Jocelyn Borgella

Jocelyn Borgella
No. 27
Position:	Defensive back
Personal information
Born:	August 26, 1971 (age 52); Nassau, Bahamas
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:	Miami Edison
College:	Cincinnati
NFL draft:	1994 / Round: 6 / Pick: 183
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1994), (1996); Washington Redskins (1997)*; Scottish Claymores (1998);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	15
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Jocelyn Kenza Borgella (born August 26, 1971^[3]) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions.^[4] He played college football at Cincinnati. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft.^[5] Borgella is the first player of Haitian descent to be drafted and play a game in the NFL.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ "ESPN – Jocelyn Borgella".
^ ^a ^b Press, ed. (December 4, 1998). "News Archive". The Sports Shelter. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^ NFL.com – Jocelyn Borgella
^ "Jocelyn Borgella Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ Schwartz, Kaley, ed. (May 20, 2015). "Meet the 2014 Miami-Dade Silver Knight Award winners". Miami Herald. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^ "Books and Books: Music for Haiti Healthy Kids – Gables". Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ Thomas, Eugene C, ed. (June 23, 1994). "Borgella is first Haitian to be drafted by the NFL". Miami Times (via "HighBeam Research"). Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

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