draftyear finalyear birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick statlabel
1991 2000 holland , michigan 1991 236 35.5 1 joel smeenge
 defensive end 3 western michigan 1 april 1968 sme166116 99 71 tackles sacks interceptions
joel smeenge

joel andrew smeenge -lrb- born april 1 , 1968 -rrb- is a former american football defensive end in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for the new orleans saints and the jacksonville jaguars .
he played 11 seasons in the nfl from 1990 -- 2000 .
he played college football at western michigan university .
smeenge attended hudsonville high school along with other notable hudsonvillian , major league baseball 's john vander wal .
herb deromedi , head coach at central michigan , was quoted in saying , `` in joel you have one of the top defensive players we 've ever seen in the mid-american conference .
he ranks right up there with jack lambert and john offerdahl . ''
quick , tough and hard hitting , smeenge was one of the nation 's most impressive defensive ends in 1989 .
his 4.65 speed made him a dangerous pass rusher and explosive tackler .
smeenge was an all-mac outside linebacker as a sophomore in 1987 , and was selected as an all-conference defensive end the next two seasons .
smeenge led the conference with 20 tackles for a loss in 1988 and 18 in 1989 .
joel invested in some car dealerships and real estate developments that ultimately led to filing of both personal and business bankruptcies in 2010 .
