- Jerome Pathon
Infobox NFLretired
|caption=
position=Wide Receiver
number=80, 82, 86
birthdate=birth date and age|1975|12|16Cape Town ,South Africa
debutyear=1998
finalyear=2005
draftyear=1998
draftround=2
draftpick=32
college=Washington
teams=
*Indianapolis Colts (1998-2001)
*New Orleans Saints (2002-2004)
*Atlanta Falcons (2005)
stat1label=Receptions
stat1value=260
stat2label=Receiving Yards
stat2value=3,350
stat3label=TotalTouchdowns
stat3value=15
nfl=PAT143750Jerome Pathon (born
December 16 ,1975 inCape Town ) is aSouth Africa n-born,Canadian -raisedAmerican football wide receiver who last played for theAtlanta Falcons of theNational Football League in 2005.Pathon was originally drafted 32nd overall in the second round of the
1998 NFL Draft by theIndianapolis Colts . He was also selected by theMontreal Alouettes in the second round (11th overall) of the 1997Canadian College Draft , although he has not played a game in Canada to date. Pathon played 46 regular-season games for Indianapolis (1998-2001) as well as 45 games for theNew Orleans Saints from 2002-2004. As a member of the 2003 Saints, he became best known for his role as the receiver who scored the touchdown on the famousRiver City Relay play. Prior to playing in the NFL, Pathon attended theUniversity of Washington .Pathon was a student of
Carson Graham Secondary School inNorth Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada from 1987-1992 and attendedAcadia University inWolfville ,Nova Scotia ,Canada for one year (1993-1994) where he had 44 receptions and 868 receiving yards and was named AUS andCIAU Football Rookie of the Year,Jerome Pathon is also mentioned in a recent Lil Wayne song titled 'Fly Out' from the album The Carter II. 'Say my name and die in the daytime, You catch my drift man you better be Pathon'. Referencing Pathon's play for Lil Wayne's New Orlean Saints.
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