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PRO(56-34/6-4): Is a mam-moth offensive lineman who has great potential...
was one of four 2004 draft picks to make the final 2004 roster...is the son of former Cincinnati Bengals defen-sive end Ross Browner...was one of three nFL players to embark on the USO Tour during the spring of 2006...signed a one-year tender during the 2008 offseaon af-ter the Steelers designated him as a transition player.
2007 (16-4/0-0): Played in all 16 regular-season games, making four starts at LT in place of injured Marvel Smith...also filled in on special teams and as a blocking TE...placed on the Reserve/Injured List on Jan. 2...9/9 at Cleveland: Relieved Marvel Smith at LT for the last two Steelers possessions...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Saw ac-tion for the second consecutive game at LT...helped Wil-lie Parker have his 15th 100-yard rushing game of his career...part of a line that allowed the offense to pick up 420 total yards, with 184 coming on the ground and 236 in the air...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Saw limited action on the offensive line, mostly in goal-line situ-ations...9/30 at Arizona: Saw limited action on the offensive line, but helped allow Ben Roethlisberger to pass for 242 yards...10/7 vs. Seattle: Saw action af-ter Marvel Smith was bothered with a knee injury and helped the offense pick up 342 total yards, with 163 rushing and 179 passing...allowed Parker to have his 17th career and fourth 100-yard rushing game of the season (102 yards)...also made way for najeh Daven-port to rush for 58 yards and two rushing TDs...10/21 at Denver: Saw extensive play as a blocking TE...part of a line that allowed the offense to gain 379 total yards and allowed Roethlisberger to pass for 290 yards, four TDs...10/28 at Cincinnati: Saw limited action on of-fense and also played on special teams...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Played in his 48th career game and saw extensive action as a blocking TE...was a key factor in Roethlisberger going 13-of-16 passing for 209 yards with a career-high five TDs, while registering a perfect passer rating of 158.3...also a major part in Roethlis-berger being able to pass for a TD in 13 consecutive games, which broke Terry Bradshaw’s previous record of 12 consecutive games...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Saw extensive playing time as a blocking tight end, while
playing in his ninth consecutive game...helped the of-fense pick up 401 total yards, while helping Parker to rush for 105 yards on 25 attempts (4.2 avg.), giving him his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season...also made it possible for Roethlisberger to complete 23-of-35 passes for 278 yards and two TDs while fin-ishing with a passer rating of 99.9...11/18 at New York Jets: Played in his 10th consecutive and 50th ca-reer game...saw extensive action as a blocking TE...part of an offensive line that allowed the Steelers to gain 263 total yards, 112 rushing and 151 passing...11/26 vs. Miami: Made his first start of the season in place of the injured LT Smith...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Made his second consecutive and career start at LT in place of the injured Smith...part of an offensive line that allowed Roethlisberger to pass for two TDs, while also helping Parker gain 87 rushing yards, passing Barry Foster and Dick Hoak on the all-time rushing list for fifth place with 3,975 rushing yards...12/9 at New England: Saw ac-tion on special teams...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Re-placed LT Smith in the fourth quarter...part of an offen-sive line that helped Parker rush for 100 yards on 14 carries (7.1 avg.), which gave him his eighth 100-yard rushing game of the season...12/20 at St. Louis: Played in his 15th consecutive game, while starting in place of an injured Smith at LT...helped Davenport run for 123 yards on 24 carries (5.1 avg.) and one TD, while also allowing Roethlisberger to finish 16-of-20 passing for 261 yards and three TDs, which gave him his third perfect (158.3) passer rating of his career...12/30 at Baltimore: Started at LT for the second consecutive game...1/2: Placed on Reserve/Injured List.
2006 (14-14): Started the first 14 games of the year before sitting out the last two with a knee injury...9/7 vs. Miami: Started at RT for the 27th consecutive game and helped team gain 143 rushing yards...9/18 at Jacksonville: Started at RT...9/24 vs. Cincin-nati: Started at RT and helped Willie Parker gain 133 yards, his second 100-yard game this season...10/8 at San Diego: Started at RT for the 20th consecutive game...10/15 vs. Kansas City: Started at RT...helped offense gain 457 yards, including 219 rushing yards on 42 rushes (5.2 avg.) and three TDs...10/22 at At-lanta: Started at RT and helped team gain 473 yards
HEIGHT — 6-8 WEIGHT — 345COLLEGE — FloridaBIRTHDATE — January 10, 1982
BIRTHPLACE — Orlando, Fla.HOW ACQUIRED — D3-’04 (#75)NFL EXPERIENCE — 5th Year
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and five touchdowns...10/29 at Oakland: Started at RT...11/5 vs. Denver: Started at RT and helped the of-fense gain 499 total yards...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Started at RT and helped the offense gain 467 yards of offense and five touchdowns, including 217 rushing yards...helped Parker rush for 213 yards (third-highest total in team history)...11/19 at Cleveland: Started at RT...11/26 at Baltimore: Started at RT...12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Started at RT...12/7 vs. Cleveland: Helped the offense possess the ball for 38:47 and gain 528 total yards, including 303 rushing yards on 52 car-ries (5.8 avg.) and two touchdowns...helped Parker set a new franchise single-game rushing record with 223 yards...12/17 at Carolina: Started at RT and helped the offense possess the ball for 37:13...12/24 vs. Baltimore: Missed his first career game because of a knee injury...12/31 at Cincinnati: Was inactive with a knee injury.
2005 (16-16/4-4): Entered season as starter for the first time...started every game at right tackle...helped the Steelers rank third in the AFC and fifth in the nFL in rushing yards per game (138.9 avg.)...guided the way for first-year starter Willie Parker to eclipse the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the first time in his career...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Started at right tackle...helped Parker set a team record with 161 rushing yards in a season-opener...9/18 at Houston: Started at right tackle...helped team rush for 135 yards, includ-ing 111 by Parker...9/25 vs. New England: Started his third straight game at right tackle...10/10 at San Diego: Started at right tackle...helped team control possession for 33:23...10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Started his fifth straight game at right tackle...10/23 at Cincinnati: Started at right tackle and helped the offense compile 221 rushing yards and possess the ball for 35:29...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Started at right tackle...11/6 at Green Bay: Started at right tackle and helped team compile 154 rushing yards...11/13 vs. Cleveland: Started at RT...helped the team rush for 159 yards on 41 carries (3.9 avg.) and three touch-downs...also helped the offense possess the ball for 36:23...11/20 at Baltimore: Started at right tackle for the 10th time this season...11/28 at Indianapolis: Started at right tackle...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Started for the 12th straight game at right tackle...12/11 vs. Chicago: Started at RT and helped team gain 190 yards rushing on 46 carries (4.1 avg.) and score two touchdowns...12/18 at Minnesota: Started at RT and helped the team compile 142 rushing yards and possess the ball for 36:48...12/24 at Cleveland: Started at RT and helped the team rush for 209 yards
on 35 carries (6.0 avg.)...1/1 vs. Detroit: Started at RT and helped team rush for four TDs and 199 yards on 44 attempts (4.5 avg.)...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincinnati: Started at RT and helped team gain 346 total yards on offense...AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapolis: Started at RT and helped team gain 112 rushing yards and 295 total...AFC Championship Game 1/22 at Denver: Started at RT and helped team gain 358 total yards on offense...Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Seattle: Started at RT and helped team rush 33 times for 181 yards (5.5 avg.) and two touchdowns...threw a key block on the longest run from scrimmage in Super Bowl history (75-yard TD run).
2004 (10-0/2-0): Was inactive for first six games...saw action as a reserve in final 10 regular-season games and both postseason contests...10/31 vs. New England: Made his first appearance as a pro.
COLLEGE Competed as a left offensive tackle and right guard as a senior
after playing left tackle as a junior and right tackle dur-ing his sophomore campaign...was elected a University of Florida Student Senator during his freshman year. 2003: All-American third-team and All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection by The nFL Draft Re-port...added All-SEC first-team honors from the league’s coaches...shared the team’s Offensive Captain Award with tight end Ben Troupe...received the Bob Bryan Student-Athlete Award. 2002: All-SEC honorable men-tion...started every game at left tackle. 2001: named the team’s Most Improved Offensive Lineman...started every game at right offensive tackle. 2000: Was a backup at offensive tackle as a true freshman...played in seven games for 125 plays...majored in sociology.
PERSONAL Attended Lake Highland (Orlan-do, Fla.) Prep...was one of the
state’s top offensive linemen in 1999...named to Super Prep’s, national Bluechips and Prep Star’s All-American teams...was a USA Today honorable mention All-Ameri-can...Super Prep ranked him among the state of Florida’s top 20 players and top three offensive linemen...was a two-time All-Conference selection in basketball...was heavily involved in the community in college, including serving as a tutor and working with Kids Against Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco...six relatives played in the nation-al Football League, including his father, Ross Browner, who was a first-round selection in the 1978 nFL Draft by Cincinnati...Browner was a two-time (1976, 1977) All-American defensive lineman at notre Dame and won the Lombardi and Maxwell Awards...son of Ross Brown-er and Max and Elleanor Starks...has five brothers and one sister...Full name: Max Weisner Starks IV.
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PRO(74-44/7-5): Is a talented, athletic cornerback...has made 42 starts over the
past three seasons...contributes on special teams...signed a five-year contract extension prior to the 2006 season...originally drafted by the Steelers in the fourth round (124th overall) in the 2003 nFL Draft.
2007 (16-16/1-1): Started all 16 games and the AFC Wild Card Game at LCB...has appeared in 59 straight games dating back to Week 5 of the 2004 campaign...named AFC Defensive Player of the Week in a Week 5 win over Seattle...finished second on team with 90 tackles and led team with three interceptions...finished second on team with 17 pass defenses...also recorded two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery...returned an interception 51 yards for a touchdown in the Week 16 win over St. Louis...that interception return for a touch-down was the first of his career...had one special teams tackle...had three tackles, an interception and a pass defense in the playoff loss to Jacksonville...that pick marked his third consecutive postseason game with an interception, establishing a new postseason team record...9/9 at Cleveland: Started at LCB and tallied six tackles (five solo) while also forcing the first fumble of his career...had his first interception of the season and returned it for two yards...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Started for the 30th time of his career and third consecutive game at LCB...recorded six solo tackles and one pass defensed...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Started at LCB and tallied five solo tackles, one pass defensed and a single quarterback hit...9/30 at Arizona: Started at LCB and logged 63 snaps...finished the game with six solo tackles and a forced fumble on Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald...10/7 vs. Seattle: Started at LCB and registered 46 defensive snaps...had six solo tackles and three passes defensed...posted his sixth career inter-ception, after intercepting the Matt Hasselbeck pass on the Pittsburgh goal line as time expired going into half-time...part of a defensive unit that allowed only 144 total yards, 38 rushing yards, 106 passing yards and only eight first downs...awarded the GMC Defensive player of the Week for the Week 5...10/21 at Denver: Started at LCB for the seventh consecutive game...registered five solo tackles...part of a defensive unit that allowed Den-ver running backs to gain only 54 rushing yards...10/28
at Cincinnati: Started at LCB and saw a total of 52 de-fensive snaps...finished the game with seven solo tack-les and one pass defensed...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Made his 36th start at LCB and finished the game with four tackles (three solo)...also had one pass defensed...part of a defensive unit that allowed the Ravens only 104 to-tal yards, with 64 coming on the ground and 40 yards by air...the Baltimore offense managed only five first downs all night...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Logged 53 defensive snaps in his 70th career game at LCB...registered four solo tackles, one pass defensed and recovered his first fumble of the season off a Jamal Lewis fumble caused by James Harrison, which led to a Steelers’ TD halfway through the third quarter...part of a defensive unit that allowed only 163 total yards, including 40 rushing and 123 passing yards...11/18 at New York Jets: Made his 11th consecutive start at LCB and registered 68 de-fensive snaps...finished the game with four solo tackles and one pass defensed...11/26 vs. Miami: Played in his 72nd career game and started at LCB...recorded four tackles (three solo) and one pass defensed...part of a defense that gave up only 159 total yards, including 49 rushing, 110 passing and only nine first downs...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Started in his 40th career game and saw action on 70 defensive snaps...logged six solo tackles and one pass defensed...12/9 at New England: Made his 14th consecutive start at LCB, while playing in his 74th career game...saw action on 57 defensive plays and finished the game with six solo tackles and one pass defensed...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played in his 75th career game, while starting at LCB for the 15th consecu-tive game...finished the game with six tackles (five solo), including one pass defensed...12/20 at St. Louis: Made his 16th consecutive start at LCB...saw action on 60 defensive plays and registered six solo tackles, three passes defensed and had one interception, which he re-turned for a 51-yard TD, the first TD of his career...12/30 at Baltimore: Made his 17th consecutive start at LCB, while playing in his 77th career game...led the team with nine solo tackles (tied)...also had one pass defensed...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Made his fifth career postseason start at LCB...finished with three tackles (one solo)...had his third career postseason in-terception in the fourth quarter, returning it 31 yards and setting up a Steelers’ TD...was also his third consecutive postseason game with an interception.
