Jamar Newsome is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 who is currently a free agent in the NFL. He was signed by the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 at Central Florida.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On September 20, 2011, Newsome was waived by the Jaguars to make roster room for Chastin West

Chastin West

Chastin Jareaux West is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2010...

. He was re-signed to the teams' practice squad the following day.

Pittsburgh Steelers

On November 2, 2011, it was announced that Newsome had been signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

practice squad.

Jamar is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.

External links

• Jacksonville Jaguars bio