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{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image = Jleebusmall.jpg
| caption = Lee (28) playing for the [[Bishop's Gaiters]]
| number = 23
| position = [[Running back]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|13}}
| birth_place = [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 221
| cis = [[Bishop's Gaiters|Bishop's]]
| cfldraftyear = 2009
| cfldraftround = 1
| cfldraftpick = 3
| pastteams = * [[Carolina Panthers]] ({{NFL Year|2009}})*
* [[BC Lions]] ({{CFL Year|2009}}–{{CFL Year|2012}})
| cflstatus = National
| highlights = * [[Quebec University Football League|QUFL]] Most Outstanding Player (2007)
* [[CIS football|CIS]] first team all-star ([[2008 CIS football season|2008]])
* QUFL's career rushing record (4,296 yards)
| cfl-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20120214113807/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/2024
}}
'''Jamall Lee''' (born March 13, 1987) is a Canadian former professional [[Gridiron football|football]] [[running back]] who played three seasons for the [[BC Lions]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He was signed by the [[Carolina Panthers]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2009 and released at the end of the pre-season, making him an NFL free agent. He was selected by the [[BC Lions]] third overall in the [[2009 CFL draft]]. He played [[CIS football]] for the [[Bishop's Gaiters]].

==Early life==
Lee was born in [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]]. His father, [[Orville Lee]], was the last Canadian to lead the CFL in [[rush (American football)|rush]]ing, in the [[1988 CFL season]]. Jamall played [[Canadian football]] at [[Terry Fox Secondary School]] and though he was not recruited by any [[United States|American]] [[college football]] or Canadian university teams, his father's connections with [[Bishop's University]] in [[Lennoxville]], [[Quebec]], gave him an opportunity to play for the Gaiters.<ref name="trained">{{Cite news |last=Beamish |first=Mike |date=2009-03-06 |title=Lee trained with NCAA players to prepare for CFL camp |publisher=Vancouver Sun |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/trained+with+NCAA+players+prepare+camp/1360777/story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926002747/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/trained%2Bwith%2BNCAA%2Bplayers%2Bprepare%2Bcamp/1360777/story.html |archive-date=2009-09-26}}</ref>

==University career==
At Bishop's, Lee ran for a four-year total of 4,296 yards, which made him the [[Quebec University Football League]]'s all-time leading rusher. He was also selected as the QUFL's most outstanding player of 2007 and a [[CIS football|CIS]] first team all-star for the [[2008 CIS football season]]. He was the only Canadian selected to play in the 2009 [[Texas vs. The Nation Game]] in [[El Paso, Texas]]. Ahead of the 2009 [[CFL Evaluation Camp]], Lee was ranked second amongst those eligible for the [[2009 CFL Draft]].<ref name="trained" /> He set new [[CFL Evaluation Camp]] records for both the [[40-yard dash]] at 4.39 seconds and the [[vertical jump]] at {{convert|44|in|cm}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-03-08 |title=Lee breaks record at CFL evaluation camp |publisher=TSN.ca |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=270447 |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-08 |title=E-Camp: In Record Time |url=https://www.cfl.ca/media/videoCFL/id/6179 |access-date=2009-03-09 |publisher=CFL.ca TV |format=video}}</ref>

==Professional career==

===Carolina Panthers===
Lee signed with the [[Carolina Panthers]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] on April 27, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2009 |title=Bishop's RB Lee signs contract with Carolina Panthers |publisher=TSN |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=276632 |access-date=2009-04-27}}</ref> Lee dressed for all four pre-season games for the Panthers including their final on September 3, 2009, in which he scored the team's sole [[touchdown]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-09-05 |title=Les Panthers retranchent Jamall Lee |language=fr |publisher=RDS.ca |url=http://www.rds.ca/football/chroniques/281772.html |access-date=2009-09-06}}</ref>

He was released from the team before the start of the 2009 regular season.

===BC Lions===
On October 12, 2009, the [[BC Lions]] announced that they had agreed to terms with Lee and he dressed for the final four games of the season. On October 31, 2009, Lee recorded his first career reception against the [[Calgary Stampeders]]. Lee played in both playoff games and recorded one rush for -1 yards and one catch for -5 yards in the [[97th Grey Cup#East Final|Eastern Final]]. After three seasons as a special teams player and backup running back, he announced his retirement on February 13, 2012.<ref>[https://www.cfl.ca/article/lions-rb-jamall-lee-calls-it-a-career Lions RB Jamall Lee calls it a career]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from New Westminster]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from British Columbia]]
[[Category:Black Canadian players of American football]]
[[Category:Canadian players of American football]]
[[Category:Black Canadian sportsmen]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Canadian football running backs]]
[[Category:Bishop's Gaiters football players]]
[[Category:BC Lions players]]
[[Category:Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent]]

Jamall Lee - Revision history

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