| Jamal Fountaine | |
| Number: | 52, 53 |
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1971 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 240 |
| College: | Washington |
| Undraftedyear: | 1994 |
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| Pfr: | F/FounJa20 |
Jamal Fountaine (born January 29, 1971) is a former NFL defensive end.
Fountain attended Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California where he ran track and played basketball, playing football beginning in his junior year.[1]
Fountaine played defensive end for the Washington Huskies and was a starter for the 1992 and 1993 seasons[2] and letterman from 1990 to 1993.
In 1989, he was awarded the team's Mark Drennan Memorial Award as special teams scout squad MVP,[3] also later awarded to his younger brother Matt Fountaine in 2002.He played in the Rose Bowl as a member of 1990, 1991, and 1992 teams. He finished his career as a team captain during the 1993 season, which concluded with the 1994 Hula Bowl.
Fountaine earned a construction engineering degree at Washington.
He was not selected in the 1994 NFL draft, but signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers where he spent two seasons including their 1995 Super Bowl team. He later was a member of the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons.
Fountaine became a graduate assistant at Washington in 2002 and then joined Portland State in 2003.In 2008, Fountaine became a firefighter for the Alameda County Fire Department.[4]