Jason W. Cabinda (born March 17, 1996) is an American football fullback who is a free agent. He played college football at Penn State and signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School.[1]
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born: | Buena Park, California, U.S. | March 17, 1996||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Hunterdon Central Regional (Flemington, New Jersey) | ||||||||||
College: | Penn State (2014–2017) | ||||||||||
Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Cabinda led the Red Devils of Hunterdon Central Regional High School to a Central Group V championship in 2013, scoring two touchdowns in the 21–0 victory over Manalapan High School.[2] Notably, he totaled 3,417 yards as a rusher from his sophomore to senior year and scored 47 total touchdowns.[3]
Cabinda played four seasons for the Nittany Lions, playing in 43 games and starting 36 games.[4][5][6] He finished his Penn State career ninth all-time in career tackles with 286 and accumulated six career sacks, 16.5 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, 11 passes defensed and one interception.[7] Cabinda was named Third-team All-Big Ten Conference by the coaches and honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media in 2016.[8]
Penn State Nittany Lions
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Season | Tackles | Interceptions | |||||||||||
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G | Tot | Solo | Asst | Sck | FF | Int | YDS | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||
2014 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | 13 | 100 | 39 | 61 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
2016 | 9 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2017 | 11 | 81 | 28 | 53 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Total | 41 | 279 | 110 | 169 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||||
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6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
239 lb (108 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.22 s | 7.00 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) |
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
19 reps | ||||
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[9][10] |
Cabinda signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018.[11] He was waived on September 1, 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[12][13] He was promoted to the active roster on October 16, 2018.[14]
On August 31, 2019, Cabinda was waived by the Raiders.[15]
On September 2, 2019, Cabinda was signed to the Detroit Lions practice squad.[16] He was promoted to the active roster on December 3, 2019.[17]
Cabinda was given an exclusive-rights free agent tender by the Lions on March 4, 2021.[18] He signed the one-year contract on April 6.[19]
On February 17, 2022, Cabinda signed a two-year contract extension with the Lions through the 2023 season.[20] He was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list to start the season on August 23, 2022.[21] He was activated on November 12.
On October 7, 2023, Cabinda was placed on injured reserve. He was activated from injured reserve and waived on December 29, 2023.[22] He was re-signed to the practice squad on January 2, 2024.[23] Jason Cabinda was resigned to the active roster for week 17. He was not signed to a reserve/future contract after the season and thus became a free agent when his practice squad contract expired.[24]