Rashad Jeanty (born April 17, 1983 in Miami, Florida) is an American football linebacker and former Canadian football defensive end. Jeanty attended Carol City High School, where he was rated the 14th best player in the nation and sixth best in Florida by The Miami Herald. After playing four seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, he signed a two year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League on February 13, 2006. Jeanty stands 6'2" and weighs in at 245 pounds. Jeanty (pronounced "jean-tee") played at the University of Central Florida before leaving college to play in the Canadian Football League.

[edit] College

Played two seasons at the University of Central Florida, from 2000-2001, logging 9.5 sacks and 137 tackles in 22 games. In 2001, he earned the second team All-Freshman honors from The Football News and was named to The Sporting News third team Freshman All-America team.

[edit] Canadian Football League

Rashad Jeanty played three seasons on the Edmonton Eskimos, from 2002-2005, primarily as a defensive end. He won the Grey Cup Championship with Edmonton in 2003 and 2005.

[edit] National Football League - 2006 Season

Due to an injury to David Pollack, Jeanty was tabbed to start at SLB in his NFL debut on September 10 at Kansas City. He was the only undrafted rookie in an NFL starting lineup on Kickoff Weekend. He had 2 tackles in the Bengals 23-10 win. He also had a key special teams play, as his recovery of muffed punt by Dante Hall at the Chiefs 14-yard line was an early momentum-shifter, leading to a Bengals field goal that tied game 3-3. He played in every game except games 4-7 due to a foot injury.

[edit] Personal

Rashad and fellow teammates Chinedum Ndukwe, Nate Livings and Daniel Coats and three other bengals players attended the charity basketball game for the Cody Holp Fund. which was on March 1 2008 and was held at Tri-County North High School In Lewisburg, Ohio.

[edit] External links

• Bengals.com feature: Jeanty in driver's seat

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