Fontel Mines

Fontel Mines (born February 26, 1985) is an American football coach and former tight end, who is the current tight end, inside receiver and recruiting coordinator for the East Carolina Pirates. He played college football at Virginia for coach Al Groh from 2002 to 2006 and played in the National Football League (NFL) for 3 seasons from 2007 to 2009.

Fontel Mines
East Carolina Pirates
Position:Tight ends coach / Inside receivers coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1985-02-26) February 26, 1985
Richmond, Virginia
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:244 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College:Virginia
Undrafted:2007
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Mines attended Hermitage High School in Richmond, Virginia and was a student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, as a senior, he was a first-team Group AAA All-state selection and made 37 receptions for 674 yards and ten touchdowns.[1]

College career

Mines played collegiately at the University of Virginia. He played in 42 games, starting 20. He had 68 career receptions for 737 yards and 5 touchdowns.[1]

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Mines was signed to the Chicago Bears practice squad on September 2, 2007.[2] They signed him to the active roster on December 26, 2007.

After spending the 2008 season on the Bears' practice squad, Mines was re-signed to a future contract on December 29, 2008. He was waived/injured on August 25 and subsequently reverted to injured reserve.

Mines was waived by the Bears on March 1, 2010.

References
  1. "Chicago Bears". Archived from the original on January 5, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
  2. Sportsline
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