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Position: | Defensive end |
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Born: | San Francisco, California, U.S. | January 29, 1971
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Washington |
Undrafted: | 1994 |
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Jamal Fountaine (born January 29, 1971) is a former NFL defensive end.
Fountain attended Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California where he ran track and played basketball, playing football beginning in his junior year. [1]
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]
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.
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]