Rondell Mealey

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Rondell Mealey
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Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1977-02-24) February 24, 1977 (age 47)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Destrehan (LA)
College: LSU
NFL draft: 2000  / Round: 7 / Pick: 252
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Freshman All-SEC by the Knoxville News Sentinel (1996)
  • Independence Bowl Offensive MVP (1997)
  • Independence Bowl Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:22
Rushing yards:73
Touchdowns:1
Player stats at PFR

Rondell Christopher Mealey (born February 24, 1977) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). [1]

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Early life

Rondell Mealey was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in Norco, Louisiana. He played high school football at Destrehan High School (Destrehan, Louisiana) where he was a teammate of NFL Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed. [2]

College career

Mealey (#7) played collegiately for the LSU Tigers from 1995 to 1999. Mealey redshirted in 1995 and during his freshman season in 1996, rushed for 603 yards and 10 touchdowns. [3]

In 1997 during his sophomore season, Mealey rushed for 664 yards and scored 7 touchdowns. [3] Following the regular season, Mealey put on a performance in the 1997 Independence Bowl against Notre Dame that led to him being inducted into the Independence Bowl Hall of Fame in June 2010. [4] With LSU losing 6-3 at halftime, Mealey filling in for an injured Kevin Faulk, rushed for 222 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead LSU to a 27-9 victory. [5]

During his junior season in 1997, Mealey continued to split carries with All-American Kevin Faulk. He was the second leading rusher on the team, rushing for 334 yards and 4 touchdowns. [5] In 1998 as a senior offensive team captain and starting tailback, Mealy was the leading rusher on the team, rushing for 637 yards and 8 touchdowns. [5]

Mealey finished his career at LSU as the sixth-leading rusher in school history. [6] His 29 rushing touchdowns tied for the fifth most in school history and his average of 4.9 yards per carry tied for the third best in school history. [6]

College honors

Sources: [6] [7]

College statistics

College career statistics* [3]
YearTeamGPRushingReceivingScrimmage
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDPlaysYdsTD
1996 LSU 111036035.91088610.8111168911
1997 LSU 111126645.977608.601197247
1998 LSU 11683344.94294.52703436
1999 LSU 111706373.78161479.211867849
College totals444532,2384.929333029.244862,54033

Notes:

Pre-Draft

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m)		212 lb
(96 kg)		4.69 s1.59 s2.70 s4.15 s6.89 s33 in
(0.84 m)		10 ft 0 in
(3.05 m)
All values from NFL Combine [8]

Professional career

Rondell Mealey was drafted in the seventh round (252nd pick overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. [9] [10] As a Packer from 2000 to 2002, Mealey mainly served as a backup running back and played on special teams seeing playing time in 13 games over three seasons. [11] He had his first NFL start in early September during the 2002 season. [12] Mealey was placed on waivers by the Packers in late September 2002. [12]

Despite interest and tryouts for the Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Mealey did not play professionally again after being released by the Packers. [13]

NFL statistics

YearTeamGAttYdsAvgLongRush TDRecYdsAvgLongRec TD
2000 GB 0000.000000.000
2001 GB 1111373.49023115.5190
2002 GB 211363.31817456.4110
Career1322733.31819768.4190

Sources: [1] [11]

Personal life

Mealey works for Marathon Oil in southern Louisiana. [4] [5]

See also

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