Jerry Fontenot

American football player and coach (born 1966)
American football player
Jerry Fontenot
No. 67, 62
Position:Center
Personal information
Born: (1966-11-21) November 21, 1966 (age 57)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Lafayette (LA)
College:Texas A&M
NFL draft:1989 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65
Career history
As a player:
  • Chicago Bears (1989–1996)
  • New Orleans Saints (1997–2003)
  • Cincinnati Bengals (2004)
As a coach:
  • Green Bay Packers (2006–2010)
    Assistant offensive line coach
  • Green Bay Packers (2011)
    Running backs coach
  • Green Bay Packers (2012–2015)
    Tight ends coach
  • Los Angeles Wildcats (2020)
    Offensive line coach
Career highlights and awards
  • Super Bowl champion (XLV)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:239
Games started:193
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Jerry Paul Fontenot (born November 21, 1966) is an American football coach and former center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals.

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+1⁄2 in
(1.92 m) 		272 lb
(123 kg) 		5.17 s 1.76 s 3.01 s 4.48 s 28.0 in
(0.71 m)		 8 ft 10 in
(2.69 m)		 24 reps

He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft.[1] He attended Texas A&M University.

Fontenot served as an assistant offensive line coach and tight ends coach for the Green Bay Packers from 2006 to 2015.[2] On January 19, 2016, Fontenot was fired.[3] In 2019, he became offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL.[4]

References

  1. ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ^ "Coaches". Packers.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Packers announce coaching staff changes". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  4. ^ "Former Patriots CB Otis Smith Added XFL Los Angeles Staff". XFL News Hub. June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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