Jerald Sowell

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Jerald Sowell
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Position: Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1974-01-21) January 21, 1974 (age 49)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:237 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school: Baker HS (LA)
College: Tulane
NFL Draft: 1997  / Round: 7 / Pick: 231
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Carries:61
Rushing yards:244
Rushing touchdowns:1
Receptions:148
Receiving yards:1,194
Receiving touchdowns:5
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Jerald Monye Sowell (born January 21, 1974) is a former American football fullback. He played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Tulane.

Playing career

He holds the record for the longest play in Tulane football history, breaking off a 98-yard run against the defending national champions Alabama in 1993. Although Tulane lost the game 31–17, Sowell recorded 138 rushing yards to become the first player to run for over 100 yards against Alabama since Florida's Errict Rhett in 1991. [1]

Sowell was drafted with the 30th pick in the seventh round in the 1997 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. [2] [3] However, he never played with the Packers as he was traded to the New York Jets in his rookie year. He did not have a standout season as a Jet until the 2003 season, in which he had 47 catches. Sowell then had two more good seasons with the Jets as a receiver catching 45 and 28 passes respectively. He has 135 career special team tackles which is a Jets record. Sowell was released by the Jets after the 2005 season. He then played one year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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References

  1. "No. 2 Alabama 31, Tulane 17". United Press International . September 4, 1993. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. "NFL.com - NFL Draft". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on 2003-04-02.