HEIGHT — 6-2WEIGHT — 195 COLLEGE — Louisiana-LafayetteBIRTHDATE — May 5, 1980
BIRTHPLACE — new Orleans, La.HOW ACQUIRED — D4-’03 (#124)NFL EXPERIENCE — 6th Year
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2006 (16-11): Played in all 16 games and made 11 starts...finished with 74 tackles (64 solo) and posted two interceptions...9/7 vs. Miami: Recorded a team-high three passes defensed and six solo tackles...also registered a quarterback hurry/pressure while logging 60 plays...teamed with Aaron Smith to tackle Ronnie Brown for a loss of two yards on a crucial third-and-two with 6:32 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Steel-ers trailing...9/18 at Jacksonville: Started at LCB and led all Steelers’ defensive backs with 10 tackles and seven solo tackles...logged 67 plays...9/24 vs. Cin-cinnati: Covered Bengals all-pro WR Chad Johnson, limiting him to one catch for 11 yards...recorded five tackles (four solo) while logging 57 snaps...recorded a pass defense and his first interception of the sea-son, which he returned 34 yards to set up a Pittsburgh touchdown...10/8 at San Diego: Recorded a game-high eight solo tackles...logged 71 snaps...recorded two pass defenses, including one in the end zone to prevent a touchdown...added one solo special teams tackle...10/15 vs. Kansas City: Recorded five solo tackles in 60 plays...recovered a fumble and recorded two tackles (one solo) on special teams...10/22 at Atlanta: Recorded two tackles (one solo)...played 69 defensive snaps...recorded one solo special teams tackle...10/29 at Oakland: Started at LCB and re-corded three solo tackles and two pass defenses in 49 plays...held All-Pro WR Randy Moss to two catches for 20 yards...held the Raiders to 17 yards passing...11/5 vs. Denver: Recorded six solo tackles and a game high (tied) four pass defenses...logged 50 plays...added one solo special teams tackle...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Logged 79 plays and recorded eight tackles (seven solo)...11/19 at Cleveland: Logged 62 plays and re-corded four tackles (three solo) and one pass defense...added two special teams stops...11/26 at Baltimore: Logged 27 plays and recorded one solo tackle...tackled Mike Anderson for a loss of one yard...12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Saw action in the nickel and dime packages...collected two solo tackles and one pass defense in 30 snaps...12/7 vs. Cleveland: Logged 23 plays and collected two tackles (one solo)...added one special teams tackle...12/17 at Carolina: Logged 34 plays and recorded two solo tackles and one pass defense...intercepted a fade pass in the end zone intended for Steve Smith in the fourth quarter...added one solo spe-cial teams tackle...12/24 vs. Baltimore: Posted three tackles (two solo) and one pass defense...12/31 at Cincinnati: Started for the first time in six games...re-sponded with seven tackles (six solo), one quarterback hurry/pressure and two pass defenses in 53 snaps...added one solo special teams tackle.
2005 (16-15/4-4): Moved into the starting lineup and started 15 games and four playoff contests...fin-ished with 96 tackles (72 solo), 25 passes defensed, one interception and two forced fumbles...also had an interception in the AFC Championship Game at Denver and in Super Bowl XL...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Started at cornerback...played 51 defensive snaps and led team with 10 tackles (eight solo)...recovered one fumble and defensed one pass...9/18 at Houston: Started at cor-nerback and logged 61 plays on defense...led all defen-sive backs with eight tackles (five solo)...returned one kickoff for 19 yards...9/25 vs. New England: Did not start because the Patriots opened the game in a three-tight end formation...played 69 defensive snaps and re-corded career highs in solo tackles (10) and total tack-les (12)...also had a pass defense and two solo special teams tackles...10/10 at San Diego: Started for the third time in four games...recorded five solo tackles and defensed three passes in 61 snaps...10/16 vs. Jack-sonville: Logged 71 snaps and finished the game with five tackles (four solo) and two pass defenses...started at left corner for the fourth time this season and covered five-time Pro Bowler receiver Jimmy Smith after Deshea Townsend was injured...limited Smith to three catches for 32 yards...made a game-saving pass defense when he deflected a Byron Leftwich pass intended for Smith in the end zone with 31 seconds remaining in the game...10/23 at Cincinnati: Started for the fifth time this season...covered Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson all game and held him out of the end zone...logged 57 snaps and recorded four tackles (three solo)...also re-corded a quarterback hurry/pressure and a solo spe-cial teams tackle...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Finished with nine tackles (six solo) and his first interception of the season (second of career)...also had one fumble recovery...added one pass defense and also posted a special teams tackle...logged 75 plays...11/6 at Green Bay: Logged 66 snaps and recorded eight tackles (four solo)...11/13 vs. Cleveland: Recorded four tackles (three solo) on 55 plays...also had one solo special teams tackle...11/20 at Baltimore: Tied for a team high with nine solo tackles while logging 81 plays...also had two passes defensed and two special teams tackles...11/28 at Indianapolis: Finished with four tackles (two solo) and two passes defensed...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Shadowed Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson and held him to just five catches for 54 yards and no touchdowns...logged 64 plays and recorded three solo tackles and two passes defensed...also had one solo special teams tackle...12/11 vs. Chicago: Logged 55 plays and recorded five tackles (two solo) and two
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passes defensed...alertly returned one punt (off a fake field goal try) for 19 yards...12/18 at Minnesota: Re-corded a game high five passes defensed and recorded three tackles (two solo)...logged 52 plays...prevented a Minnesota touchdown by knocking down a pass to Ko-ren Robinson in the end zone...12/24 at Cleveland: Logged 51 plays and registered three tackles (two solo) and three passes defensed...1/1 vs. Detroit: Recorded four solo tackles and his team-leading 25th pass defense...logged 59 defensive snaps...also had one special teams tackle...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincinnati: Recorded three solo tackles and tied for the team lead with two passes defensed...replaced Quincy Morgan (injured right ankle) on kickoff returns and returned one kick for 36 yards...36-yard return was a career long in the postseason...AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapolis: Recorded nine tackles (seven solo) and held Pro Bowl receiver Marvin Harrison to three catches for 52 yards...returned two kickoffs for 33 yards with a long of 18...also had two special teams solo tackles...AFC Championship Game 1/22 at Denver: Recorded one solo tackle...registered his first career postseason interception at the end of the second quarter to set up a TD...returned interception one yard...returned two kickoffs for 42 yards...had a long return of 22 yards...Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Seattle: Recorded team highs in tackles (7) and solo tackles (6) and added two passes defensed...snuffed out a Seahawks’ drive with an interception at the Steelers five-yard line with the team leading 14-10...returned the interception 24 yards to set up a Steelers scoring drive.
2004 (13-1/2-0): Recorded 11 tackles (six solo), one interception and defensed four passes...9/26 at Miami: Dressed for the first time...10/3 vs. Cincinna-ti: Was credited with one special teams assist...10/17 at Dallas: Returned two kickoffs for 28 yards, a 14-yard average, when Ricardo Colclough left the game due to dehydration...logged 17 defensive plays...10/31 vs. New England: Recorded his first career interception...also was credited with one tackle and two special teams tackles (one solo)...logged 18 defensive plays...11/7 vs. Philadelphia: Was credited with one solo tackle...played seven defensive snaps...11/14 at Cleveland: Registered two solo tackles...also was credited with a pass defense...played 13 defensive snaps...11/21 at Cincinnati: Recorded one special teams assist...played nine defensive snaps...11/28 vs. Washing-ton: Returned one kickoff for 21 yards...finished with one assist and two special teams tackles (one solo)...played six defensive snaps...12/5 at Jacksonville: Finished with one assist and two passes defensed...returned one kickoff for 19 yards...was credited with
one solo special teams tackle...played nine defensive snaps...12/12 vs. New York Jets: Had one kickoff return for 12 yards...12/18 at New York Giants: Re-turned three kickoffs for 60 yards and a long of 22...played five defensive snaps....12/26 vs. Baltimore: Returned one kickoff for 10 yards...played 14 defensive snaps...1/2 at Buffalo: Led the team with five total tackles (three solo)...made several key plays on special teams, including recovering the Bills’ on-side kick near the end of the game...forced a fumble on the Bills’ first punt return that led to the Steelers’ first score...finished with two special teams assists....was credited with one pass defense...returned two kickoffs for 34 yards...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/15 vs. New York Jets: Returned three kickoffs for 58 yards, including one of 30 and one of 28 yards...also was credited with one solo special teams tackle...AFC Championship Game 1/23 vs. New England: Registered one solo special teams tackle...also returned three kickoffs for 29 yards, including a long of 17.
2003 (16-1): Led the team with 831 yards on 37 kickoff returns for a 22.5-yard average...finished with 18 solo tackles and 18 special teams tackles (11 solo)...9/7 vs. Baltimore: Played 12 defensive snaps in his pro de-but and was credited with one pass defense...also had one special teams tackle...returned two kickoffs for 29 yards...9/14 at Kansas City: Had a solid day on spe-cial teams...led the team in special teams tackles (two solo)...returned two kickoffs for 43 yards...9/21 at Cincinnati: nearly broke the opening kickoff for a TD, returning it 40 yards...9/28 vs. Tennessee: Returned two kickoffs for 28 yards...led the team with three spe-cial teams tackles (two solo)...10/5 Cleveland: nearly broke two kickoff returns for touchdowns—one for a ca-reer-long 53 yards and another for 38 yards...averaged 31 yards on four returns...also downed a Josh Miller punt at the one-yard line...10/26 vs. St. Louis: Had an-other solid day as a kick returner...averaged 24.2 yards on six returns (145 yards total)...played one defensive snap...was credited with two special teams tackles (one solo)...11/9 vs. Arizona: Returned three kickoffs for 56 yards (18.7 avg.), including a long of 20 yards...finished with one solo tackle...was credited with a solo special teams tackle...played 44 defensive snaps...11/23 at Cleveland: Made his first career start as the Steelers lined up in their dime defense...returned one kickoff for 23 yards...finished with three tackles...also was credited with one pass defense and two special teams tackles (one solo)...logged 54 defensive plays...12/7 vs. Oak-land: Recorded a season-high four solo tackles...12/21 vs. San Diego: Registered three solo tackles and a pass defense.
