Sulaiman Ismail
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Sulaiman "The Bomb" Ismail is a former professional American Football
player, and the younger brother of Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail
and Qadry "The Missile" Ismail
. He played collegiately
as a walk-on at the University of Texas-El Paso in 1995. On February 14, 2001, he signed a three-year contract with the Arena Football League's New York Dragons
, but was waived soon after. He was claimed by the Greensboro Prowlers
on April 4, but placed on the Inactive List on April 26.
Sulaiman has a black belt
in Shotokan
Karate
, judo
and jujutsu
. He has had three professional boxing matches with a record of 1-2.
He now uses his talents to teach mini-football to kids in the small town of Kingston, PA. He is currently the head coach of the Kingston Huskies B-Team.
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...
player, and the younger brother of Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail
Raghib Ismail
Raghib Ramadian Ismail is a retired professional American and Canadian football player, who played Wide receiver in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He played college football at Notre Dame...
and Qadry "The Missile" Ismail
Qadry Ismail
Qadry "The Missile" Ismail is a former National Football League wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, and the Indianapolis Colts in a 10 year career that lasted from 1993 to 2002...
. He played collegiately
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...
as a walk-on at the University of Texas-El Paso in 1995. On February 14, 2001, he signed a three-year contract with the Arena Football League's New York Dragons
New York Dragons
The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded...
, but was waived soon after. He was claimed by the Greensboro Prowlers
Greensboro Prowlers
The Greensboro Prowlers is a now-defunct af2 franchise that was one of the league's charter members. The Prowlers had three mediocre seasons before finally getting a decent winning record in their final year...
on April 4, but placed on the Inactive List on April 26.
Sulaiman has a black belt
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
in Shotokan
Shotokan
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi and his son Gigo Funakoshi . Gichin was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing karate through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate clubs, including...
Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
and jujutsu
Jujutsu
Jujutsu , also known as jujitsu, ju-jitsu, or Japanese jiu-jitsu, is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon....
. He has had three professional boxing matches with a record of 1-2.
He now uses his talents to teach mini-football to kids in the small town of Kingston, PA. He is currently the head coach of the Kingston Huskies B-Team.