Jerry Azumah

Jerry Azumah

Position(s) Cornerback Jersey #(s) 23
Born	September 1, 1977 (1977-09-01) (age 34) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Career information
Year(s)	1999–2005
NFL Draft	1999 / Round: 5 / Pick: 147
College	New Hampshire
Professional teams
Chicago Bears (1999-2005)
Career stats
INT	10
INT yards	206
Touchdowns	3
Stats at NFL.com
Career highlights and awards
1× Pro Bowl selection (2003) 1× All-Pro selection (2003) 1998 Walter Payton Award

Jerry Azumah (English pronunciation: /əˈzuːmə/; born September 1, 1977) is a former professional American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears.

Azumah was selected as the 147th pick of the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft out of the University of New Hampshire where he won the Walter Payton Award as the best offensive player in Division I-AA football. He attended Saint Peter-Marian High School in Worcester, Massachusetts. His best season came in 2003, when he led the league in kickoff returns with a twenty-nine-yard average and two touchdowns. He was selected to the 2004 Pro Bowl as a kick return specialist for the NFC. On March 23, 2006, Azumah retired from the NFL after seven seasons with the Chicago Bears at the age of 28 due to hip and neck pain. Azumah was succeeded by Devin Hester.

He now does Bears post game coverage and commentary on WFLD-TV, Fox Chicago and appears weekly on Fox Chicago's Good Day Chicago.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/CHI/9331121

External links

• Official website
• Jerry Azumah at Twitter

Persondata
Name	Azumah, Jerry
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 1, 1977
Place of birth
Date of death
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