Jeral Jamal Stokes is a retired American football wide receiver. Stokes played in the National Football League for nine seasons. He played college football for UCLA, and was recognized as an All-American. A first-round selection in the 1994 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots of the NFL. Stokes was born in San Diego, California. He attended Point Loma High School in San Diego, where he was part of a talented high school football team that included quarterback Dan White and lineman La'Roi Glover. The team was coached... throughout Stokes' four years by local legend Bennie Edens. While attending University of California, Los Angeles , Stokes played for the UCLA Bruins football team from 1991 to 1994. He earned Pac-10 first-team honors as a sophomore. His breakout season came in his junior year when he was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Stokes' junior season was rewarded with a top ten finish in the balloting for that year's Heisman Trophy, being the only junior recognized.
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