Jason Trusnik is an American football

American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 for the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. He was signed by the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football

College football

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 at Ohio Northern.

College career

He played college football

College football

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 at Ohio Northern. He was twice named a Division III All-American and twice named All-Ohio Athletic Conference

Ohio Athletic Conference

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. Additionally, he played in the Texas vs. The Nation Game

Texas vs. The Nation Game

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 for 'The Nation' team and was named a co-captain for Team USA in the Aztec Bowl

Aztec Bowl

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Professional career

Trusnik was traded from the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 to the Cleveland Browns

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 as part of the Braylon Edwards

Braylon Edwards

-Cleveland Browns:-2005:Edwards began his rookie season as Cleveland's third wide receiver – he would have started higher, but a hold-out caused him to miss the beginning of training camp. Early in the season Edwards revealed that he had a staph infection, and missed a few weeks as a result of it....

 deal on October 7, 2009. Trusnik was Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 3 of the 2009 NFL season.

On July 27, 2011, the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

signed Trusnik to a 2-year deal.