Georgia Lineman Jamaal Jarrett Apologizes For Anti-Asian Slur During NFL Draft

Jamaal Jarrett, a freshman defensive lineman at the University of Georgia , apologized Wednesday for mocking Asian people during last months NFL draft .

The type of language I used is harmful, and there is no place for it anywhere, he wrote in a lengthy statement on Twitter .

On April 27, Jarrett, a lineman on the defending national champions spring football roster , watched as an Asian American boy from Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City prepared to announce the Atlanta Falcons first-round pick. Jarrett cheered for the Falcons on Instagram Live to choose fellow Bulldog Jalen Carter and was impatient for the announcement.

Cmon, you Asian! Ching-chong! Jarrett said.

Georgia DT Jamaal Jarrett streamed some racially insensitive remarks on IG live on draft night Yikes. pic.twitter.com/mTfbSxgzTV

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Georgia DT Jamaal Jarrett streamed some racially insensitive remarks on IG live on draft night Yikes. pic.twitter.com/mTfbSxgzTV
RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 30, 2023

The Falcons chose University of Texas running back Bijan Robinson instead.

Jarretts remarks went viral . The university initially appeared to lay low in the aftermath, perhaps hoping the incident would blow over. A HuffPost request for comment was never answered.

Recently I made racially insensitive remarks on my social media platform, Jarretts apology reads in part. I feel ashamed by my actions that have caused tremendous hurt and pain, especially to those in the [Asian American and Pacific Islander] community, and I truly do apologize. I did not mean any hate or harm towards anyone.

Over the past several days I have learned more about the AAPI community and the increased hate crimes that have been directed towards members of the community, he went on. I have come to understand more clearly where I messed up and why this behavior was wrong.

Reports of hate crimes against Asian American people have skyrocketed in the years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.