Lamont Jordan
Lamont Jordan

Lamont Jordan was born on November 11, 1978 in Forestville, Maryland. Oakland Raiders current runing back. He attended Suitland High School. He finished highschool in 1997. Also during this time, he won many awards and played football and baseball, and was a member of the school's swimming and track teams.

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Lamont attended the University of Maryland, College Park, and as a freshman, he quickly gained notice as a first-string player, and finished as runner-up for Rookie of the Year in his conference. During his sophomore year, he was named to the second team All-ACC and was named by Maryland as the team's most outstanding offensive player.

He began to gain national notice while he was in his junior year, and became a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award. He was named to the All-ACC first team in the same year when he surpassed Maryland's single-season rushing record. That season, he gained over six yards per carry, one of only four NCAA players to do so. He's the all-time leading rusher of Maryland with 4,147 yards.

Due to fears of academic ineligibility and having a somewhat lackluster senior year, Jordan sat out the drills preceding the 2000 season and was named to the ACC second team.

He spent four years as a backup to Curtis Martin when hHe was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Jets.

When his contract with the Jets expired, he signed a five-year, US$27.5 million dollar contract with the Oakland Raiders following the 2004 NFL season.

Emerged as one of the premier dual-threat backs in the National Football League in his first season with the Silver and Black. Played in 76 career regular season league games with 14 starts and five postseason contests in five pro seasons.