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COLLEGE Made the transition from offense to the defensive backfield as a
senior...only played two seasons of collegiate football but managed to record 49 tackles (37 solo) with eight passes defensed and two forced fumbles...added 323 yards and three touchdowns on 70 carries (4.6 avg) and 125 yards on 18 receptions (6.9 avg) on offense and gained 490 yards on 27 kickoff returns (18.1 avg.). 2002: Was a Super Sleeper Team and All-Sun Belt Con-ference second-team selection by The nFL Draft Re-port as a senior...moved into the starting lineup at right cornerback...recorded 46 tackles (34 solo) with eight pass defenses and two forced fumbles...did not allow an opponent to catch a pass in four games...returned nine kickoffs for 210 yards (23.3 avg.). 2001: Played in every game on special teams and saw action as a tailback in nine contests...joined the team as a walk-on,
earning a scholarship prior to the 2001 season...had 70 carries for 323 yards (4.6 avg) and three touchdowns...caught 18 passes for 125 yards (6.9 avg) and returned 18 kickoffs for 280 yards (15.6 avg)...recorded three solo tackles. 2000: Did not play football. 1999: Did not play football...majored in psychology.
PERSONAL Attended Abramson (La.) High...was an All-District 9-5A
first-team selection as a junior and senior...played run-ning back, defensive end, cornerback and placekicker during his three-year career...led the team to the state playoffs in each of his three seasons with the varsity...lettered three times as a guard and small forward on the basketball team...earned All-District 9-5A basket-ball honors as a senior, as the team compiled a 25-6 record in 1998...lives in new Orleans, Louisiana...son of Lora Taylor...Full name: Ivan Taylor.
Taylor’s 2007 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr9/9 at Cleveland 1 1 5 1 6 0.0 0.0 1/2 0 1 09/16 BUFFALO 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 09/23 SAn FRAnCISCO 1 1 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 09/30 at Arizona 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 1 010/7 SEATTLE 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 1/3 3 0 010/21 at Denver 1 1 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/28 at Cincinnati 1 1 7 0 7 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/5 BALTIMORE 1 1 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/11 CLEVELAnD 1 1 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 111/18 at new York Jets 1 1 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/26 MIAMI 1 1 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/2 CInCInnATI 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/9 at new England 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 5 1 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/20 at St. Louis 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 1/51 3 0 012/30 at Baltimore 1 1 9 0 9 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 16 86 4 90 0.0 0.0 3/56 17 2 1POsTsEAsON1/5 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 1 2 3 0.0 0.0 1/31 1 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 1 1 1 2 3 0.0 0.0 1/31 1 0 0 Taylor’s 2006 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr9/7 MIAMI 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 3 0 09/18 at Jacksonville 1 1 7 3 10 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/24 CInCInnATI 1 1 4 1 5 0.0 0.0 1/34 1 0 010/8 at San Diego 1 1 8 0 8 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 010/15 KAnSAS CITY 1 1 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/22 at Atlanta 1 1 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/29 at Oakland 1 1 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 011/5 DEnVER 1 1 6 0 6 0.0 0.0 0/0 4 0 011/12 nEW ORLEAnS 1 1 7 1 8 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/19 at Cleveland 1 1 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/26 at Baltimore 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/3 TAMPA BAY 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/7 CLEVELAnD 1 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/17 at Carolina 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 1/0 1 0 012/24 BALTIMORE 1 0 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/31 at Cincinnati 1 1 6 1 7 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 11 64 10 74 0.0 0.0 2/34 18 0 0
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Taylor’s 2005 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr9/11 TEnnESSEE 1 1 8 2 10 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 19/18 at Houston 1 1 5 3 8 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/25 nEW EnGLAnD 1 0 10 2 12 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 010/10 at San Diego 1 1 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 3 0 010/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 4 1 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 010/23 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/31 BALTIMORE 1 1 6 3 9 0.0 0.0 1/0 1 0 111/6 at Green Bay 1 1 4 4 8 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/13 CLEVELAnD 1 1 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/20 at Baltimore 1 1 9 0 9 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 011/28 at Indianapolis 1 1 2 2 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 012/4 CInCInnATI 1 1 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 012/11 CHICAGO 1 1 2 3 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 012/18 at Minnesota 1 1 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 5 0 012/24 at Ãleveland 1 1 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 3 0 01/1 DETROIT 1 1 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 15 72 24 96 0.0 0.0 1/0 25 0 2POsTsEAsON1/8 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 01/15 at Indianapolis 1 1 7 2 9 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 01/22 at Denver 1 1 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 1/1 1 0 02/5 vs. Seattle 1 1 6 1 7 0.0 0.0 1/24 2 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 4 4 17 3 20 0.0 0.0 2/25 5 0 0 Taylor’s 2004 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF FF9/12 OAKLAnD I N A C T I V E
9/19 at Baltimore I N A C T I V E
9/26 at Miami 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/3 CInCInnATI 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/10 CLEVELAnD I N A C T I V E
10/17 at Dallas 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/31 nEW EnGLAnD 1 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 1/0 0 0 011/7 PHILADELPHIA 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/14 at Cleveland 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/21 at Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/28 WASHInGTOn 1 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/5 at Jacksonville 1 1 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 2 0 012/12 nEW YORK JETS 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/18 at new York Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/26 BALTIMORE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 01/2 at Buffalo 1 0 3 2 5 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 13 1 6 5 11 0.0 0.0 1/0 4 0 0POsTsEAsON1/15 nEW YORK JETS 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 01/23 nEW EnGLAnD 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Taylor’s 2003 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr9/7 BALTIMORE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 09/14 at Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/21 at Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/28 TEnnESSEE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/5 CLEVELAnD 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/12 at Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/26 ST. LOUIS 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/2 at Seattle 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/9 ARIZOnA 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/17 at San Francisco 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/23 at Cleveland 1 1 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 011/30 CInCInnATI 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/7 OAKLAnD 1 0 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/15 at new York Jets 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0
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Date Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr12/21 SAn DIEGO 1 0 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0/0 1 0 012/28 at Baltimore 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 1 18 0 18 0.0 0.0 0/0 3 0 0 Taylor’s Career statistics
REGULAR sEAsONYear team gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr2003 Pittsburgh 16 1 18 0 18 0.0 0.0 0/0 3 0 02004 Pittsburgh 13 1 6 5 11 0.0 0.0 1/0 4 0 02005 Pittsburgh 16 15 72 24 96 0.0 0.0 1/0 25 0 22006 Pittsburgh 16 11 64 10 74 0.0 0.0 2/34 18 0 02007 Pittsburgh 16 16 86 4 90 0.0 0.0 3/56 17 2 1NFL totals 77 44 246 43 289 0.0 0.0 7/90 67 2 3Career special teams tackles (45): 18 in 2003, 8 in ’04, 8 in ’05, 10 in ’06, and 1 in ’07.Additional statistics: Forced a fumble on a punt return in 2004.POsTsEAsONYear team gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr2004 Pittsburgh 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 02005 Pittsburgh 4 4 17 3 20 0.0 0.0 2/25 5 0 02007 Pittsburgh 1 1 1 2 3 0.0 0.0 1/31 1 0 0NFL totals 7 5 18 5 23 0.0 0.0 3/56 6 0 0Postseason special teams tackles (3): 1 in 2004, 2 in ‘05 and 0 in ’07.
PRO(16-0/1-0): Was the Steel-ers’ first-round draft pick (15th overall) in the 2007
nFL Draft...played primarily on special teams and as a reserve linebacker as a rookie...played in all 16 regular-season games and the playoff game against Jackson-ville.
2007 (16-0/1-0): Appeared in all 16 games and the playoff loss to Jacksonville as a reserve LB and special teams contributor...made nFL debut at Cleve-land in Week 1...finished season with two tackles and two fumble recoveries...tied for second on team with 12 special teams tackles...9/9 at Cleveland: Saw most of his action on special teams where he got one tackle...also played the last Steelers’ defensive pos-session at LB...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Saw action on spe-cial teams and logged three special teams tackles (two solo)...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Saw special teams action only and registered two solo tackles...9/30 at Arizona: Saw his only action on special teams, but did not register a tackle...10/7 vs. Seattle: Saw his only
action on special teams and logged one special teams tackle...10/21 at Denver: Only saw action on special teams but did not register a tackle...10/28 at Cincin-nati: Saw his only action on special and did not record a tackle...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Saw extensive action on special teams and recovered his first career fumble on a fumble forced by James Harrison...saw action on defense on the last two Ravens’ possessions...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Saw his only action on special teams, but did not register a tackle...11/18 at New York Jets: Saw action on special teams only and registered one solo tackle...11/26 vs. Miami: Saw extensive action on defense and special teams...recovered his first defensive fumble of the season...part of a defense that gave up only 159 total yards, including 49 rush-ing, 110 passing and only nine first downs...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Saw his only action on special teams and finished the game with two tackles...12/9 at New England: Saw action on special teams but did not register a tackle...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played on special teams and managed one special teams tackle,
HEIGHT — 6-1 WEIGHT — 234 COLLEGE — Florida StateBIRTHDATE — May 14, 1986
BIRTHPLACE — Florence, S.C.HOW ACQUIRED — D1-’07 (#15)NFL EXPERIENCE — 2nd Year
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while playing in his 14th consecutive game...12/20 at St. Louis: Saw action on special teams and finished with one special teams tackle...12/30 at Baltimore: Saw action in his 16th career game but did not register a tackle...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Saw action in his first postseason game but did not reg-ister a tackle.
COLLEGE Despite never starting a game on defense before his junior year,
was rated the ninth-best outside linebacker in col-lege by ESPn prior to the 2006 campaign and named to Street & Smith’s All-American preseason list...in 38 games at Florida State, started 13 contests...he fin-ished his career with 126 tackles (70 solos), eight sacks for minus 46 yards and 22.5 stops for losses of 90 yards...he was credited with eight quarterback pressures and recovered two fumbles, returning one 36 yards for a score...he had a 22-yard interception return for a touchdown and seven pass deflections...he caused two fumbles, blocked four kicks and gained 94 yards with a touchdown on three blocked punt re-turns (31.3 avg.)...tied for 14th nationally and finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 18 tack-les behind the line of scrimmage in 2006...18 stops for losses tied Travis Johnson (2004) for fourth on the school’s season-record list, topped only by Brodrick Bunkley (25 in 2005), Darnell Dockett (22 in 2001), and Alonzo Jackson (18.5 in 2002)...his 22.5 stops for losses rank 15th on the Seminoles’ career-record list...blocked four kicks during his career, as head coach Bobby Bowden has seen his players block 120 kicks since the 1976 season...blocked two extra point at-tempts (vs. Duke and Clemson) in 2006 that were both returned for defensive scores, marking the first time in ACC history that a team did that twice in the same season. 2006: All-American third-team and All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team selection by The nFL Draft Report...started all 13 games at strong-side outside linebacker, ranking second on the team with 79 tackles
(42 solos)...registered five sacks for minus 29 yards and two pressures...deflected six passes and blocked two kicks...scored on a 22-yard interception return, a 36-yard fumble recovery and 25 yards on a blocked punt...had at least one tackle behind the line of scrim-mage in each of his first 11 games. 2005: Played be-hind Ernie Sims at strong-side outside linebacker, but also excelled on the special teams coverage units...recorded 35 tackles (17 solos) with three sacks for minus 17 yards and six pressures in 13 games...re-covered a fumble and caused two others...blocked two punts for 69 yards in returns and deflected one pass. 2004: One of 10 true freshmen to letter for the Semi-noles, as he appeared mostly on special teams in 12 games...recorded 12 tackles (11 solos) with a stop for a 2-yard loss...had a season-high three tackles vs. Ala-bama-Birmingham and two tackles vs. both Syracuse and Virginia (recorded his first career tackle for loss vs. Virginia).
