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Jerrell Freeman No. 50 Saskatchewan Roughriders Date of birth: May 1, 1986 Place of birth: Waco, Texas Career information Status: Active CFL status: Import Position(s): LB Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 220 lb (100 kg) College: Mary Hardin-Baylor NFL Draft: 2008 / Undrafted Organizations As player: 2008
2009–presentTennessee Titans*
Saskatchewan Roughriders- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
CFL West All-Star: 2011 Playing stats at CFL.ca Playing stats at NFL.com Jerrell Freeman (born May 1, 1986, in Waco, Texas) is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tennessee Titans in 2008. He played college football for the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders under the direction of Coach Pete Fredenburg, and was twice named a D3football.com All-American, including being honored as the 2007 D3football.com Defensive Player of the Year.
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College
Freeman played four seasons of collegiate football for the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders and was twice named a D3football.com All-American, including being honored as the 2007 D3football.com Defensive Player of the Year. When he graduated he left as the schools all-time leading tackler. In his senior year he had 59 tackles, 18 tackles for a loss and six quarterback sacks.
Professional Career
Tennessee Titans
Jerrell Freeman declared himself eligible for the 2008 NFL Draft. Although he was not drafted he was signed by the Tennessee Titans immediately following the conclusion of the draft. He became the first Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders to be offered an NFL contract. Jerrell Freeman was released by the Titans prior to the start of the 2008 NFL season.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
In March 2009 Freeman signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL. In the 2009 CFL season Jerrell Freeman was used primarilly as a special teams tackler, recording a team high 25 special teams tackles. He was nominated as the teams Most Outstanding Rookie. In his second season with the Riders Freeman saw more time as a regular linebacker. He made the starting lineup for one game in the regular season and started in two playoff games and the Grey Cup. Jerrell Freeman won CFL Defensive Player of the Week honors in week 7 after recording 3 sacks against the BC Lions. He lead the team in sacks by the end of the season with 7.
The 2011 season was a breakout year for Freeman. Freeman lead the CFL in tackles with 103. Freeman won CFL Defensive Player of the Week in week 10 and earned CFL Defensive Player of the Month for the month of September.
Further reading
- "UMHB alum scores TD in CFL". Killeen Daily Herald. July 14, 2009. http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=34540. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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Practice roster 5 Chris Graham | 11 L.J. Castile | 24 Yvenson Bernard | 29 Tyron Brackenridge | 37 Tamon George | 48 Justin Wilson | 81 Freddie Barnes | 87 Patrick Brown | 91 Roberto Davis | 92 Zack Evans | 98 Kenny Rowe
Injured List 1 John Eubanks | 6 Rob Bagg | 11 Eddie Johnson | 12 Jordan Sisco | 16 Eddie Russ | 35 Jeremiah Weatherspoon | 67 Dan Clark | 69 Nick Hutchins | 85 Ernie Wheelwright | 86 Dallas Baker | 88 Terrence Nunn | 90 Brent Hawkins | 97 R.J. Roberts
Suspended List East: HAM · MON · TOR · WIN • West: BC · CAL · EDM · SAS Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- American players of Canadian football
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- People from Waco, Texas
- Saskatchewan Roughriders players
- Tennessee Titans players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor alumni
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