Jaime Mendez (born February 20, 1971) is a former American collegiate football free safety, who was an All-American at Kansas State University.
He helped high school team register eight shutouts in 1987 en route to a 13–1 record and the Division III state title.
Jaime's greatest game was his only loss that year but was in double overtime against Elvis Grbac - 1988 Desmond Howard-1988.
[2] Mendez, who is of Puerto Rican descent, was married to actress Essence Atkins on September 26, 2009 and divorced in 2016.
Essence gave birth to a son, named Varro Blair Mendez on December 25, 2011.