Dwayne Jarrett

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Dwayne Jarrett
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Jarrett in 2009
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1986-09-11) September 11, 1986 (age 36)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:219 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school: New Brunswick (NJ)
College: USC
NFL Draft: 2007  / Round: 2 / Pick: 45
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:35
Receiving yards:428
Receiving touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Dwayne Jarrett (born September 11, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and was recognized as a consensus All-American twice. The Carolina Panthers selected him in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.

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Early years

Jarrett attended New Brunswick High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. [1] He was a 2003 Parade magazine All-American, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Super Prep All-Northeast Offensive MVP, and Prep Star All-East. Jarrett also played in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was also New Jersey's Offensive Pick of the Year as a senior wideout and defensive back. He scored 26 touchdowns as a senior (with three of those touchdowns coming in New Brunswick's 21-14 state title victory), including five on 15 punt returns (for a 48-yard return average). He also played basketball in high school.

College career

Jarrett (#8) in the huddle during a 2006 game 11-04-06-USChuddle.jpg
Jarrett (#8) in the huddle during a 2006 game

Jarrett attended the University of Southern California, where he played for coach Pete Carroll's USC Trojans football team from 2004 to 2006. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 2005, and a unanimous first-team All-American in 2006. He was USC's all-time receptions leader with 216 and the Pacific-10 Conference's all-time leader in touchdown receptions with 41. [2]

As a freshman, he helped Trojan fans get over the loss of former USC standout wide receiver Mike Williams.[ citation needed ] He played in all 13 games and started 8 of them. He caught 55 passes for 849 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also made 5 catches for 115 yards in USC's FedEx Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma in 2004.

As a sophomore, he became Matt Leinart's favorite target. He recorded 91 receptions for 1,274 yards including 4 touchdowns while starting 6 games in 2005. He will be remembered by many fans[ who? ] for his catch against Notre Dame. On fourth-and-nine with less than a minute left, Leinart threw a pass down the sideline to him and Jarrett caught it, running for 61 yards to set up the winning touchdown, the famed and controversial "Bush Push" quarterback sneak.[ citation needed ] In USC's Rose Bowl loss to the Texas Longhorns he had 10 catches for 121 yards and a touchdown.

He was a 2005 first-team All-American as a sophomore and one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award. He was on the 2006 Maxwell Award watch list as the best player in college football.[ citation needed ]

His height, hands, and quickness made him one of the premier receivers going into the 2006 college football season.[ citation needed ] With the departure of former Trojan running backs Reggie Bush and LenDale White, he was expected to be a big part of the Trojans' offense.[ citation needed ]

After a brief period of ineligibility due to his apparently inappropriate living situation with Leinart,[ citation needed ] the NCAA reinstated him on August 9, 2006, making him eligible to play for the 2006 football season. Despite being hampered by injuries, including missing games, Jarrett was named to the rivals.com and Pac-10 Coaches 2006 All-Pac-10 team First-team. [3] He was also second-team All-America at rivals.com and SI and Walter Camp foundation first-team All-America. However, because of his lack of playing time, he was left off the 2006 list of Biletnikoff Award finalists, an omission noted by some sports writers. [4]

On January 1, 2007, he was named offensive most valuable player of the Rose Bowl Game with a career-high 203 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 32–18 win over Michigan. Jarrett finished the 2006 season as USC's all-time leading receiver with 216 catches [5] [6] The junior, a two-time All-American, had 70 catches for 1,015 yards and led the Trojans with 12 touchdowns in his final college season.

Projected as a first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, on January 10, 2007, Jarrett declared his intent to leave USC early to enter the NFL. [2] At a press conference, the tearful Jarrett noted the best part of his USC career was being with his "teammates" but that he was "definitely doing it for my family, because I wasn't the most fortunate kid growing up." [2]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m)		219 lb
(99 kg)		4.62 s1.58 s2.64 s4.20 s7.28 s36.5 in
(0.93 m)		10 ft 1 in
(3.07 m)
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [7]

Carolina Panthers

Jarrett was drafted in the second round (45th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers, he was the eighth receiver selected. [8] Originally projected as a first-round pick, Jarrett's stock fell due to his unremarkable time in the 40-yard dash.