PERSONAL Attended Wilson (Florence, S.C.) High School, where he
was rated the fourth-best outside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com and named to Prep Star’s Top 100 team, in addition to picking up Super Prep Elite 50 honors as a senior...earned Defensive Player of the Year honors and was the top prep prospect in the state of South Carolina his final campaign...played in the 2003 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas that pitted the high school all-stars from north Carolina and the all-stars from South Carolina...earned All-State first-team ac-colades in 2004 after amassing over 150 tackles and two sacks on defense and also caught 47 passes for over 800 yards and five touchdowns as a senior tight end...added All-State honors as a junior tight end with 42 grabs for 680 yards and 14 touchdowns, as he also recorded 95 tackles and four sacks...has two sisters, Valerie Mitchell and Lakendra Timmons...son of Audrey and Lindsey Timmons...Full name: Lawrence Timmons
Timmons’ 2007 Game-by-Game statisticsDate Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr9/9 at Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/16 BUFFALO 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/23 SAn FRAnCISCO 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 09/30 at Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/7 SEATTLE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/21 at Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 010/28 at Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/5 BALTIMORE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 111/11 CLEVELAnD 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/18 at new York Jets 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 011/26 MIAMI 1 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 112/2 CInCInnATI 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0
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Date Opponent gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr12/9 at new England 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/20 at St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 012/30 at Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 2POsTsEAsON1/5 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Timmons’ Career statisticsREGULAR sEAsONYear team gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr2007 Pittsburgh 16 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 2NFL totals 16 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 2Career Special Teams Tackles (12): 12 in 2007.POsTsEAsONYear team gP gs t At tOt sacks Yds int PD FF Fr2007 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0NFL totals 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0
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PRO(154-75/11-7): Has de-veloped into one of the team’s top cornerbacks...
provides veteran leadership in the secondary...entered the 2004 season as a starter for the first time in his career and has started 59 regular-season games over the past four years...signed a four-year contract during the 2006 offseason...originally drafted by the Steelers as the first of two fourth-round picks (117th overall) in the 1998 nFL Draft...holds the longest tenure of any Steelers defender.
2007 (16-16/1-0): Started all 16 regular-season games and appeared as a reserve in the playoff loss to Jacksonville...registered a career-high 63 tackles...led the team with 18 pass defenses, also a career high...recorded two interceptions...had three tackles in the playoff loss to Jacksonville...9/9 at Cleveland: Started at RCB and registered one solo tackle, one defensed passed and one interception, with a return of 21 yards...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Started his second consecutive game of the season at RCB...logged 52 snaps despite having a minor groin injury...had a ca-reer-high 11 solo tackles...9/23 vs. San Francisco:
Started at RCB...registered 60 snaps and had two solo tackles...9/30 at Arizona: Made his 63rd start at RCB and had a team-high seven solo tackles, while be-ing in on 46 snaps...10/7 vs. Seattle: Had his 64th career start at RCB and registered two solo tackles...part of a defensive unit that allowed only 144 total yards, 38 rushing yards, 106 passing yards and only eight first downs...10/21 at Denver: Started at RCB for his 65th consecutive time...logged 52 defensive snaps...had three solo tackles...part of a defensive unit that allowed the Denver running backs to gain only 54 rushing yards...10/28 at Cincinnati: Started his 66th consecutive game at RCB and saw action on 51 defensive plays...logged six solo tackles and one pass defensed...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Made his 67th start at RCB...finished the game with three solo tackles and one pass defensed...part of a defensive unit that allowed the Ravens only 104 total yards, with 64 coming on the ground and 40 yards by air...the Baltimore offense managed only five first downs all night...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Played in his 147th career game and made his ninth consecutive start at RCB...tallied three solo tackles and one pass defensed
HEIGHT — 5-10WEIGHT — 190 COLLEGE — AlabamaBIRTHDATE — September 8, 1975
BIRTHPLACE — Batesville, Miss.HOW ACQUIRED — D4a-’98 (#117)NFL EXPERIENCE — 11th Year
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while logging 53 defensive snaps...part of a defen-sive unit that allowed only 163 total yards, including 40 rushing and 123 passing yards...11/18 at New York Jets: Made his 10th consecutive start at RCB and saw action on 68 defensive plays...posted his second interception of the season and the 18th of his career, which he returned for 23 yards...also tallied four solo tackles and two passes defensed...11/26 vs. Miami: Tallied his 70th career start at RCB...fin-ished the game with two solo tackles...part of a de-fense that gave up only 159 total yards, including 49 rushing, 110 passing and only nine first downs...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Played in his 150th career game and registered 69 defensive snaps, while starting at RCB...finished the game with six solo tackles and one pass defensed...12/9 at New England: Tallied his 151st career game, while starting at RCB...recorded four solo tackles...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Made his 73rd career start at RCB...finished with four tackles (three solo) with two passes defensed...12/20 at St. Louis: Made his 15th consecutive start at RCB...saw action on 60 defensive plays and finished with a team high six passes defensed, five solo tackles and one hit on the quarterback...12/30 at Baltimore: Made his 16th consecutive start at RCB and finished the game with no tackles and three passes defensed...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Saw action at RCB, while playing in his 11th consecutive postseason game and tallied three solo tackles.
2006 (16-12): Started 12 games while seeing ac-tion in all 16...finished with 47 tackles, including two sacks...also had two interceptions and forced two fumbles...9/7 vs. Miami: Started at RCB and logged 59 snaps...did not record a tackle...9/18 at Jackson-ville: Started at RCB and registered six solo tackles and two pass defenses while logging 65 plays...9/24 vs. Cincinnati: Had one of the best games of his ca-reer...recorded eight solo tackles and a pass defense while logging 56 snaps...forced a fumble when he sacked Bengals QB Carson Palmer for a loss of nine yards...collected his 15th career interception...10/8 at San Diego: Registered four solo tackles while logging 72 snaps...started his 50th career game at RCB...10/15 vs. Kansas City: Did not start...logged 20 plays despite suffering a hamstring injury early in the week...logged three solo tackles and two pass defenses...10/22 at Atlanta: Saw 19 snaps in the nickel package and recorded one solo tackle...10/29 at Oakland: Returned as RCB starter after a ham-string injury limited him to play in the nickel pack-ages...logged 46 plays and recorded one solo tackle
and a pass defense...tipped a pass that would be in-tercepted by teammate Joey Porter...held the Raiders to 17 yards passing...11/5 vs. Denver: Logged 54 snaps...recorded three solo tackles and two pass de-fenses...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Logged 33 snaps before suffering a concussion and ankle injury...left the game and did not return...finished with one solo tackle, giving him 300 on his career...11/19 at Cleve-land: Logged 23 snaps and recorded one solo tackle and one pass defense...11/26 at Baltimore: Started at LCB for the first time on the season...logged 55 snaps and recorded two solo tackles...12/3 vs. Tam-pa Bay: Started at RCB and collected five solo tackles and one pass defense...recorded one sack for a loss of eight yards...logged 58 snaps...12/7 vs. Cleveland: Collected three solo tackles in 44 snaps...12/17 at Carolina: Played 56 snaps and collected five solo tackles and one pass defense...12/24 vs. Baltimore: Helped the Steelers record two turnovers with a forced fumble and an interception, which led to the Steelers’ late touchdown at the end of the first half...posted two solo tackles and one pass defense...12/31 at Cincin-nati: Logged 30 plays and recorded two tackles (one solo) and one pass defense.
2005 (16-15/4-4): Finished with 55 tackles (43 solo), which was the second-highest total in his eight-year career...had 13 pass breakups to rank second be-hind only Ike Taylor on the team...totaled three sacks...also posted a sack in the Super Bowl and finished the postseason with 17 tackles...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Started at cornerback and played 47 defensive snaps...made six tackles (four solo)...9/18 at Houston: Played 58 defensive snaps and recorded five tackles (three solo) and one sack...9/25 vs. New England: Started at cornerback and played 72 snaps...finished with two solo tackles...10/10 at San Diego: Started and played 61 snaps...defensed two passes...10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Started at right corner before leav-ing the game with a hamstring injury...had two solo tackles in 24 snaps...10/23 at Cincinnati: Saw lim-ited play due to a hamstring injury...logged 25 snaps and recorded three tackles (two solo) and a pass de-fense...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Totaled two tackles (one solo) and forced a fumble on the Ravens’ Jamal Lewis deep in Baltimore’s territory, which led to a field goal by K Jeff Reed...registered 75 plays...11/6 at Green Bay: Played 66 snaps and recorded five tackles (four solo) and a pass defense...11/13 vs. Cleveland: Logged 55 snaps and recorded four tackles (three solo) and two passes defensed...11/20 at Baltimore: Had his biggest game of the season...had his first interception
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of the season and returned it 26 yards...recovered a fumble and defensed two passes...finished with three tackles (two solo) on 81 snaps...11/28 at Indianapo-lis: Posted his second sack of the season and finished with four tackles on 62 snaps...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Recorded a season-high seven tackles (six solo) on 64 snaps...12/11 vs. Chicago: Logged 30 snaps and re-corded two solo tackles and a game high three passes defensed in the first half...left the game late in the sec-ond quarter with a neck injury...12/18 at Minnesota: Started at RCB and recorded two solo tackles and two passes defensed...logged 50 defensive snaps...had a key interception in the end zone to prevent a Vikings’ score at the end of the first half...12/24 at Cleveland: Recorded three solo tackles...had one sack for a loss of 12 yards...logged 48 plays...1/1 vs. Detroit: Started at RCB and played 59 snaps...recorded five tackles (three solo)...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincinna-ti: Recorded six tackles (five solo) and defensed two passes...AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapo-lis: Recorded two solo tackles...AFC Championship Game 1/22 at Denver: Started at RCB and recorded three tackles (two solo)...Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Se-attle: Started at RCB and recorded six tackles (five solo)...also recorded his first career postseason sack of Seahawks’ quarterback Matt Hasselbeck for a loss of five yards to end a late Seattle drive.
2004 (15-15/2-2): Recorded 59 tackles (47 solo), four sacks, four interceptions and 14 passes defensed...forced and recovered a fumble...his four interceptions were a career high while his 15 passes defensed led the team...9/12 vs. Oakland: Finished with four total tackles (two solo)...recorded his first interception of the season and the ninth of his pro career...also was credited with one pass defense...played 64 defensive snaps...9/19 at Baltimore: Played all 64 defensive snaps...recorded his first sack of the season...finished with seven total tackles (five solo)...9/26 at Miami: Recorded his second interception of the season, the 10th of his career...finished with five total tackles (four solo) and his second sack of the season...also was credited with two passes defensed...played all 61 de-fensive snaps...10/3 vs. Cincinnati: Finished with five total tackles—all solo...also was credited with two passes defensed...logged 66 defensive plays...10/10 vs. Cleveland: Led the team with three passes de-fensed...finished with three solo tackles...was cred-ited with one quarterback hurry/pressure...played 58 defensive snaps...10/17 at Dallas: Finished with six total tackles (four solo)...also registered his third sack of the season...played all 63 defensive snaps...10/31
vs. New England: Recorded his team leading third interception of the season and returned it 39 yards for his second career TD...finished with two total tack-les (one solo)...also was credited with three passes defensed....played 54 defensive snaps...11/7 vs. Philadelphia: Finished with two solo tackles...logged 37 defensive plays...11/14 at Cleveland: Registered his fourth sack of the season...finished with four total tackles (three solo) and caused a fumble...also recov-ered a fumble (forced by James Farrior)...11/21 at Cincinnati: Finished with three solo tackles and one quarterback hurry/pressure...logged all 46 defensive plays...11/28 vs. Washington: Recorded his fourth interception of the season, matching a career high...finished with four total tackles (three solo)...also was credited with two passes defensed...12/5 at Jack-sonville: Finished with seven total tackles (six solo)...played 65 defensive snaps...12/12 vs. New York Jets: Registered two solo tackles and one pass de-fense...12/18 at New York Giants: Finished with one solo tackle...played 45 defensive snaps...12/26 vs. Baltimore: Registered four total tackles (three solo)...suffered a broken hand late in the fourth quarter...logged 49 defensive snaps...1/2 at Buffalo: Missed his first game of the season because of a broken hand...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/15 vs. New York Jets: Returned to action despite his broken hand and made his second postseason start (2002)...finished with four total tackles (two solo)...AFC Championship Game 1/23 vs. New England: Finished with two solo tackles...also led the team with two passes defensed and a forced fumble.
