Jocelyn Borgella

American football player (born 1971)

American football player

Jocelyn Borgella

No. 27

Position:

Defensive back^[1]

Personal information

Born:

(1971-08-26) 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)*^[2]
Scottish Claymores (1998)^[2]

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	15

Player stats at 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

^ "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.