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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. | July 8, 1972||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Matawan Regional (NJ) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Rutgers | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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Jay Bellamy (born July 8, 1972) is a former American football safety who played for the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football at Rutgers University, he went undrafted in the 1994 NFL draft. He was then signed as an undrafted free agent to the Seattle Seahawks.
Bellamy was raised in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, and attended Matawan Regional High School, where he was a letterman in football and track. In football, he was a two-way starter as a quarterback and as a free safety. [1]
Bellamy attended Rutgers University, and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team. In his first season, he appeared in 6 games and had 2 interceptions and returned them both for a total of 48 yards and one for a touchdown. In his second season, he appeared in 11 games and had 2 interceptions and returned them both for a total of 25 yards. In his third season he appeared in 10 games and had 4 interceptions and returned them for a total of 9 yards. In his last season he appeared in 9 games and returned 5 punts for a total of 60 yards.
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1994 | SEA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | SEA | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | SEA | 16 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | SEA | 16 | 7 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 2.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 98 | 80 | 18 | 1.0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 104 | 91 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 88 | 70 | 18 | 2.0 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 93 | 71 | 22 | 2.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 89 | 69 | 20 | 1.5 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 95 | 78 | 17 | 1.0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 92 | 74 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
2005 | NOR | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NOR | 11 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | NOR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
179 | 125 | 759 | 614 | 145 | 9.5 | 24 | 286 | 1 | 84 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1999 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NOR | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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