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21 Jamar Fletcher - Biography
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 180
COLLEGE: Wisconsin
NFL EXP: 8th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2001 | MIA | 14 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | MIA | 16 | 4 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIA | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | SD | 16 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | SD | 14 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2006 | DET | 13 | 2 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 88 | 1 |
| 2007 | HOU | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | CIN | 11 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 105 | 10 | 173 | 150 | 23 | 1.0 | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 88 | 1 | |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected after junior season by Miami Dolphins in first round (26th pick overall) of 2001 NFL Draft…signed by Dolphins on July 25, 2001…traded by Dolphins to San Diego Chargers to complete March 15 trade that sent WR David Boston from San Diego to Miami on March 16, 2004…signed by Detroit Lions on May 1, 2006…signed by Houston Texans on April 5, 2007.
PRO: Explosive and reliable cornerback with 94 career games…compiled 161 career stops and seven interceptions for 171 yards and a touchdown…consistent presence on special teams with 20 career tackles.
2007 (Houston 10/2): Saw action in 10 games with two starts…finished the season with 13 tackles, 12 solo…also contributed three passes defensed and a forced fumble…started the season with five solo tackles and a forced fumble resulting in a Texans touchdown vs. Kansas City (9/9)…recorded one solo stop at Carolina (9/16)…registered one assisted tackle vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…started and finished with two solo tackles and a special teams stop at Atlanta (9/30)…inactive vs. Miami (10/7) and at Jacksonville (10/14)…saw action on special teams vs. Tennessee (10/21) and registered one special teams stop at San Diego (10/28)…inactive vs. Oakland (11/4), New Orleans (11/18), and Cleveland (11/25)…played on special teams at Tennessee (12/2)…finished with four solo tackles vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…recorded one pass defensed and a special teams stop vs. Denver (12/13)…played on special teams at Indianapolis (12/23)…inactive in the season finale vs. Jacksonville (12/30).
2006 (Detroit 13/2): Appeared in 13 games with two starts…recorded a career-best three interceptions to tie for the team lead…registered 35 tackles, 33 solo, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery…made his first start as a Lion at LCB, recording four tackles and one fumble recovery vs. Green Bay (9/24)…recorded a career-high 11 tackles, nine solo, in his second start of the year at St. Louis (10/1)…recorded the first interception of the year and returned it 29 yards at Minnesota (10/8)…registered his first career touchdown vs. Minnesota (12/10) on an 88-yard interception of Vikings' QB Brad Johnson while also making two tackles, one solo, in the game…made his second consecutive interception in back-to-back games, and career-best third of the season, at Green Bay (12/17).
2005 (San Diego 14/0): Appeared in 14 games…saw first significant action at Oakland (10/16) and finished with four tackles…was named Chargers Alumni Player of Week after recording first-career sack and an interception for 19 yards vs. Philadelphia (10/23)…broke up key second-down pass in the end zone during late fourth-quarter goal-line stand to help preserve victory vs. New York Jets (11/6).
2004 (San Diego 16/0): Pulled in first interception of season vs. Jacksonville (10/10) and ensuing possession resulted in 28-yard field goal to give San Diego 27-7 lead in the third quarter…recovered fumble on first play of second quarter at Atlanta (10/17)…registered a season-high seven tackles in season finale vs. Kansas City (1/2/05)…had one tackle in Wild Card Playoff game vs. New York Jets (1/8/05).
2003 (Miami 11/0): Had a season-high three tackles at Tennessee (11/9)…placed on injured reserve (12/1) after suffering fractured left forearm at Dallas (11/27).
2002 (Miami 16/4): Tied for second on Dolphins' defense with 13 passes defensed… tallied first-career interception off Peyton Manning and had a season-high 10 tackles at Indianapolis (9/15)…intercepted a Chris Chandler pass and batted down a season-high three others in Monday Night Football win over Chicago (12/9)…his interception return vs. Bears was a then career- long 30 yards.
2001 (Miami 14/2): Played in 14 games with two starts as a rookie…started first-career game vs. New York Jets (11/18).
COLLEGE: Set school records with 21 career interceptions and 57 passes defensed at Wisconsin…set a Big Ten conference record with 459 career interception return yards and five interception return touchdowns…declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season in which he was the recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award, annually given to the nation's top defensive back…was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year following his final season with the Badgers…has a degree in Behavioral Sciences and Law
A native of St. Louis…was an All-America defensive back and quarterback for the Spartans at Hazelwood East High School as well as a three-year team captain…brother, Jason, a former college football player at the University of Louisiana- Lafayette, is his agent and negotiates all of his contracts.
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