Jammal Lord
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Jammal Alberto Lord was an American football
safety. He was selected with the tenth pick of the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft
out of the University of Nebraska by the Houston Texans
. He played WR/CB for the Indoor Football League
's Abilene Ruff Riders In 2007.
Lord was born in the Bed-Stuy
section of Brooklyn and moved to Bayonne, New Jersey
after his father was killed in Panama
. He learned option-style football as a nine-year-old quarterback
on the local Pop Warner
team. He went on to high school where he was a first team all state quarterback along with Chris Simms
. Lord played high school football
at Bayonne High School
, where he was also a three-year starter on the basketball
team..
Lord played quarterback at Nebraska and ran the Huskers' option
-style offense of the era. Jammal's remarkable athleticism allowed him to excel as a double-threat quarterback, although his passing ability was criticized. As a starting quarterback, Lord directed his Nebraska teams to 7-7 and 10-3 records during the 2002
and 2003 seasons
respectively. At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds with a 4.5 in the 40 yd. dash, Lord was bullish rushing and passing for 2,774 yards in 2002 and for 2,253 yards in 2003.
One of Lord's memorable moments as a Husker came when his career as a starting quarterback was under fire during his junior year at Nebraska. Having been demoted from the first team offense during the week of practice leading up to the Oct. 5, 2002 game with McNeese State, Lord took it on his own to pick up the slack for his struggling offense. After finding out he was still the team's starting quarterback not long before kickoff time, Lord made the most of it. He finished the game with 17 rushes for 218 yards including touchdown runs of 5, 57, and 56 yards and also went 12-of-18 passing the ball for 151 yards which set a new Husker school record for total yards. This record has now been broken by Taylor Martinez who broke the record against Kansas State in October 2010.
He is now coaching football and basketball and a Driver's Ed teacher at his old high school, Bayonne High School.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
safety. He was selected with the tenth pick of the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft
2004 NFL Draft
The 2004 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24-25, 2004 at the theater at Madison Square Garden...
out of the University of Nebraska by the Houston Texans
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
. He played WR/CB for the Indoor Football League
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
's Abilene Ruff Riders In 2007.
Lord was born in the Bed-Stuy
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Formed in 1930, the neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 3, Brooklyn Community Board 8 and Brooklyn Community Board 16. The neighborhood is patrolled by the NYPD's 79th and 81st...
section of Brooklyn and moved to Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is a peninsula that is situated between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east...
after his father was killed in Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
. He learned option-style football as a nine-year-old quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
on the local Pop Warner
Pop Warner Little Scholars
Pop Warner Little Scholars is a non-profit organization that provides youth football, cheerleading, and dance programs for participants in 43 U.S. states and several countries around the world. It is headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania...
team. He went on to high school where he was a first team all state quarterback along with Chris Simms
Chris Simms
Christopher David Simms is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas.Simms has also played for the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
. Lord played high school football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
at Bayonne High School
Bayonne High School
Bayonne High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, operated by the Bayonne Board of Education....
, where he was also a three-year starter on the basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team..
Lord played quarterback at Nebraska and ran the Huskers' option
Triple Option
The triple option is an American football scheme used to offer multiple ways to progress the football forward in the field of play. The triple option is based on the option run, but uses three players who may run with the ball instead of the two that are used in the standard option run.The triple...
-style offense of the era. Jammal's remarkable athleticism allowed him to excel as a double-threat quarterback, although his passing ability was criticized. As a starting quarterback, Lord directed his Nebraska teams to 7-7 and 10-3 records during the 2002
2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Schedule:...
and 2003 seasons
2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Schedule:...
respectively. At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds with a 4.5 in the 40 yd. dash, Lord was bullish rushing and passing for 2,774 yards in 2002 and for 2,253 yards in 2003.
One of Lord's memorable moments as a Husker came when his career as a starting quarterback was under fire during his junior year at Nebraska. Having been demoted from the first team offense during the week of practice leading up to the Oct. 5, 2002 game with McNeese State, Lord took it on his own to pick up the slack for his struggling offense. After finding out he was still the team's starting quarterback not long before kickoff time, Lord made the most of it. He finished the game with 17 rushes for 218 yards including touchdown runs of 5, 57, and 56 yards and also went 12-of-18 passing the ball for 151 yards which set a new Husker school record for total yards. This record has now been broken by Taylor Martinez who broke the record against Kansas State in October 2010.
He is now coaching football and basketball and a Driver's Ed teacher at his old high school, Bayonne High School.
Highlights
- 2003 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
- 2003 Nebraska Team Captain
- Fifth at Nebraska in Total Offense (5,421 yards)
- 2002 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
- NU Single-Game Record for Quarterback Rushing (234 yards vs. Texas, 2002)
- Nebraska Season Total Offense Record (2,774 yards in 2002)
- NU Single-Game Total Offense Record (369 yards vs. McNeese State, 2002)
- NU Season Record for Rushing Yards by a Quarterback (1,412 yards in 2002)
- 2003 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll
- Second at Nebraska in Quarterback Career Rushing (2,573 yards from 2000–2003)