Amara Kamara (born February 2, 1988, in Liberia) is a Liberian gridiron football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. A 2007 graduate of Newark Tech High School, he competed athletically at Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey. The second-team All-American made 193 total tackles and seven forced fumbles in 2006 in route to being named The Star-Ledger's State Defensive Player of the Year.