Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Anderson played eight seasons with the Falcons, amassing 5,336 rushing yards, 156 receptions for 1,645 yards, and 41 touchdowns before he suffered what became a career-ending tear of his ACL in 2001.

He was well known for his "Dirty Bird" touchdown celebration, in which he flapped his arms as if they were wings and rhythmically bouncing side-to-side in the crowd's direction. The dance has been widely copied; in a press conference Anderson stated: “people break out and do the Dirty Bird in the strangest places.”

NFL stats

Rushing Stats

Year	Team	Games	Carries	Yards	Yards per CArry	Longest Carry	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1994	ATL	3	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0	0	0
1995	ATL	16	39	161	4.1	13	1	10	0	0
1996	ATL	16	232	1,055	4.5	32	5	46	3	3
1997	ATL	16	290	1,002	3.5	39	7	54	3	1
1998	ATL	16	410	1,846	4.5	48	14	90	5	2
1999	ATL	2	19	59	3.1	20	0	1	0	0
2000	ATL	16	282	1,024	3.6	42	6	53	6	4
2001	ATL	3	55	190	3.5	14	1	8	1	1
Career		88	1,329	5,336	4.0	48	34	262	18	11

Receiving Stats

Year	Team	Games	Receptions	Yards	Yards per Reception	Longest Receptions	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1995	ATL	16	4	42	10.5	17	0	2	0	0
1996	ATL	16	49	473	9.7	34	1	19	1	1
1997	ATL	16	29	284	9.8	47	3	15	1	1
1998	ATL	16	27	319	11.8	27	2	13	0	0
1999	ATL	2	2	34	17.0	32	0	1	0	0
2000	ATL	16	42	382	9.1	55	0	14	0	0
2001	ATL	3	3	111	37.0	94	1	1	0	0
Career		88	156	1,645	10.5	94	7	65	2	2

Sports broadcasting career

He appeared as an analyst on ESPN/ABC, often promoting his alma mater the University of Utah, and the Mountain West Conference. He is a big proponent of the non-BCS schools gaining more access to the same opportunities as BCS schools.

From mid-August to late-October 2009, Jamal appeared as a regular phone-in guest on "Morency" on Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) to recap/discuss the week that was and the week that was coming up in the NFL with Gabriel Morency and Cam Stewart. After two-week period from late-October to early-November, 2009, where HSR dropped "Morency" (the person and the show) from their programming line-up, Jamal returned as a regular weekly guest again on HSR's replacement show "Red Heat" hosted by Cam Stewart.

In October 2010, Jamal began appearing as an analyst for the CNN NEWSROOM, providing insight on current NFL issues as well as news and highlights from the major sports leagues.

Personal life

Anderson was arrested in February 2009 on suspicion of cocaine possession. Atlanta police said that Anderson and another man were snorting cocaine off the toilet bowl in the restroom of the Peachtree Tavern nightclub.

Anderson was arrested for DUI on June 24, 2012. He was arrested in DeKalb county, just northeast of Atlanta.

He resides in Braselton, Georgia.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]