Cedarian DeLeon "CeeDee" Lamb is a professional American football player who plays as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, as of 2024. In the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Lamb with the 17th overall pick. Lamb had 14 starts in his first season and hauled in 74 passes for 935 yards and five receiving touchdowns. Lamb was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2021 after finishing the season with 79 receptions for 1,102 yards and six receiving touchdowns. Lamb made all 17 starts the next season and was selected to the AP All-Pro second team. Lamb became the first player in NFL history to record three consecutive games with at least ten receptions for more than 150 yards in 2023. Lamb signed a four-year contract extension with the Cowboys in 2024.
Lamb attended the University of Oklahoma to play collegiate football. ESPN named Lamb to the All-American during his rookie season, while the coaches named him to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention for Offensive Freshman of the Year. Lamb was selected to the All-Big 12 second team in 2018. Lamb was a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 and second-team AFCA All-American in his junior year. He also made it to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award and Biletnikoff Award finals the same season. Lamb announced after his junior season that he would forego his senior year to enter the 2020 NFL draft. Lamb attended Texas' John and Randolph Foster High School before turning to collegiate football.
What is CeeDee Lamb's jersey number?
As of October 2024, Lamb wears jersey number 88 for the Dallas Cowboys. Lamb has had a noteworthy jersey number history. While at the University of Oklahoma, where he became known as one of the greatest wide receivers in the country, Lamb wore the jersey number 2. He was originally supposed to wear number 10 after the Cowboys drafted him in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, but Lamb decided to choose number 88 after talking with the team's ownership and after understanding the glorious past of the number in the franchise. Cowboys greats like Michael Irvin and Dez Bryant have worn the number 88, which stands for excellence at wide receiver. Lamb’s choice to don 88 is also indicative of his talent as well as the franchise’s expectation of him going forward.
FAQs about CeeDee Lamb
A. CeeDee Lamb was born on April 08, 1999.
A. CeeDee Lamb attended the University of Oklahoma.
A. CeeDee Lamb is 6 feet 2 inches/1.88 meters tall.
A. CeeDee Lamb weighs 200 pounds/91 kilograms.
