Jamal Fountaine

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Jamal Fountaine
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Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1971-01-29) January 29, 1971 (age 53)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College: Washington
Undrafted: 1994
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Player stats at PFR

Jamal Fountaine (born January 29, 1971) is a former NFL defensive end.

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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]

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