Round 5 - #151 Overall

WR/KR - Joey Jamison

5'9" - 170 lbs

Texas Southern
The Lowdown...A speedy wide receiver who's specialty is returning kicks...Voted SWAC Return Specialist of the Year last year as a sophomore...Does an excellent job of finding the holes and is a threat to score every time he returns a kick...Only return man in the SWAC to rank in the top five on the SWAC's kickoff and punt return charts...Ranked third in NCAA Division 1-AA in punt returns heading into the final week of the regular season.

1999 Season...Returned 38 punts for 583 yards, a 15.3 yard average, with a long of 81 yards and 2 touchdowns...Caught 6 passes for 136 yards and 1 touchdown for the season...High game of 2 catches for 102 yards and a touchdown against Howard in the season opener...Rushed 23 times for 145 yards and one touchdown.

1998 Season...Returned 28 punts for 474 yards, a 16.9 yard average, with a long of 54 yards and 1 touchdown...Returned 11 kickoffs for 399 yards, a 36.3 yard average, with a long of 96 yards and 1 touchdown...Caught 4 passes for 92 yards and 1 touchdown...Rushed 2 times for -1 yards.

1997 Season...Finished the season ranked among the NCAA Division I-AA leaders in both punt returns and kickoff returns...Averaged 13.5 yards per return on punts which ranked third in the SWAC...Set a school record by returning two punts for touchdowns...Had a 74-yard punt return for a touchdown against Jackson State and a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown against Grambling State...Had two kickoff returns of 40 plus yards...Returned four kickoffs for an average of 32 yards vs. Morgan State.

High School...Earned All-State honors following his senior year at Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida...Named Player of the Week by the Florida Times-Union...Had two punt returns for touchdowns and returned one kickoff for a touchdown in the homecoming game his senior year...Recorded 331 all-purpose yards and had a total of five returns for 289 yards in that homecoming game...Also played basketball and baseball at Wolfson.

Personal...Born 10/12/78 in Jacksonville...Son of Joseph and Shirley Jamison...Youngest of three kids...Has an older brother (Johne) and an older sister (Valerie)...Hobbies are playing baseball and shooting hoops...People he admires the most are his parents...Favorite sports personalities are wide receiver Joey Galloway and basketball player Michael Jordan.



bio courtesy of Texas Southern media guide
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