Omar Stoutmire

Omar Array Stoutmire (born July 9, 1974) is an American former professional football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, New York Giants, and Washington Redskins.

Stoutmire attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he was a two-way player, as a defensive back and tight end.

In his senior season, he received Super Prep All-American, All-Moore League, All-city and Fresno State's Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.

He accepted a football scholarship from Fresno State University, where he became a starter at strong safety as a freshman.

As a junior he was switched to free safety, setting the Western Athletic Conference and the school record for tackles in a season (198).

As a senior, he was moved back to strong safety and was named to the All-WAC team, after posting 87 tackles (2 for loss), one pass defensed and one quarterback pressure.

[1] As a rookie, he played strong safety in the nickel defense and displayed excellent run-support skills.

He played in the nickel defense and special teams until 2002, when he earned the starting free safety position.

In 2004, he was replaced in the starting lineup with Brent Alexander, before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in the season opener and being placed on the injured reserve list.