Lemuel Jeanpierre

Lemuel Jeanpierre
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Jeanpierre with the Seattle Seahawks
Oakland Raiders
Position: Assistant offensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1987-05-19) May 19, 1987
Marrero, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 312 lb (142 kg)
Career information
High school: Orlando (FL) Timber Creek
College: South Carolina
Undrafted: 2010
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2015
Games played: 63
Games started: 11
Player stats at NFL.com

Lemuel Jeanpierre (born May 19, 1987) is an American football assistant coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League[1]. In his playing career, he was a center for the Seattle Seahawks, having signed as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at South Carolina.

Biography

Jeanpierre is of Haitian descent, whose grandfather who had migrated to Louisiana.[2]

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Jeanpierre was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011.[3] Jeanpierre was originally released from the Seahawks before the 2014 season began then was resigned in November after an injury to the starting center, Max Unger[4] Jeanpierre became a free agent on August 31, 2015 after the Seahawks terminated his contract. Jeanpierre was re-signed by Seattle during week 7 of the 2015 season after Patrick Lewis sustained an injury[5]

Detroit Lions

On August 17, 2016, Jeanpierre signed with the Detroit Lions.[6] On September 3, he was released by the Lions.[7]

Coaching career

Seattle Seahawks

On July 28, 2017, Jeanpierre was signed as an offensive assistant by the Seattle Seahawks.[8]

Oakland Raiders

On April 3, 2018, Jeanpierre was hired as an assistant offensive line coach by the Oakland Raiders, where he will be assisting former Seahawks offensive line coach (and former Raiders head coach) Tom Cable as part of returning Raiders head coach Jon Gruden's new staff.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.raiders.com/news/article-1/Raiders-Finalize-Coaching-Staff/1caba7eb-38f4-474d-8317-a25ad0dc0d81
  2. ↑ "Lemuel steps in". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lamuel Jeanpierre, Seattle Seahawks". Seahawks.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ Condotta, Bob (April 20, 2015). "Seahawks re-sign center Lemuel Jeanpierre". The Seattle Times.
  5. ↑ Boyle, John. "Seahawks Reduce Roster to 76 Players". Seahawks.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lions waive WR Alex Chisum and sign free agent OL Lemuel Jeanpierre". Detroit Lions. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. September 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Derek (July 28, 2017). "Seahawks announce Lemuel Jeanpierre as offensive assistant". 247sports.com. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Raiders Finalize Coaching Staff". raiders.com. April 3, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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