2003 (16-8): Ended the season as the team’s start-ing right corner and performed superbly...moved to left corner when Chad Scott was placed on the Reserve/Injured List...started the final eight games (four at each corner)...finished the season with 42 total tackles (36 solo) and a team-high 12 passes defensed...tied a new career mark with three interceptions, all in the last two games...also was credited with a sack, one forced fum-ble, a fumble recovery and five special teams tackles (two solo)...11/9 vs. Arizona: Earned his first start of the season—the ninth of his career...had his first sack of the season...registered his first forced fumble on a sack that was recovered by Kimo von Oelhoffen and led to a Steelers TD...finished with five total tackles—all solo...also was credited with a quarterback hurry/pres-sure and one pass defense...12/14 at New York Jets: Was credited with four total tackles (all solo)...played all 62 defensive snaps...led the team with three passes defensed...12/21 vs. San Diego: Produced the best
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day of his pro career...led the team with nine total tack-les (eight solo) and accounted for three turnovers—two interceptions and a fumble recovery...returned his second interception of the game 25 yards for his first career TD...played all 66 defensive snaps...12/28 at Baltimore: Collected his third interception in two games in season finale...finished with two solo tackles and two passes defensed...played all 63 defensive snaps.
2002 (16-3/2-1): Had another solid season for the Steelers...finished with 31 total tackles (26 solo)...also had three interceptions...collected the first postseason interception of his career...also registered 15 special teams tackles (11 solo) and had eight passes de-fensed...9/9 at New England: Had one solo tackle in season-opener...9/15 vs. Oakland: Played 46 defen-sive snaps...finished with three solo tackles and one pass defense...was credited with one special teams tackle...9/29 vs. Cleveland: Played 31 defensive snaps...finished with two solo tackles...also had one pass defense...10/6 at New Orleans: Logged 19 de-fensive plays...finished with one solo tackle...also was credited with one pass defense...10/13 at Cincin-nati: Collected his first interception of the season...played 44 defensive snaps...finished with one defen-sive tackle and two solo special teams tackles...10/21 vs. Indianapolis: Finished with five solo tackles...also was credited with a quarterback hurry/pressure and one special teams assist...10/27 at Baltimore: Collected his second interception of the season...finished with one tackle...also was credited with two quarterback hurries/pressures and two passes de-fensed...11/3 at Cleveland: Finished with two solo tackles...also was credited with a quarterback hurry/pressure and one solo special teams tackle...11/10 vs. Atlanta: Registered three total tackles (one solo)...nailed Michael Vick for a 14-yard loss...logged 39 de-fensive plays...11/17 at Tennessee: Finished with one tackle...was credited with two quarterback hur-ries/pressures...11/24 vs. Cincinnati: Recorded two solo tackles...played 36 defensive snaps...12/1 at Jacksonville: Had one quarterback hurry/pressure...played 26 defensive snaps...12/23 at Tampa Bay: Had increased playing time due to the injury to Chad Scott...finished with three solo tackles...also was cred-ited with one pass defense...12/29 vs. Baltimore: Earned his first start of the season and responded ad-mirably...recorded a big interception in end zone during the first quarter to thwart a potential Baltimore scoring drive...finished with four total tackles (three solo) and one pass defense...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs.
Cleveland: Earned his first start in the postseason...finished with seven total tackles (six solo)...also was credited with two passes defensed...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/11 at Tennessee: Collected his first career postseason interception...finished with three solo tackles.
2001 (16-1/2-0): Had one of the best games of his pro career in the last game of the season when he col-lected the first two interceptions of his career...finished with 21 total tackles (19 solo)...also recorded two sacks and nine passes defensed...9/9 at Jackson-ville: Started the fifth game of his nFL career for the injured Chad Scott in season opener...logged 53 defen-sive plays...finished with three solo tackles, one pass defense, and a quarterback hurry/pressure...10/14 at Kansas City: Logged 21 defensive plays...had one tackle...10/21 at Tampa Bay: Registered his first sack of the season...logged 35 defensive plays...finished with one solo tackle...10/29 vs. Tennes-see: Logged 21 plays...finished with one solo tackle...also was credited with one pass defense...11/4 vs. Baltimore: Played eight defensive snaps...was cred-ited with two tackles, including his second sack of the season, which forced a fumble...11/11 at Cleveland: Logged 19 defensive plays...finished with one tackle...was credited with one quarterback hurry/pressure and one pass defense...11/18 vs. Jacksonville: Played 24 defensive snaps...was credited with one tackle, one quarterback hurry/pressure and two passes de-fensed...1/6 vs. Cleveland: Collected the first two interceptions of his career...also registered four total tackles (three solo)...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/20 vs. Baltimore: Finished with one solo tackle...AFC Championship Game 1/27 vs. New England: Recorded one solo tackle...also was credited with one special teams tackle.
2000 (16-0): Finished the season with 20 total tackles, including 18 solo stops...also recorded a then career high 3.5 sacks...was credited with nine pass defenses and 14 special teams tackles...9/3 vs. Bal-timore: Logged 10 defensive plays...was credited with a special teams assist...10/1 at Jacksonville: Logged a season-high 51 defensive snaps...finished with three solo tackles...also was credited with his first career sack...10/8 at New York Jets: Logged 25 defensive snaps...was credited with four solo tack-les and two pass defenses...10/15 vs. Cincinnati: Had a particularly strong game on special teams...led the team with three special teams tackles (two solo)...logged 22 defensive plays...registered one tackle and one pass defense...11/26 at Cincinnati:
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Logged 17 plays...was credited with a sack for seven yards...12/3 vs. Oakland: Played 24 defensive snaps...finished with one tackle...was credited with one quarterback hurry/pressure, one pass defense and two special teams tackles...12/24 vs. Washing-ton: Played 18 defensive snaps...finished with one tackle...12/24 at San Diego: Logged 20 defensive plays...recorded 1.5 sacks.
1999 (16-4): Started four games for the Steelers in place of the injured Chad Scott...finished the season with 31 total tackles, including 23 solo tackles...also had nine passes defensed and a forced fumble...was a solid special teams player, contributing nine special teams tackles...was a key component in the nickel and dime defenses...9/12 at Cleveland: Played mostly in passing situations and special teams in the season- opener...was credited with one pass defense...9/19 at Baltimore: Played in the Steelers nickel and dime de-fenses...tipped a pass that was intercepted by Dewayne Washington on the Ravens’ initial drive of the game...finished with one total tackle, a pass defense and one special teams tackle...9/26 vs. Seattle: Played on 18 snaps...credited with one solo tackle...11/14 vs. Cleveland: Was forced into active duty when Scott suffered a right knee injury...suffered a concussion a few plays after Scott’s injury that forced him from the game...finished with two solo tackles...11/21 at Ten-nessee: Made his first career start at left corner for the injured Scott...played on every defensive snap but one...finished with four total tackles (three solo) and one pass defense...11/28 vs. Cincinnati: Started his second straight game...finished with six total tackles, including three solo tackles...12/2 at Jacksonville: Finished with seven total tackles, including five solo tackles...also downed a punt at the Jacksonville one-yard line...12/12 vs. Baltimore: Started his fourth straight game but was replaced by Scott after suffering a mild ankle sprain.
1998 (12-0): Played in 12 games as a rookie and recorded 12 tackles (10 solo) and four passes de-fensed. 9/6 at Baltimore: Looked good early in his rookie debut in the season-opener, but a sprained knee
ligament forced him out of action for the game...10/18 vs. Baltimore: Returned to active duty for the first time since the season-opener...played 21 snaps, reg-istering two tackles and a pass defense...nearly inter-cepted an Eric Zeier pass on the Ravens’ final series of the game...11/1 vs. Tennessee: Registered two solo tackles, while seeing his most action of the season due to an ankle injury to Carnell Lake (33 plays)...11/9 vs. Green Bay: Played solidly in some key situations to help contain Green Bay’s explosive passing attack...was credited with one pass defense...also had one tackle...11/15 at Tennessee: Registered one assist in his limited playing time...11/22 vs. Jacksonville: Was credited with one solo tackle and one special teams stop...12/6 vs. New England: Took 11 de-fensive snaps...12/20 vs. Cincinnati: Had two solo tackles...played on 19 defensive downs...12/26 at Jacksonville: Registered one solo tackle and a spe-cial teams tackle in the season finale.
COLLEGE Started since his freshman year in college...majored in business
management. 1997: Recorded 34 tackles and one sack during his senior season. 1996: Recorded 39 tackles, one sack, two interceptions and 14 passes defensed as a junior...named first-team All-Southeast Conference by the Associated Press and The Birming-ham News...was voted second-team All-SEC in coaches’ poll...returned six punts for 25 yards. 1995: Recorded 25 tackles and four interceptions as a sophomore...returned 13 punts for 75 yards...was a second-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press...returned a blocked field goal 90 yards for a touchdown vs. Geor-gia. 1994: Started every game during his freshman year...had 31 solo tackles (39 total), one sack and one interception...returned 12 punts for 151 yards.
PERSONAL Played both offense and de-fense in high school...account-
ed for 1,800 yards of offense and 18 touchdowns as a senior quarterback while leading South Panola High School to the 5A state championship in 1992...son of Willie and Lena Townsend...Full name: Trevor Deshea Townsend.
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PRO(0-0): Signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 18, 2008...origi-
nally signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an un-drafted free agent...signed to the Cardinals’ practice squad on September 3, 2007...released from the
Arizona practice squad on October 9, 2007...signed to the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice squad on Octo-ber 16, 2007 and released on november 8, 2007...signed to the Oakland Raiders practice squad on December 5, 2007...Raiders practice squad contract expired on January 8, 2008.
HEIGHT — 6-6 WEIGHT — 235COLLEGE — Michigan StateBIRTHDATE — July 22, 1983
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COLLEGE Appeared in 43 games with 35 starts for the Spartans and estab-
lished a school record with 148 receptions for 1,755 yards and nine touchdowns...was a three-year letter-man (2004-06) on the Spartans basketball team, earning the Unsung Player Award and the Antonio Smith Glue and Guts Award for his contributions during the 2005-06 season...was a member of the 2004-05 team, appearing in 26 games, that advanced to the nCAA Final Four in St. Louis...sat out his senior hoops season preparing for his nFL career. 2006: Ranked second on the team in receptions (44), receiving yards (518) and touchdown catches (3) as a senior... established a new school record with 14 catches in a victory over Eastern Michigan. 2005: Appeared in all 11 games as a junior with nine starts, finished second on the team in receptions (40) and receiving yards (573) while catching at least one pass in all 11 games. 2004: Started all 11 games at split end as a sopho-more, ending the season with 36 receptions for 405
yards and two touchdowns. 2003: Saw action in the first 11 games (six starts) as a freshman, finishing with 28 receptions for 259 yards.
PERSONAL Three-year starter at wide receiver and two-year starter
at safety at northern (Flint, MI) High School...had 78 career receptions for 1,385 yards (17.8 avg.) and 23 TDs...caught 32 passes for 558 yards (17.4 avg.) and nine touchdowns as a senior to earn first-team All-Saginaw Valley Conference honors...selected for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press Dream Teams...ranked among the nation’s top 20 prep basketball players by ESPn.com (no. 18), including the no. 6 power forward...four-year starter averaged 18.7 points and 10.2 rebounds as a senior...three-sport standout earned all-state honors in track after finishing third in the 200 meters as a junior...cousin of former Cardinals defensive back (1985-91) and current scout Lonnie Young...son of Matthew and Katherine Trannon...Full name: Matthew Horise Trannon.
