Jerrel Marquis Jernigan (born June 14, 1989) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

wide receiver. He was drafted by the

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in the third round of the

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and won

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with the team against the

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. He played

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Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

. Jerrel currently works at Eufaula High School as the Head football coach where he played in high school.

Professional career

Pre-draft

He was considered one of the best wide receiver prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft. He was a starter all four years for

the Trojans ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tr ...

. Jernigan's body frame and playing style was compared to the likes of DeSean Jackson and Steve Smith.

New York Giants

Jernigan was drafted by the

in the third round with the 83rd overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Through four seasons with the Giants, Jernigan played in 34 games catching 38 passes for 391 yards with 2 touchdowns. At the end of the 2011 season, Jernigan and the Giants appeared in

. He had three kick returns for 71 net yards as the Giants defeated the

by a score of 21–17.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

After not playing professional football in 2015, Jernigan signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

on April 12, 2016.

References

External links

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Troy Trojans bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jernigan, Jerrel 1989 births American football return specialists American football wide receivers Living people New York Giants players People from Barbour County, Alabama People from Midway, Alabama Players of American football from Alabama Troy Trojans football players