Position: WR/DB Date of Birth: 11/15/1985 Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 lbs
College Experience: CW Post Resides: Elmont, NY
Biography:
How Acquired: Assigned 4/30/09
af2 Notes: Entering his rookie season
af2 Experience:
Other Professional Experience: None.
College: Played for CW Post for four years (2003-2007) and was selected 2nd team all conference.
Personal: Jamel attended high school in Floral Park, NY and played football, basketball, lacrosse and ran track and field. His best moment in sports was winning a first round game in the Division two NCAA playoffs and his biggest challenge in life was finding a team to play for after college. Jamel also goes by “Mel” and his favorite artist is 50 cent.
2009:Started at DB in his first game with Albany in Week 6 and logged 4.5 tackles and 3 pass break-up on 05/02/09 against MahoningValley…Recorded a team hight 7 tackles and 3 pass break-ups on 05/09/09 at Bossier-Shreveport...Recorded two pass break-ups and one tackle in Week 8 on 05/16/09 against Manchester…Made 5.5 tackles and recorded a forced fumble and fumble recovery in Week 10 on 5/30/09 vs. Milwaukee…Recorded a season high 7.5 tackles, a pass break-up and one forced fumble in Week 11 on 06/05/09 at Manchester…Caught two interceptions and returned one for a touchdown as part of an af2-record 11 pick game for Albany in Week 12 on 06/13/09 vs. Mahoning Valley…Recorded five tackles and a pass break-up in Week 13 at Peoria on 6/20/09…Missed Week 14 against Peoria due to injury on 6/26/09… Recorded three tackles in Week 16 against Manchester on 7/11/09…Recorded 2.5 tackles in his ninth start of the season in Week 17 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on 7/18/09.