PRO(0-0): Re-signed by the Steelers on January 11, 2008...signed to the
Steelers practice squad on november 14, 2007...was waived from the Washington Redskins practice squad on Sept. 11, 2007...signed by the Redskins to the prac-tice squad on Sept 2, 2007...released by the Redskins during final roster cuts on Sept. 1, 2007...signed by the Redskins on Jan. 12, 2007...released by Tampa Bay during final roster cuts on Sept. 2, 2006...originally signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2006.
2007 (0-0): Spent training camp with the Wash-ington Redskins after being signed on January 12...released by the Redskins during final roster cuts on September 2...signed to the Redskins practice squad on September 2...released from the Redskins prac-tice squad on September 11...signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad on november 14.
COLLEGE During his career at Oregon, made 20 starts and totaled 184 tackles,
18 sacks, one interception, seven passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles. 2005: Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts as a senior...led team with 99 tackles and 11 sacks...also posted one interception, three passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles. 2004: Started nine games as a junior while ranking as the fourth-leading tackler with 55 stops...ranked second with 6.5 sacks and tallied three pass defenses. 2003: Saw majority of his action on special teams as a sopho-more...notched 16 tackles on defense, 0.5 sacks and one pass defense. 2002: Was a special teams stand-out as a freshman, ranking third on the team with 14 special teams tackles...had 14 tackles on defense.
PERSONAL Attended Antioch High School in Antioch, California...acquired
all-region honors from PrepStar magazine after grab-
HEIGHT — 6-1 WEIGHT — 239 COLLEGE — OregonBIRTHDATE — December 1, 1983
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bing 37 passes for 620 yards and five touchdowns as a prep senior...chosen first-team Eat Bay Cream of the Crop by the Contra Costa Times...two-time first-team All-Bay Valley League standout...ranked second on team in tackles with 75 in addition to 15 sacks despite miss-
ing three games due to injuries...three-year starter and team captain...married to the former Christina Gentry...has one son, Anthony Mack...son of Renae and Randy Hart...Full name: Anthony Hart Trucks.
PRO(0-0): Re-signed by the Steelers on January 11, 2008...originally signed by
the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2007...spent training camp with the Falcons in 2007 but was released during final cuts on September 1...signed to the Steelers practice squad on October 3 and remained there until being released on October 24...re-signed to the Steelers practice squad on november 11, where he spent the remainder of the season.
2007 (0-0): Did not play any games while spend-ing time on the Steelers practice squad after being among the Atlanta Falcons final roster cuts.
COLLEGE Saw action in 51 games with 18 starts as a member of the Ti-
gers...tallied 2,021 rushing yards on 408 carries (5.0 avg.) with 17 touchdowns...named MVP of the 2003 SEC Championship Game and the 2004 BCS national Championship Game...named 2003 First-Team Fresh-man All-American by the Football Writer’s Association. 2006: Played in all 13 games, with six starts, includ-ing the notre Dame contest in the Sugar Bowl...played best game of season against notre Dame, rushing for a season-high 71 yards on 12 carries in the 41-14 win over the Irish...added two receptions for 19 yards in the contest...went over the 2,000-yard mark for career against notre Dame...finished with 210 yards on 57 carries...caught six passes for 73 yards...had another strong outing vs. Ole Miss, picking up 40 yards on seven carries in the Tigers’ win over Ole Miss...perfor-mance included a season-long 20-yard run...had 31 yards on eight carries against Arizona. 2005: Shared the running back duties with senior Joseph Addai...stepped up late in the year when Addai was slowed by
an ankle injury...responded by rushing for 343 yards and five touchdowns in LSU’s final six regular season games...led the Tigers in rushing in four of the last five games, including 56 yards and one TD in the win over Alabama...rushed for a season-high 89 yards and one score in win over Appalachian State...also caught nine passes for 61 yards...served on LSU’s coverage units on special teams...had six special teams tackles in 2005...forced a fumble against Tennessee. 2004: Played in all 12 games with four starts...started the first four games of the season at tailback...rushed for 322 yards and two TDs...caught five passes for 40 yards...rushed for 102 yards and two TDs in win over Arkansas State in week two...capped the regular season with 60 yards on 10 carries in win over Arkansas...also a spe-cial teams standout...had nine special teams tackles...forced a fumble on kickoff coverage against Arkansas State...had two special teams tackles vs. Florida and Arkansas. 2003: Put together the finest season for a freshman in LSU history, rushing for a freshman school record of 1,001 yards in leading the Tigers to a 13-1 overall mark and the national title...answered the call when injuries forced Joseph Addai and Shyrone Carey to the sidelines in consecutive games midway through the season...started for the first time against South Carolina and responded with 77 yards and two TDs...never relinquished the starting position as he followed his first start with 127 yards in a 31-7 win over Auburn in a game in which he out rushed Carnell Williams by 67 yards...capped the season with four straight 100-yard games, including an SEC Champi-onship game record of 201 yards and two TDs in the 34-13 win over Georgia, and 117 yards and one TD vs. Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl...in all, rushed for 100-plus
HEIGHT — 5-10WEIGHT — 219COLLEGE — LSUBIRTHDATE — January 25, 1983
BIRTHPLACE — Lake Charles, La.HOW ACQUIRED — FA-’07 NFL EXPERIENCE — 1st Year
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yards five times...named MVP of SEC title game as well as the Sugar Bowl...ran for an 87-yard TD vs. Georgia, the longest rush in SEC Championship Game history...also had a 62-yard run vs. Georgia...opened the nokia Sugar Bowl with a 64-yard run on the first play of the game against Oklahoma...rushed for 105 yards on 22 carries vs. Ole Miss and followed that with 112 yards and two TDs vs. Arkansas...broke Dalton Hilliard’s LSU freshmen rushing record, bettering the previous mark of 901, which was set in 1982...also rushed for 10 TDs, the second-highest total by a rookie in school history...Hilliard holds that mark with 11 in 1982, while Kendall Cleveland and Rondell Mealey each rushed for 10 TDs as freshmen...caught eight passes for 80 yards with
four of those coming against South Carolina...is a rare breed in that he’s also a standout on LSU’s kickoff cov-erage unit...had nine special teams tackles.
PERSONAL Attended Barbe (Lake Charles, LA) High School...left as the
school’s all-time leading rusher with 5,464 yards on a school-high 904 carries...set school-records in touch-downs in a career (75) and points in a career (462)...only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards or more in three seasons...named a Parade and Prep Star All-American after rushing for 2,050 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior...son of Lilly and Floyd Vin-cent...Full name: Justin Daniel Vincent.
PRO(0-0): Re-signed by the Steelers on January 11, 2008...signed with the
Steelers on Jan. 19, 2007...came into the league as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2006...released by Indianapolis on Aug. 29, 2006...signed with the Colts on Aug. 1, 2006...released by Indianapolis on July 31, 2006...signed as a free agent by the Colts on May 8, 2006.
2007 (0-0): Spent the entire season on the Steel-ers practice squad...signed by the Steelers on July 30...released on September 1...signed to the practice squad on September 2.
COLLEGE Three-year player who saw ac-tion in 29 career games...had 74
catches for 1,325 yards, with 10 TDs receiving. 2005: Appeared in 11 games, had 38 receptions for 608 yards, four TDs receiving, with his longest reception being 79 yards...also registered eight rushes for 71 yards, one TD rushing...went 1-1 passing for 36 yards...had a 24.2 yard average on 29 KOR. 2004: Played in
10 games as junior...had 26 catches for 456 yards, four TDs receiving and 20 returns with a 24.2 yard aver-age, one KOR TD...had three catches for 76 yards, one receiving TD against Albany...posted five catches for 71 yards and 1 reception for a TD against Holy Cross...logged four catches for 123 yards, with one TD against Bucknell...had three catches for 61 yards, one TD re-ceiving and had a 89 KOR for a TD against Georgetown...was named Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week for performance. 2003: Played in eight games...recorded 10 catches for 261, two receiving TDs and averaged 25.1 yards on KOR...notched three recep-tions for 100 yards receiving against Lafayette...had a 52-yard reception reception for a TD against Bucknell...had a 84 KOR for a TD against St. Mary’s. 2002: Did not see action as a freshman.
PERSONAL Attended Alonzo A. Crim (At-lanta, Ga.) High School...was
a four-sport letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track...son of Joyce Walker and Gerald Turner...Full name: Gerran Walker.
HEIGHT — 5-10WEIGHT — 185COLLEGE — LehighBIRTHDATE — October 2, 1983
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PRO(154-135/11-11): Is one of the top receivers in the nFL...is a four-time Pro
Bowl selection (2002-’05)...is the team’s all-time leader in receptions (719), receiving yards (8,737) and receiv-ing touchdowns (65) entering the 2008 season...is the only Steeler to have over 700 career catches and is only the second in team history to post over 8,000 career re-ceiving yards...became the only receiver in Steelers his-tory to surpass 1,000 receiving yards for four straight seasons (2001-’04)...has team record for receptions in a season (112) which he set in 2002...scored 12 TD receptions in 2003 to tie Louis Lipps (1985) and Buddy Dial’s (1961) team record...drafted by Pittsburgh in the third round (92nd overall) of the 1998 nFL Draft...named Associated Press All-Pro second team in both 2003 and 2004...was named the Steelers co-MVP in 2005 (along with Casey Hampton) and 2002 (with Joey Porter and outright in 2003...earned Super Bowl XL MVP honors after finishing with a game-high 123 receiving yards on five receptions with one touchdown...has led the Steelers in receptions the past nine years (tied with Troy Edwards in 1999)...has caught a pass in a team-record 146 games entering the 2008 season, which is third among active players (Marvin Harrison, Terrell Ow-ens)...was named to the Steelers’ 75th Season All-Time Team during the 2007 season.
