Jamize Olawale
 Olawale in 2014. | |||||||||||||
| No. 49 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | April 17, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||||||||
| College: | North Texas | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Jamize Olawale (born April 17, 1989) is an American football fullback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at North Texas.
Early years
Olawale attended three high schools (Long Beach Poly High School, De La Salle High School and St. Ignatius College Preparatory). He played two seasons at El Camino Junior College, before transferring to the University of North Texas.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
After not being selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, he received a tryout invitation for rookie-minicamp where he was converted from wide receiver to running back, and performed well enough to be signed as an undrafted free agent on May 14.[1]
Although he enjoyed a great preseason,[2] he was waived on August 31, after the team decided to keep Phillip Tanner. He was signed to the team's practice squad.[3]
Oakland Raiders
On December 4, 2012, the Oakland Raiders hampered by injuries to running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson, signed Olawale from the Dallas Cowboys practice squad and played in 3 games during the season.[4] On December 21, 2014, he scored his first professional touchdown against the Buffalo Bills.
Olawale is a core special teams player. In 2013, he registered 8 special teams tackles (third on the team). The next year he tallied 7 tackles on special teams.
References
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4692794/cowboys-to-sign-two-players
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4695041/jamize-olawale-doing-all-he-can
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4696721/lance-dunbar-clears-waivers-returns-to-cowboys
- ↑ "Raiders sign FB/RB to active roster". Inside the Oakland Raiders. December 4, 2012.