and another game due to an ankle injury. He had three tackles in the December 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton Bowl. He was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by the media in 2015.
Heath played in 39 games, and started 24 of them, during his college career. He recorded career totals of 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and 60 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for loss. He graduated from Michigan State in December 2015 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in social science.
Professional career
Heath was rated the 30th best defensive tackle in the 2016 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. Lance Zierlein of NFL.com said that "Heath has intriguing size that could appeal to defenses running multiple fronts" while also stating that "Heath's lack of pass rush or dominant run stopping tape could hurt his cause on draft weekend."
Heath signed with the Houston Texans in May 2016 after going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft. He chose the Texans over four other teams that he had received contract offers from. He made his NFL debut on September 22 against the New England Patriots, recording one tackle assist. He played in twelve games, of which he started in half of them, and recorded five solo tackles, three tackle assists and 2.0 sacks. Both of his sacks came in the Week 17 game against the Tennessee Titans, making him the sixth rookie in Texans history and the first since Whitney Mercilus in 2012 to record two sacks in a game. He also played in both of the team's playoff games, recording two solo tackles in the first game. He suffered a knee injury during the team's second playoff game.
In May 2017, Heath stated his knee was 100 percent healthy. He suffered a hamstring injury later during the offseason. On July 25, he was placed on the active/non-football injury list. On August 23, he was activated from the active/non-football injury list. He began the 2017 season as the team's starter at right defensive end and has started the team's first four games of the season.
The Texans waived him on August 31, 2019, during final roster cuts. He was re-signed on November 11, 2019. He was released on November 21, but re-signed two days later. He was released on December 28.
On December 31, 2019, Heath was claimed off waivers by the Denver Broncos. He was re-signed on March 27, 2020. He was released on July 27, 2020. He chose to opt-out of the 2020 NFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was reinstated to the Broncos' roster on their opt-out reserve list on August 25, 2020. He was waived after the season on February 2, 2021.
On February 18, 2021, Heath signed with the Detroit Lions. He was placed on injured reserve on May 28, 2021, due to a torn ACL.