2007 (13-13/1-1): Started 13 games and the play-off game versus Jacksonville...was inactive Weeks 4 and 5 due to a knee injury...sat out the season finale in Baltimore...led the team in receptions with 71 for 732 yards (10.3 avg.) and seven touchdowns...extended his own team record by catching a pass in 146 straight games and counting (3rd longest streak among active players)...became the team’s all-time leader in receiv-ing yards in the Week 16 win over the Rams surpassing John Stallworth, who finished with 8,723 yards...his two touchdown receptions in the Week 13 win over the Bengals gave him 64 for his career, moving him past Stallworth (63) for first on the team’s all-time list...his 11 receptions in that same game tied the second-highest single-game total of his career...became the first player in team history to record over 700 career
catches (719 and counting)...caught 10 passes for a playoff career-high 135 yards in the loss to Jackson-ville...that marked his fifth career 100-yard game and his second straight...9/9 at Cleveland: Started at WR and hauled in three catches for 51 yards (17.0 avg.) with a 24-yard long, while adding one TD...caught at least one pass for the 134th straight game...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Started at WR and had five catches for 55 yards (11.0 avg.) with a 21-yard long...extended his streak to 135 consecutive games with a catch...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Extended his streak to 136 con-secutive games with at least one catch...registered one catch for two yards and one rush for seven yards, before leaving with an injury...9/30 at Arizona: Was inactive due to a knee injury...10/7 vs. Seattle: Was inactive due to a knee injury...10/21 at Denver: Re-turned to action and started at WR...led the team with seven receptions and 78 yards receiving (11.1 avg.) including an 18-yard long...continued his streak of 137 consecutive games with at least one catch...10/28 at Cincinnati: Started at WR and led the team in recep-tions with eight catches for 88 yards (11.0 avg.) and two TDs...his two TDs marked the 11th multi-TD game of his career and the first of the season...went over 60 career TD receptions (61), pulling him within two TDs of John Stallworth (63) for the most receiving TDs by a Steelers’ WR...pulled within four points of John Stall-worth for seventh place on the Steelers’ all-time scor-ing leaders list...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Started in his 128th career game at WR...finished with four catches for 28 yards (7.0 avg.)...extended his team record to 139 straight games with at least one catch...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Made his fourth consecutive start at WR...finished with a game-high seven catches for 80 yards (11.4 avg.) with one TD...caught a 12-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger in the third quarter...his TD catch gave him 62 career TD catches, leaving him one shy of tying the Steeler’s all-time record...11/18 at New York Jets: Made his 130th career start at WR...recorded two catches for 47 yards (23.5 avg.) including a 25-yard long...continued his streak of 141 consecutive games with at least one reception...11/26 vs. Miami: Played in his 150th career game and started at WR for the
HEIGHT — 6-0 WEIGHT — 205 COLLEGE — GeorgiaBIRTHDATE — March 8, 1976
BIRTHPLACE — Forest Park, Ga.HOW ACQUIRED — D3b-’98 (#92)NFL EXPERIENCE — 11th Year
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131st game...had a team-high and season-high nine catches for 99 yards (9.8 avg.) with a long of 21 yards...extended his team record of 142 straight games with at least one catch...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Finished with a season-high 11 receptions for 90 yards (8.2 avg.) with two TDs, which marked his second multi-TD game of the season and the 14th of his career...had a two-yard re-ception in the second quarter...hauled in an eight-yard TD pass from Roethlisberger to become the team’s all-time leader in receiving TDs with 64 for his career...extended his team record of 143 straight games with at least one catch...12/9 at New England: Played in his 152nd career game at WR...finished with five catches for 39 yards (7.8 avg.), including a 13-yard long...also rushed one time for no yards...continued his streak to 144 consecutive games with at least one catch...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Made his 134th ca-reer start and finished with three catches for 27 yards (9.0 avg.) with one TD...extended his team record to 145 straight games with at least one catch...also had one rush for four yards...12/20 at St. Louis: Made his 135th career start at WR...finished with a team high six catches for 59 yards (9.8 avg.), including a 19-yard long...passed John Stallworth, becoming the Steelers’ all-time leader in receiving yards with 8,737...12/30 at Baltimore: Was inactive...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Registered his 11th consecu-tive postseason start at WR...tallied a team-high 10 catches for 135 yards (13.5 avg.)...his 135 receiving yards were a new playoff career high...this perfor-mance marked his fifth career postseason 100-yard receiving game and his second straight in the postsea-son...caught a 31-yard pass from Roethlisberger on the Steelers’ first drive of the game, which was his longest catch of the season.
2006 (14-14): Led the team in receptions (74) and receiving yards (975)...hauled in a team-high six touch-downs...missed two games with a knee injury late in the season...9/7 vs. Miami: Caught a pass in the 120th consecutive game...finished with a team-high five receptions for 53 yards (10.6 avg.) and a long of 19...hauled in a seven-yard touchdown pass from Charlie Batch...9/18 at Jacksonville: Started at FL and caught two passes for 29 yards with a long of 18...9/24 vs. Cincinnati: Started at FL...had two receptions for 17 yards and a long of 11 yards...caught at least one pass in his team-record 122nd consecutive game...10/8 at San Diego: Had a team-leading four receptions for 49 yards (12.3 avg.) and a long of 24...10/15 vs. Kan-sas City: Grabbed five balls for 59 yards (11.8 avg.) and a long of 28...caught a 13-yard touchdown in the
second quarter to give the Steelers a 28-0 lead...touch-down gave him 338 career points, tying Kris Brown for eighth place on the Steelers’ all-time list...10/22 at Atlanta: Played one of the best games against his hometown team...set new career-highs in yards (171) and touchdowns (3) in a game...caught eight passes for a 21.4 average...scored on a 70-yard catch in which he lost his shoe...added TD catches of 11 and 17 yards...passed Kris Brown (338) for eighth place on the Steel-ers’ all-time scoring list with 356 points...eight catches give him 600 for his career, becoming the first Steelers player to record 600 receptions...10/29 at Oakland: Had game highs with eight catches and 81 yards for a 10.1 average...had a long catch of 27 yards...11/5 vs. Denver: Caught seven passes for a team-high 127 yards (18.1 avg.) and a long of 63 yards...marked the 16th career 100-yard game, tying for second with Louis Lipps on the Steelers’ all-time list...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Had five receptions for 86 yards (17.2 avg.) and a touchdown...scored on a 37-yard run and catch to give the Steelers and early 7-0 lead...11/19 at Cleveland: Had team highs with seven catches and 81 yards (11.6 avg.) and a long of 23...had a 21-yard reception that helped the team keep the game-winning drive alive...suffered a knee injury but continued to play through the pain...11/26 at Baltimore: Started despite suffering a hyper-extended knee in the previ-ous game...caught four passes for 33 yards (8.3 avg.) and a long of 12...12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Was inactive due to a knee injury...12/7 vs. Cleveland: Was inac-tive due to a knee injury...12/17 at Carolina: Started after missing two games with a knee injury...caught a team-high four passes for 59 yards (14.8 avg.) with a long of 21...12/24 vs. Baltimore: Caught a game-high eight receptions for 79 yards (9.9 avg.) with a long of 17...12/31 at Cincinnati: Had five receptions for 51 yards (10.2 avg.) with a long of 17...has caught a pass in 133 consecutive games...rushed once for nine yards, passing Louis Lipps (388) as the Steelers’ all-time lead-ing rushing wide receiver with 394...broke 8,000 yards receiving, joining John Stallworth as the only Steelers’ players to achieve feat.
2005 (15-15/4-4): named team co-MVP (along with Casey Hampton) after leading the team in receptions (69), receiving yards (975) and touchdowns (11)...fin-ished the season with three multi-touchdown and four 100-yard receiving games...his 14.1 receiving average was his highest since 2000...ranked second (tied) in the AFC and third (tied) in the nFL with his 11 touchdown re-ceptions...named Super Bowl XL MVP after finishing with 123 receiving yards on five receptions with one touch-
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down...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Started and caught two passes for 25 yards...9/18 at Houston: Started and caught a pass in team-record 106th consecutive game...led team with six receptions, 84 receiving yards (14.0 avg.) and two TDs...caught two touchdowns in a single game for the seventh time in his career...9/25 vs. New England: Started at wide receiver and caught four pass-es for 110 yards (27.5 avg.)...caught two touchdowns in a game for the second straight week and eighth time in his career...stretched his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 107...his first touchdown catch went for a career long 85 yards...caught his second TD with 1:21 remaining to tie the score at 20-20...10/10 at San Diego: Led all Steelers with six receptions for 83 yards (13.8 avg.), including a long of 33 yards...108th consec-utive game with a reception...10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Missed the first game in his career with a hamstring injury, snapping his consecutive games played (116) and games started (83) streak...10/23 at Cincinnati: Returned after missing the first game of his career...caught three passes for 35 yards (11.7 avg.), with a long of 18 and a four-yard touchdown...also had one rush for four yards...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Finished with eight catches for 75 yards...11/6 at Green Bay: Started his 100th career game and caught one pass for 12 yards...threw a key block to spring Antwaan Randle El on a 43-yard rush on the team’s first play from scrim-mage...extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 111 and moved to within three receptions of breaking John Stallworth’s career record for catches (537)...11/13 vs. Cleveland: Made Steelers’ history with a 15-yard reception late in the second quarter to break John Stallworth’s reception record (537)...fin-ished with eight catches to give him 543 for his career...his eight catches went for 124 yards (15.5 avg.), includ-ing a 51-yard touchdown reception on a throw from Antwaan Randle El...earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors...could have had two more touchdowns but one was reversed after an official’s review, and on the other he was ruled down at the one-yard line...11/20 at Baltimore: Caught a team-high six passes for 81 yards (13.5 avg.) and a long of 32...extended his streak of games with a reception to 113...11/28 at India-napolis: Caught three passes for 28 yards (9.3 avg.), including a 12-yard touchdown reception from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the first quarter for the only Steelers’ score of the game...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Extended his streak to 115 straight games with at least one recep-tion...had season highs in catches (9) and yards (135) for a 15.0 average yards per catch...caught a long of 31 and had two touchdowns, marking the third time this
season he had multiple touchdown catches in a game, and the ninth multiple touchdown game in his career...also rushed once for seven yards...was the 13th game in his career to have over 100 yards receiving...his second touchdown, a six-yard catch, was the 50th touchdown reception in his career...12/11 vs. Chicago: Caught three passes for 27 yards (9.0 avg.)...his longest catch went for a 14-yard touchdown in which he broke a few tackles and dove into the end zone...tied Lynn Swann for the second place in Steelers’ history for receiving touchdowns with 51...12/18 at Minnesota: Caught two passes for 11 yards and a long of 11...threw a key block on Heath Miller’s 50-yard reception...extended his streak to 117 straight games with at least one re-ception...12/24 at Cleveland: Caught seven passes for 105 yards (15.0) and one touchdown with a long of 32...tied a career high with his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season...surpassed Lynn Swann for second place in Steelers’ history with 52 TD receptions...1/1 vs. Detroit: Caught one pass for 40 yards to extend his streak of consecutive games with at least one recep-tion to 119...surpassed the 7,000-yard career receiving mark, becoming only the second Steeler to accomplish the feat (John Stallworth)...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincinnati: Caught two passes for 10 yards, includ-ing a 5-yard TD reception...extended streak to five con-secutive postseason games with at least one TD catch...TD was his sixth career TD reception...AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapolis: Caught three passes for 68 (22.7 avg.) and a long of 45...had a reception for the eighth straight game in the postseason...AFC Champi-onship Game 1/22 at Denver: Caught five passes for 59 yards (11.8 avg.) and one TD...had a long reception of 21 yards...rushed one time for four yards...Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Seattle: Was named Super Bowl XL MVP...caught five passes for 123 yards (24.6 avg.) and a 43-yard touchdown...also rushed once for 18 yards...caught a 37-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger down to the Seahawk’s three-yard line on third and 28...marked the 10th straight postseason game with a reception.
2004 (16-16/2-2): Selected to the 2005 Pro Bowl, his fourth straight trip...also earned Associated Press second-team All-Pro honors for the second consecutive season...led the team for the fifth straight season (tied for lead in 1999) with 80 receptions for 1,004 yards, his fourth consecutive 1,000-yard season...led the team in the postseason with consecutive 100-yard receiving games...finished the postseason with an impressive 15 receptions for 214 yards and two TDs...caught four TD passes and scored first career rushing TD...9/12 vs. Oakland: Led the team with seven receptions for 99
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yards (14.1 avg.), including a long of 39 yards...9/19 at Baltimore: Had one of the best games of his career, catching six passes for 151 yards, his third-highest receiving yardage total...recorded his ninth 100-yard receiving game...produced his then second-highest per-catch average (25.2)...9/26 at Miami: Led the team for the third straight game and just fell short of another 100-yard receiving performance...made a spectacular catch for the only TD of the game when he went low for a pass from Ben Roethlisberger and held on...finished with a season-high nine catches for 96 yards (10.7 avg.), including a long of 24 yards...10/3 vs. Cincin-nati: Led the team for the fourth straight game with six receptions for 48 yards...also had one carry for 10 yards...10/10 vs. Cleveland: Tied Plaxico Burress for team honors with six receptions for 61 yards (10.2 avg.)...10/17 at Dallas: Led the team for the fifth time in six games with nine receptions for 76 yards...aver-aged 8.4 yards a reception...10/31 vs. New England: Tied Antwaan Randle El for a team-high with six recep-tions for 58 yards...had one rush for 11 yards...11/7 vs. Philadelphia: Scored his first TD since the Sept. 26 Miami game...finished with two TDs—one rushing and one on a reception...moved into fourth place on the Steelers’ all-time list for TD receptions (40), pass-ing Louis Lipps...had two receptions for 32 yards, in-cluding a long of 20...also had one rushing attempt for 16 yards and the first rushing TD of his career...11/14 at Cleveland: Finished with three receptions for 42 yards, including a long of 22...threw a crunching block on defensive end Orpheus Roye on a run by Roethlis-berger...11/21 at Cincinnati: Caught three passes for 15 yards...11/28 vs. Washington: Extended his string of consecutive games with a reception to 99 and led the team in receptions for the seventh time...finished with three receptions for 42 yards, including a long of 17 yards...12/5 at Jacksonville: Extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 100...opened the scoring with a 37-yard TD reception from Roethlis-berger...finished with four catches for 80 yards...also had one carry for no gain...12/12 vs. New York Jets: Caught two passes for 38 yards, including a long of 26 to increase his streak of consecutive games with a re-ception to 101...12/18 at New York Giants: Led the team with nine receptions for 134 yards, his 10th career 100-yard performance...became only the third Steelers receiver to surpass the 6,000-yard mark...also reached 500 receptions for his career, only the second receiver to reach that mark in Steelers history...12/26 vs. Bal-timore: Tied Plaxico Burress and Antwaan Randle El with a team-high three receptions for 21 yards...1/2 at
Buffalo: Had two receptions for 11 yards in his limited playing time...topped the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the fourth straight season...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/15 vs. New York Jets: Led the team with 10 receptions for 105 yards and the second 100-yard re-ceiving performance of his career...AFC Championship Game 1/23 vs. New England: Produced his second straight 100-yard receiving game and led the team with five receptions for 109 yards, including a 30-yard TD reception...also was credited with a tackle.
