James Lendale Steele Jr. (/ˈstiːl/; born October 4, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman and spent his entire six-year National Football League (NFL) career with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Steele attended West Noble High School, just outside Ligonier, Indiana.
[3] He played for the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a national championship.
He won the Richard Katcher Award as the top Michigan defensive lineman in 1997.
Steele had 45 tackles for loss and 24 career quarterback sacks at Michigan, second most in team history at the time of his graduation.