Olawale in 2014
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No. 49 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | April 17, 1989 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||||||||
College: | North Texas | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Rushing attempts: | 46 |
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Rushing yards: | 163 |
Receptions: | 33 |
Receiving yards: | 392 |
Total touchdowns: | 6 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jamize Robert Olawale (born April 17, 1989) is an American football fullback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at North Texas.
Olawale attended three high schools (Long Beach Poly High School, De La Salle High School, and St. Ignatius College Preparatory). He played two seasons at El Camino Junior College as a tight end, recording 15 receptions for 338 yards and three touchdowns.
As a junior, he transferred to the University of North Texas, where he was switched to H-back, recording seven receptions for 79 yards. In his senior season he was moved to wide receiver, appearing in eight games and recording two receptions for nine yards.
After not being selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, he received a tryout invitation for rookie mini-camp where he was converted from wide receiver to full back, and performed well enough to be signed as an undrafted free agent on May 14.