Herman Joseph Fontenot Jr. (born September 12, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a

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in the

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(NFL). He played college football for the

LSU Tigers The LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers are the athletic teams representing Louisiana State University (LSU), a state university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU competes in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ...

. Undrafted in the 1985 NFL Draft, he played in the NFL for the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (A ...

and Green Bay Packers.

Biography

Fontenot was born in St. Elizabeth hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was raised by his Grandmother, growing up in the Neches Homes

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Beaumont Beaumont may refer to: Places Canada * Beaumont, Alberta * Beaumont, Quebec England * Beaumont, Cumbria * Beaumont, Essex ** Beaumont Cut, a canal closed in the 1930s * Beaumont Street, Oxford France (communes) * Beaumont, Ardèche * ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. He played college football at

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

. He played six seasons in the NFL, beginning his professional career in 1985 with the Cleveland Browns. He played his last game in the NFL in 1990.

References

External links

Pro-Football-Reference.Com

NFL Enterprises LLC

1963 births Living people Players of American football from Beaumont, Texas American football running backs Cleveland Browns players Green Bay Packers players LSU Tigers football players {{Runningback-1960s-stub