Jammal Lord

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Jammal Lord
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Position: Quarterback / Safety
Personal information
Born: (1981-01-10) January 10, 1981 (age 43)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Bayonne
(Bayonne, New Jersey)
College: Nebraska
NFL draft: 2004  / round: 6 / pick: 175
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:1
Games started:0
Player stats at PFR

Jammal Alberto Lord (born January 10, 1981) is an American former professional football quarterback that started for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was selected with the tenth pick of the sixth round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Houston Texans to play safety. [1] He finished his pro football career playing at wide receiver and cornerback for the Indoor Football League (IFL)'s Abilene Ruff Riders in 2007.

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Early life

Lord was born in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn and moved to Bayonne, New Jersey after his father was killed in Panama. He learned option-style football as a nine-year-old quarterback on the local Pop Warner team. He went on to high school where he was a first-team all state quarterback along with Chris Simms. Lord played high school football at Bayonne High School, [2] where he was also a three-year starter on the basketball team. [3]

College career

Lord played quarterback at the University of Nebraska and ran the Huskers' option-style offense of the era. Jammal's athleticism allowed him to excel as a double-threat quarterback, although his passing ability was criticized. As a starting quarterback, he directed his Nebraska teams to 7-7 and 10-3 records during the 2002 and 2003 seasons respectively. At 6–2, 220-pounds with good speed (4.5 40 yard dash), Lord was bullish rushing and passing for 2,774 yards in 2002 and for 2,253 yards in 2003.

One of Lord's memorable moments as a Husker came when his career as a starting quarterback was under fire during his junior year. Having been demoted from the first-team offense during the week of practice leading up to the October 5, 2002 game with McNeese State, Lord took it on his own to pick up the slack for his struggling offense. After finding out he was still the team's starting quarterback not long before kickoff time, Lord made the most of it. He finished the game with 17 rushes for 218 yards including touchdown runs of 5, 57, and 56 yards and also went 12-of-18 passing the ball for 151 yards which set a new Husker school record for rushing yards by a quarterback and total yards (369). [4] The total yards record is now held by Joe Ganz (528 against Kansas State in 2007) and the rushing record for a quarterback is now held by Taylor Martinez (241 against Kansas State in 2010). [5]

Statistics

Nebraska Cornhuskers
PassingRushing
YearCmpAttCmp%YdsTDIntAttYdsAvgTD
1999 Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2000 91656.211601281304.64
2001 5862.5650122833.82
2002 9520446.61,36212122511,4125.68
2003 8517648.31,305682159484.410
Total19440448.02,78318225162,5735.024

Highlights

Professional career

Lord played in the NFL for the Houston Texans for two seasons starting in 2004 as a backup safety. He only played in one game which was during his rookie year. [6] After being waived on July 24, 2006, by the Texans, Lord found a connection with the Indianapolis Colts. However, he was unable to make the final cut that season as Lord was waived on August 28, 2006. [7]

He finished his pro football career playing wide receiver and cornerback for the Indoor Football League's Abilene Ruff Riders in 2007.

Personal life

Lord has coached football and basketball as well as served as a driver's education teacher at Bayonne High School. Lord has also worked in the oil fields of North Dakota. [8] He currently works as a supervisor at UPS

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Jammal Lord Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine , database Football. Accessed December 26, 2007.
  3. ↑ "#5 Jammal Lord". Huskers.com. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "#5 Jammal Lord". Huskers.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nebraska Football Records". www.huskers.com. University of Nebraska. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jammal Lord 2004 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Jammal Lord". KFFL.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ Petersen, Brandi (October 30, 2014). "Former Husker now working oil fields in North Dakota". KETV. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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