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| Position: | Defensive end | ||
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| Born: | January 26, 1971 San Francisco, California | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||
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| College: | Washington | ||
| Undrafted: | 1994 | ||
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Jamal Fountaine (January 29, 1971) is a former NFL defensive end.
High school[]
Fountain attended Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California where he ran track and played basketball, playing football beginning in his junior year.[1]
Collegiate career[]
Fountaine played defensive end for the Washington Huskies and was a starter for the 1992 and 1993 seasons[2] and letterman from 1990 to 1993.[3]:168
In 1989, he was awarded the team's Mark Drennan Memorial Award as special teams scout squad MVP,[3]:164 also later awarded to his younger brother Matt Fountaine in 2002.[3]:164 He played in the Rose Bowl as a member of 1990, 1991, and 1992 teams. He finished his career as a team captain during the 1993 season,[2][3]:199 which concluded with the 1994 Hula Bowl.[3]:166
Fountaine earned a construction engineering degree at Washington.[1]
NFL career[]
He was not selected in the 1994 NFL Draft, but signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers where he spent two seasons including their 1995 Super Bowl team.[2] He later was a member of the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons.
Post NFL Career[]
Fountaine became a graduate assistant at Washington in 2002 and then joined Portland State in 2003.[2] In 2008, Fountaine became a firefighter for the Alameda County Fire Department.[4][1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 By Gideon RubinDaily Review. "Former 49er defensive end now tackles different foe". EastBayTimes.com. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/ci_9803433. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Condotta, Bob (2004-10-08). "Sports | Catching up with Jamal Fountaine: Lure of football proves too great | Seattle Times Newspaper". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20041008&slug=uwcatch08. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "2016 Media Guide". University of Washington Athletics. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/washington.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/7/8/2016_FB_Guide.pdf. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Shumann, Mike (2008-09-18). "Ex-49erJamal Fountaine begins new career as a firefighter". abc7news.com. http://abc7news.com/archive/6400350/. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • CBS Sports • Pro-Football-Reference
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