Jarrett often drew similarities to former Pro Bowl WR Keyshawn Johnson. Both were considered "possession" receivers [ citation needed ] and both played at USC. Although Johnson had publicly stated that he looked forward to mentoring Jarrett, it did not become a reality as Johnson was released three days after Jarrett was drafted. [9] Johnson had initially stated that he would be best served by staying at USC an extra year and entering the draft as a senior. [9]

After being inactive for 7 of the first 8 games, Jarrett was activated for week 9 against the Atlanta Falcons due to the injury of 2nd string receiver Keary Colbert. He had two catches for 28 yards and recorded a special-teams tackle. On the year he had 6 catches for 73 yards and one tackle.

In 2008, Jarrett played in 9 games, starting one. He had 10 receptions for 119 yards.

On November 1, 2009, Jarrett made his second career start in place of an injured Muhsin Muhammad, in a victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

On January 3, 2010, Dwayne caught his first touchdown pass from Matt Moore. A pass of 30 yards against division rival New Orleans Saints. The Panthers went on to win the game 23–10.

Jarrett was cut from the Panthers on October 5, 2010, following his second DUI arrest. [10] He had been pulled over for speeding on I-77 near Charlotte just before 2:00 a.m., according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman Bob Fey. [10] Jarrett had declined to take a breath test and was, instead, given a blood test. [10] He was released on a bond of $2,000. [10]

During the week of November 21, 2010, Jarrett worked out with the Seattle Seahawks and his former college coach, Pete Carroll. [11]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On May 11, 2012, Jarrett was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. [12] On June 7, 2012, the Roughriders placed him on the retired list. [13]

Personal life

Jarrett credits his ability to growing up and playing catch with his uncle who "forced me to make one-handed catches." [14]

During his sophomore year, Jarrett shared a Los Angeles apartment with quarterback Matt Leinart.

Jarrett has had some of his best college games against USC's rival, the University of Notre Dame, he credits this to how he was treated during the high school recruiting process: "They came down to recruit me, they talked to my coaches and everything. They didn't think I was intelligent enough to go to their school. That was kind of an insult to me. I've always had a little grudge against them." [15]

DWI

Jarrett was arrested and charged for DWI on the morning of March 11, 2008 in a Charlotte suburb of Mint Hill. A police officer witnessed Jarrett run a red light and performed a sobriety test, which Jarrett failed. He was released on $1,000 bond. Jarrett later pleaded guilty to his DWI charge. Jarrett got a 30-day suspended sentence, must pay $420 in fines, and perform 24 hours of community service and could be suspended by the league. [16]

On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, he was arrested for his second DWI in less than three years, after being pulled over shortly after 2 a.m. in Charlotte, North Carolina. [10]

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  2. 1 2 3 Gary Klein, NFL challenge next for Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2007, accessed January 11, 2007.
  3. ↑ .2006 All-Pac-10 team Archived 2007-01-25 at the Wayback Machine , Scout.com, November 27, 2006.
  4. ↑ Stewart Mandel, Five Things We Learned This Weekend, sportsillustrated.com, November 26, 2006.
  5. ↑ High-octane USC finds fast lane, SeattlePI.nwsource.com, January 2, 2006.
  6. ↑ Stewart Mandel, November reign: USC again shows it's at its best at the season's end, sportsillustrated.com, November 26, 2006.
  7. ↑ "2007 NFL Draft Scout Dwayne Jarrett College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2007 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  9. 1 2 Sam Farmer and Gary Klein, USC's Jarrett hurt by separation anxiety [ dead link ], Los Angeles Times , May 2, 2007.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dwayne Jarrett arrested for DWI," http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5650680 (accessed November 24, 2010)
  11. ↑ http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/40357561/ns/sports-player_news/ Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (accessed November 24, 2010)
  12. ↑ Rider Transactions Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "Roughriders announce former USC WR Jarrett has retired". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-06-11.
  14. ↑ David Wharton, Jarrett is once again at his best against Irish, The Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2006.
  15. ↑ Jarrett had extra incentive against Irish, ESPN.com, November 26, 2006.
  16. ↑ Jarrett pleads guilty Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
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