Jessie Armstead
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| Jessie Armstead | |
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| Position(s): Linebacker |
Jersey #(s): 59,98 |
| Born: October 26, 1970 Dallas, Texas |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1993–2004 | |
| NFL Draft: 1993 / Round: 8 / Pick: 207 | |
| College: Miami (FL) | |
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| Career Stats | |
| Tackles | 991 |
| Sacks | 40 |
| Interceptions | 12 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Career Highlights and Awards | |
Jessie Willard Armstead (born October 26, 1970 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League who played for eleven seasons with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins between 1993 and 2003.
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[edit] High school career
Armstead attended David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Texas, where he was coached by Freddie James. Armstead was part of a highly talented team that featured four other future NFL players – Clifton Abraham, Joe Burch, Le'Shai Maston, Darius Smith – and won the 1988 5A state championship (however, the title was later forfeited due to eligibility infringements).
Armstead was considered the top high school football talent in Texas as well as nationwide by recruiting analysts.[1] He had been an All-American since his sophomore, and at that time was the only player the be selected as All-American three years in high school.
Fellow D-I recruits Derric Evans and Gary Edwards asked Armstead to join them and others in a series of robberies of video stores and fast-food restaurants, but he refused. In September 1989, both Evans and Edwards were sentenced to 20 years and 16 years, respectively, in prison.[2]
[edit] College career
Recruited by Jimmy Johnson, Armstead chose to attend the University of Miami. However, weeks later, Johnson left Miami to take over as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. After initial reports that Armstead might seek to be released from his commitment to Miami, since the coach who recruited him to play there had departed, Armstead chose to honor his commitment after Dennis Erickson was named head coach.
A college standout on Miami's National Championship teams with future NFL stars such as Warren Sapp and Ray Lewis, as well as future pro-wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Armstead's pro prospects were diminished after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament his sophmore season. As a result, he was not drafted until the 8th round of the 1993 NFL Draft, when he was selected by the New York Giants.
[edit] Pro career
Armstead was a five time Pro Bowler, elected between 1997 and 2001. Armstead had 752 career tackles with forty sacks and 12 interceptions for 175 yards.
Following an eight-year career with the Giants, he was signed to a three-year, $4.5 million deal by the Washington Redskins, where he played for two additional seasons.[3]
He signed with the Carolina Panthers for the 2004 season, but he retired that year following a pre-season injury.
On June 13, 2007, Armstead signed a one day contract with the New York Giants to officially retire a New York Giant.[4]
[edit] Film and TV career
In February 2008, Armstead was featured as one of the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV.
