- Jamal Reynolds
NFL player
DateOfBirth=February, 1979
Birthplace=Augusta, GA
Position=Defensive end
Number=50
College=Florida State University
DraftedYear=2001
DraftedRound=1/ Pick 10
NFL=235238
DatabaseFootball=REYNOJAM01
years=2001-2003
2004
teams=Green Bay Packers Cleveland Browns *:*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
ProBowls=Jamal Reynolds (born
February 20 ,1979 ), is a formerAmerican football defensive end for theGreen Bay Packers of theNFL .High School
Played for the Aiken High School Green Hornets and won a state Championship in 1996. Then declared himself to be "the greatest defense end the world has ever seen, period" said Jamal Reynolds.
College
Reynolds played
defensive end forFlorida State University from 1997-2000. In his senior year, he won theLombardi Award and was a finalist forCollege Football News ' Defensive Player of the Year award. In that year, Reynolds accumulated a career high 12 sacks and 58 tackles.His strong college pedigree led the
Green Bay Packers to select him with the 10th overall selection in the 2001NFL Draft . The Packers acquired the draft pick from theSeattle Seahawks , in exchange forMatt Hasselback and the 17th overall selection in the draft. Among the players selected after Reynolds that the Packers passed on were linebackerDan Morgan , defensive tackleMarcus Stroud , guard Steve Hutchinson, cornerbackNate Clements , and tight endTodd Heap , all of whom have gone on to be stars in the NFL.Professional
Injuries and the emergence of
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila , however, prevented Reynolds from playing the first ten games of hisrookie season. He finished his rookie season with four tackles and 2 sacks. OnJuly 8, 2004 , after two seasons in which Reynolds totalled only one sack and played in only 12 games, the Packers attempted to trade Reynolds to theIndianapolis Colts . However, the trade was declared void after Reynolds failed the Colts'physical examination . Ten days later, the Packers released Reynolds, and he was picked up by theCleveland Browns , who hoped to salvage the still-young Reynolds' career. Reynolds was cut by the Browns before the beginning of the 2004 season, and has not played in the NFL since.Reynolds was the ignominious final first round draft pick of general manager
Ron Wolf , who is typically remembered as an excellent judge of talent, and is most famous for engineering the trade that brought an unknown backup quarterback namedBrett Favre to Green Bay. Alas, Reynolds' most enduring NFL legacy is the nickname applied by Packer fans: Jamal "Too Small" Reynolds, as he had the small body of a speed rusher but lacked the quickness and burst off the line of scrimmage to beat larger offensive linemen.External links
# [http://www2.jsonline.com/packer/rev/apr01/defensiveline-jamalreynolds.asp| Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online: Jamal Reynolds Scouting Report]
# [http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2004/07/14/1/| Packers press release: Reynolds Trade to Indianapolis Voided Due To Failed Physical]
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