Jordan Kent
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| Seattle Seahawks — No. 82 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: July 24, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 219 lb (99 kg) |
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| College: Oregon | |
| NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 210 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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Jordan Russell Kent (born July 24, 1984 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) is an American football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.
He is also the son of current Oregon basketball coach Ernie Kent.
[edit] Early years
An 11-time individual and team state champion in basketball and track at Winston Churchill High School, he contributed to state team titles in both sports as a junior before repeating track crown his final year. The first-team all-state pick averaged 18 points on the hardwood while leading Lancers to a 20-4 record his senior season. On the track, became the state’s first four-event individual champion in the same year by winning state 4A titles in the long jump, 100, 200 and 400 meters in 2002. The two-time state track athlete of the year completed his prep career winning three state 400 championships and two 200 and long jump gold medals, setting state records in each of the latter two events. As a junior, bettered 41-year-old state meet long jump record (25-1 1/4) previously held by Mel Renfro (24-1 1/4, 1960).
[edit] College career
In 2005, Kent became the first male Division I athlete to letter in three or more sports in the same year (football, basketball and track) since World War II. The four-time NCAA track & field All-American and 2003 200-meter regional winner ran the opening leg on school’s 2005 third-place NCAA 4x400 relay and anchored school-record 4x100 relay that placed sixth. Owns collegiate bests of 10.41 (100), 20.82w (200), 46.95 (400) and 24-9 3/4 (long jump). Selected as an academic all-conference honoree on six occasions.
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