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Jermod McCoy

Jermod McCoy, cornerback from Whitehouse, Texas; played at Oregon State (2023) and Tennessee (2024), second-team All-American; ACL tear in January 2025; Raiders pick 101st overall, 2026 NFL Draft.

Jerod Mayo

Jerod Mayo is a former NFL linebacker who played for the New England Patriots from 2008 to 2015 and later served as their head coach in 2024.

Jeroen Delmee (Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmée, born 1973, Boxtel) is a Dutch field hockey coach and former player with 401 caps, Olympic gold 1996 and 2000, and Netherlands men's head coach since 2021, winning EuroHockey 2023 and Olympic gold 2024.

Jeroen Dubbeldam

Jeroen Dubbeldam (born 1973, Zwolle) is a Dutch show jumper, Olympic individual gold medalist Sydney 2000 on De Sjiem and 2014 double world champion on Zenith SFN; second rider ever with Olympic, World, and European jumping titles.

Jerome Bettis

Jerome Bettis, "The Bus," American NFL running back (1972–), Detroit native, Notre Dame, drafted 10th overall 1993 by Rams, 13,662 rushing yards with Rams and Steelers, Super Bowl XL champion, Hall of Fame 2015.

Jerome Biffle

Jerome Cousins Biffle (1928–2002), American long jumper and US Army athlete from Denver, won the 1950 NCAA title and the 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold with a third-round 7.57 m, beating Meredith Gourdine by 4 cm.

Jerome Blake

Jerome Blake, born 1995 in Jamaica, is a Canadian sprinter who won Olympic gold in the 4x100 m relay at Paris 2024 after silver at Tokyo 2020.

Jérôme Boateng

Jérôme Boateng, German centre-back born 1988 in Berlin; 2014 World Cup winner with 76 caps; Bayern München 2011–2021 with two Champions League and nine Bundesliga titles; retired September 2025.

Jerome Brown

Jerome Brown, Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle (1987-1992), University of Miami consensus All-American, ninth overall 1987 draft pick, two-time All-Pro, killed in a 1992 car crash at 27.

Jerome Davis (bull rider)

Jerome Davis (born 1972) is an American bull rider, 1995 PRCA World Champion, PBR co-founder, and first world champion east of the Mississippi; paralyzed in 1998, later a stock contractor and Carolina Cowboys coach.

Jérôme De Mayer

Jérôme De Mayer (Livinus Hieronymus De Mayer, 1875-1958), Belgian archer; won two golds and a silver in men's team target archery at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; father-in-law of FITA president Oscar Kessels.

Jerome Drayton

Jerome Drayton, born Peter Buniak (1945–2025), was a Canadian marathon runner who won the Fukuoka Marathon three times, the 1977 Boston Marathon, and held Canada's 2:10:09 marathon record for 43 years.

Jerome Fernandez

Jerome Fernandez (Jérôme Fernandez), French handball left back born 1977 in Cenon; two Olympic golds (2008, 2012), four world and three European titles with France, record 1,463 national-team goals in 390 caps.

Jerome Jeannet

Jérôme Jeannet (born 1977, Fort-de-France) is a French right-handed épée fencer, brother of Fabrice Jeannet, twice Olympic team champion (2004, 2008), four-time world team champion, 2007 European individual champion, later SportCloud entrepreneur.

Jérôme Le Banner

Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner is a French heavyweight kickboxer, born in Le Havre in 1972, who starred in Japan's K-1 promotion and also works as an actor.

Jerome Sinclair

Jerome Sinclair (Jerome Terence Sinclair, born 1996, Birmingham) is a retired English centre-forward, Liverpool FC's youngest-ever player at 16 years 6 days, later Watford, loans at Sunderland, Oxford, VVV-Venlo, CSKA Sofia; retired 2021.

Jerramy Stevens

Jerramy Stevens, born 1979, is a former NFL tight end from Washington; drafted 28th overall by Seattle in 2002, he played for the Seahawks and Buccaneers, catching 202 passes for 2,217 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Jerry Bright

Jerry Bright is an American sprinter who won silver in the 200 meters at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg and was a three-time All-American for Arizona State.

Jerry Buss

Jerry Buss, born Gerald Hatten Buss, was an American businessman who owned the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979 until his death in 2013, winning 10 NBA championships.

Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Colangelo (born 1939) is an American sports executive: Phoenix Suns GM at 28 in 1968, four-time NBA Executive of the Year, Diamondbacks founder (2001 World Series), USA Basketball managing director 2005-21, Hall of Famer 2004.

Jerry Cornes

Jerry Cornes (John Frederick Cornes, 1910-2001), British middle-distance runner, Oxford and Achilles Club miler; silver in the 1932 Olympic 1500m, sixth at Berlin 1936, Empire Games mile bronze 1930 and 1934, later a colonial administrator and headmaster.