Jemal Thompson
Personal information | |
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Born: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | October 18, 1989
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 293 lb (133 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute |
College: | Virginia State University |
Undrafted: | 2011 |
Career history | |
CFL status: | National |
Jemal Delroy Thompson (born October 18, 1989) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) defensive lineman who was a member of the Toronto Argonauts in 2011. He entered the league undrafted in the 2011 CFL Draft after playing three years in the Canadian Junior Football League with the Burlington Braves and . He also played one season of NCAA football for the Virginia State University Trojans in 2009, and club football with Toronto Thunder of the Ontario Varsity Football League.[1] He attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute for high-school in Toronto, Ontario.[citation needed] Jemal is now a Firefighter in Toronto.
Jemal Thompson is also the first cousin of Tristan Thompson of the Boston Celtics who was taken 4th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft.[2]
References[]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120330131514/http://stats.ovflontario.com/varsity/teams/Toronto_Thunder/players/6222. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2011. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "NBA on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Canadian football defensive linemen
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Virginia State Trojans football players
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Black Canadian players of American football
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Canadian football defensive lineman stubs