Jason Carthen
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Dr. Jason D. Carthen Ph.D. (born November 16, 1970) is a retired American football
player.
Born in Decatur
, Alabama
, Carthen graduated from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio in 1989 and played at Ohio University
. He had a three-year career in the National Football League
from 1993 to 1995 as an outside linebacker
. He was injured in 1995 after signing a free-agent
contract offer with the Jacksonville Jaguars
. He also played one more year in NFL Europe
with the Rhein Fire
(Düsseldorf, Germany) from 1996 to 1997, where he led the league in special-teams tackles.
Dr. Carthen serves as the President and Chief executive officer of *Redeemed Management & Consulting LLC (RMC). Prior to forming RMC, Dr. Carthen was involved with many successful entrepreneurial endeavors and charity-focused initiatives. He has served for over fifteen years in both the public and private sectors of Leadership and Business Management, specifically with the National Football League’s Players' Association, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Northeast Ohio.
Carthen is a distinguished Fellow in the Beta Phi academic literary society and has researched and published in the areas of Emotional behavior, Positive Psychology, Performance in the workplace, Business Management and Leadership in the ecology of sports.
As a former professional football player with the New England Patriots, he is a highly sought-after international speaker in areas of leadership, faith and business. Carthen’s research suggests that traditional organizational frameworks often resemble sports ecology, and for this reason, linkages should exist between sport and society.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player.
Born in Decatur
Decatur, Alabama
Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, affectionately known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, Carthen graduated from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio in 1989 and played at Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
. He had a three-year career in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
from 1993 to 1995 as an outside linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
. He was injured in 1995 after signing a free-agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
contract offer with the Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
. He also played one more year in NFL Europe
NFL Europe
NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Backed by the National Football League , the largest professional American football league in the United States, it was founded as the World League of American Football to serve as a type of spring league...
with the Rhein Fire
Rhein Fire
The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons.-History:The team was...
(Düsseldorf, Germany) from 1996 to 1997, where he led the league in special-teams tackles.
Dr. Carthen serves as the President and Chief executive officer of *Redeemed Management & Consulting LLC (RMC). Prior to forming RMC, Dr. Carthen was involved with many successful entrepreneurial endeavors and charity-focused initiatives. He has served for over fifteen years in both the public and private sectors of Leadership and Business Management, specifically with the National Football League’s Players' Association, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Northeast Ohio.
Carthen is a distinguished Fellow in the Beta Phi academic literary society and has researched and published in the areas of Emotional behavior, Positive Psychology, Performance in the workplace, Business Management and Leadership in the ecology of sports.
As a former professional football player with the New England Patriots, he is a highly sought-after international speaker in areas of leadership, faith and business. Carthen’s research suggests that traditional organizational frameworks often resemble sports ecology, and for this reason, linkages should exist between sport and society.