Jean Fugett Jr. Esq.; athlete, journalist, speaker, attorney, and businessman; was born in Baltimore, MD. After graduating from Cardinal Gibbons High School, where he was the first African American to win Baltimore Catholic Athlete of the Year, Fugett attended Amherst College. At Amherst, Fugett was a star on and off the field. He was a two sport All-American athlete who was coached by College Football Hall of Famer Jim Ostendarp.

Off the field, Fugett was Executive Editor of the Amherst Student weekly newspaper. After graduating from Amherst with honors, Fugett was admitted to Columbia Law School. Fugett was also on the waiting list at Harvard Law School where his brother, Reginald F. Lewis, had attended. While Lewis worked to get his brother off the waiting list, Fugett went to training camp with the World Champion Dallas Cowboys.

Fugett, having been drafted with the last pick of the 13^th round, learned the playbook in two days, and to his own surprise, made the team. Fugett would be coached by NFL Hall of Famer Tom Landry who believed that if you were an athlete and knew where to line up, he could teach you how to play football. At the end of his fourth and final season with the Cowboys, Fugett started in Super bowl X. Still wanting to become a lawyer, and with limited options for night school in Dallas, Fugett signed with the Washington Redskins as one of the first modern day free agents.

Fugett went from being the lowest paid starting tight end to the highest paid. Fugett was also able to work for The Washington Post in the off season. Later, Fugett would appear on CBS affiliate Ch. 9 as a weekend anchor and with Frank Herzog on the show Redskins Sidelines. Fugett would complete law school by attending George Washington Univ. at night. His playing days complete, Fugett would continue to work for The Washington Post and eventually would end up in the television booth as a color commentator with Dan Dierdorf for the NFL on CBS.

Fugett also helped his brother Reginald F. Lewis found TLC Group in 1983. From there Fugett served as Director and Vice-Chair of the McCall Pattern Company Management Committee, as founding partner of a Baltimore law firm, and as a partner with Fanfone in Europe. After the death of his brother in 1993, Fugett took over TLC Beatrice International Foods, the largest black-owned and black managed business in the world at the time. At its peak, TLC Beatrice had $2.2 billion in sales and was number 512 on Fortune magazine’s list of 1,000 largest.

A sought after motivational speaker, who is also diabetic,  Fugett currently serves as President of the Retired Players Steering Committee of the NFL Players Association, as legal counsel and advisor to a variety of businesses and not for profits, and on the Leadership Council for the American Diabetes Association Maryland Chapter. Fugett serves as Chancellor for the Maryland Chapter of the Son’s of the American Revolution. Fugett also recently launched the National Fugett Law Group (NFLG) headquartered in Baltimore, MD. NFLG has associated Attorney’s in DC, Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, and Seattle to mention a few cities. Fugett is currently working on his memoirs, appearing on The Jerry Coleman Show on Thursday on Baltimore Fox Sports 1370AM and working with his son as a founding member of TLC JR, LLC and The Athlete Sports Network.