2003 (16-16): Selected to the 2004 Pro Bowl, his third straight trip...was named the team MVP for the sec-ond straight year (shared the award with Joey Porter in 2002)...also earned Associated Press 2003 second-team All-Pro honors...led the team in receiving for the fifth straight season...surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the third straight season to become the only receiver in Steelers history to achieve that mark...finished with 1,163 yards and 10 TDs on 95 receptions...also rushed for 61 yards on 11 carries...9/7 vs. Baltimore: Was the team’s leading receiver in season opener...had a team high nine receptions for 91 yards and two TDs...surpassed Lynn Swann’s 336 career receptions for third place on the Steelers’ all-time career receptions list...9/14 at Kansas City: Led the team for the second straight week with nine receptions for a team-high 146 yards, including a 50-yard reception on the first play from scrimmage...9/21 at Cincinnati: Finished with four receptions for 48 yards and one TD...fought for ex-tra yardage on his TD when he appeared to be stopped at the Bengals’ two-yard line, but with the help of Dan Kreider, managed to plunge forward for the score...9/28 vs. Tennessee: Led the team for the third time in the season with nine receptions for 76 yards...10/5 vs. Cleveland: Was held to two receptions for 55 yards, including a long of 30 yards...10/12 at Denver: Led the team for the fourth game this season...had eight re-ceptions for 81 yards, including a long of 19 yards...also had two runs for a total of nine yards, including a long of 12 yards...10/26 vs. St. Louis: Led the team for the fifth time in the season with five receptions for 90 yards and two TDs...had a long of 45 yards...rushed once for three yards...11/2 at Seattle: Had a team-high eight receptions for 66 yards and one TD to lead the team in receptions for the sixth time...also had three rushes for 14 yards, including a long of 11 yards...11/9 vs. Ari-zona: Led the team for the seventh time in nine games with six receptions for 64 yards and two TDs...11/17 at San Francisco: Finished with four receptions for 44 yards...suffered a neck injury on a long pass play in the third quarter in which he landed head-first on the
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turf...returned to action in the fourth quarter...11/23 at Cleveland: Had his lowest reception total of the season, catching one pass for 13 yards...11/30 vs. Cincinnati: Caught a career-high 13 passes for 149 yards and one TD...13 catches are the second most in a single game in Steelers’ history (14, Courtney Hawkins, 11/1/98 vs. Tennessee)...made five catches during the Steelers’ final 11-play scoring drive, including the final two...12/7 vs. Oakland: Led the team for the eighth time with four receptions for 67 yards, including a long of 38 yards...12/14 at New York Jets: Surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the third-consecutive season and became the only Steelers’ player to reach 1,000 yards for three-straight seasons...is only the second receiver to reach 1,000 yards three times (John Stallworth)...led the team in receptions for the ninth time with five catch-es for 68 yards, including a long of 25...12/21 vs. San Diego: Became only the fifth receiver in Steelers’ his-tory to reach 5,000 receiving yards...led the team for the 10th time with six receptions for 94 yards and one TD...also had three rushing attempts for 32 yards, including a long of 25 yards...12/28 at Baltimore: Caught two passes for 11 yards, with a long of seven.
2002 (16-16/2-2): Selected to the 2003 Pro Bowl, his second straight trip...was also selected to the As-sociated Press second-team All-Pro squad...led the team in receptions for the third consecutive year and eclipsed his own team record with 112 receptions...also finished four yards ahead of Plaxico Burress for team-high receiving yardage honors (1,329), just 69 shy of Yancey Thigpen’s team-record 1,398 yards (1997)...scored 12 receiving TDs to tie Louis Lipps’ (1985) and Buddy Dial’s (1961) team record...became the first non-kicker to lead the team in scoring since 1977 (Franco Harris)...was named the 2002 recipient of The Chief Award, presented annually by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America to the player who best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media established by the late founder, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr....eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark for the second-straight year, joining Plaxico Burress as the first receiving tandem in team history to both surpass 1,000 receiving yards for two straight seasons...led the team with 18 receptions for 186 yards and three TDs in the postseason...9/9 at New England: Began the sea-son strongly in the opener, leading the team with eight receptions for 90 yards and a TD (on Monday night Football)...9/15 vs. Oakland: Led the team for the second-consecutive week with seven catches for 92 yards, including a 34-yard TD strike from Kordell Stew-art...scored two TDs for his first multiple-touchdown
performance of his career...9/29 vs. Cleveland: Led the team for the third straight game with nine catches for 104 yards, his first 100-yard game of the year and the third of his career...10/6 at New Orleans: Tied Antwaan Randle El for the team high with five recep-tions for 45 yards, including a long of 21...scored his team-leading fourth touchdown of the season when he dived to hit the pylon after stretching for a pass from Tommy Maddox...had one run for 11 yards...10/13 at Cincinnati: Had four receptions for 24 yards...also ran once for 20 yards...moved passed Charles Johnson into sixth place on the Steelers’ all-time career receiv-ing list...10/21 vs. Indianapolis: Scored two TDs on five receptions...totaled 76 yards receiving...also had one carry for eight yards...10/27 at Baltimore: Led the team with eight receptions for 97 yards, including a long of 20 yards...11/3 at Cleveland: Led the team in receptions for the fifth time this season (tied once)...fin-ished with nine receptions for 79 yards and a TD...also gained eight yards on one rushing attempt...11/10 vs. Atlanta: Had a 35-yard pass to Plaxico Burress nullified by a holding penalty...finished with a team-leading 11 receptions for 139 yards and one TD...led the team in re-ceptions for the sixth time during the season...also had a 29-yard run...11/17 at Tennessee: Led the team for the seventh time during the season...had 10 receptions for then career-high 168 yards and two TDs, including the 72-yard TD on the game’s initial play...11/24 vs. Cincinnati: Had another monster game, tying for the team lead with five receptions for 125 yards and one TD...surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the second consecutive season (1,039), becoming the first Steeler since Roy Jefferson in 1968 and 1969 to achieve that milestone...also rushed for a career-long 39 yards on his only attempt...12/1 at Jacksonville: Produced another big game...led the team for the eighth time with eight catches for 51 yards...also ran two times for 19 yards...12/8 vs. Houston: Led the team for the ninth time during the season with nine receptions for 76 yards...eclipsed his then team record of 94 recep-tions...added seven yards on two rushes...12/15 vs. Carolina: Had another productive day despite playing with a nagging hamstring injury...finished with three receptions for 39 yards, including a long of 27...also had one carry for two yards...became the first receiver in Steelers’ history to record 100 receptions in a sea-son...12/23 at Tampa Bay: Led the team for the 10th time during the season, catching six passes for 78 yards (13.0 avg on Monday night Football)...12/29 vs. Baltimore: Finished with a team-high five receptions for 46 yards to lead the team in receptions for the 11th time during the regular season...also had a 23-yard TD
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reception from Tommy Maddox...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Cleveland: Joined Plaxico Burress as the only Steelers receiving tandem to each compile 100 or more receiving yards in a postseason game since John Stall-worth and Lynn Swann in Super Bowl XIII...finished with 11 receptions (tying Franco Harris’ team record for most catches in a postseason game) for 104 yards and one TD...also ran once for 14 yards...AFC Divisional Play-off Game 1/11 at Tennessee: Led the team for the 13th time during the season with seven receptions for 82 yards and two TDs, including a 21-yard TD catch...also completed a pass to Plaxico Burress for a two-point conversion.
2001 (16-16/2-2): Eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark for the first time in his career, joining Plaxico Burress as the only receiving tandem in team history to both surpass 1,000 receiving yards for a season...made his first Pro Bowl appearance...led the team with a then-career-high 94 receptions, which also set a Steelers single-season record (85, Yancey Thigpen in 1995) at the time...9/9 at Jacksonville: Led the team with seven catches for 82 yards in season opener, including a long of 34...9/30 at Buffalo: Had a then career-high nine receptions 79 yards...converted three first downs...10/7 vs. Cincin-nati: Led the team for the fourth straight game with eight receptions for 68 yards, including a key 24-yard gain on a third-and-long that helped lead to the Steelers’ game-clinching field goal...10/14 at Kansas City: Had four receptions for 38 yards and the team’s first receiv-ing TD...led the team in receptions for the fourth straight week...also had a crushing block on the Steelers’ third-down attempt at the end of the game to clinch the victo-ry...10/21 at Tampa Bay: Tied for team lead with three receptions for 44 yards...also had one run for nine yards out of the shotgun formation from the quarterback posi-tion...10/29 vs. Tennessee: Displayed his versatility, catching, running and even throwing his first pass of the season...finished with two receptions for 20 yards and a TD...took a direct snap from the shotgun formation and raced 36 yards on his only carry...11/4 vs. Baltimore: Tied a then career-high with nine receptions for a then career-high 97 yards...11/11 at Cleveland: Finished with eight receptions for 55 yards, including a long of 15 yards...was sacked once for three yards...11/18 vs. Jacksonville: Recorded the first 100-yard receiv-ing game of his career...finished with nine receptions for 112 yards, including a 28-yard TD on a screen pass...11/25 at Tennessee: Finished with seven re-ceptions for 99 yards, just missing his second consecu-tive 100-yard game...eclipsed his then season career-high with his third reception...also established a new
career-high for receiving yardage in a season...12/2 vs. Minnesota: Finished with three receptions for 37 yards, including a long of 19 yards...12/9 vs. New York Jets: Recorded then single-game career-highs for receptions (10) and receiving yards (124), his second 100-yard game of the season...also ran three times for 14 yards...accounted for four third-down conversions (three on receptions and one running)...moved into 12th on the Steelers all-time receptions list with 203 career receptions...12/16 at Baltimore: Was held to his lowest reception total of the season...had just one catch for seven yards...ran once for six yards...12/23 vs. Detroit: Had seven receptions for 67 yards and one TD to eclipse Yancey Thigpen’s Steelers’ single-season receptions record (85)...12/30 at Cincinnati: Caught three passes for 42 yards with a long of 30...also ran once off a direct snap for 14 yards...1/6 vs. Cleveland: Had four catches for 30 yards...AFC Divisional Playoff game 1/20 vs. Baltimore: Caught three passes for 37 yards...also had six rushing yards on one carry...AFC Championship Game 1/27 vs. New England: Had another solid performance...led the team with six recep-tions for 64 yards, including a long of 24.
2000 (16-15): Had another solid season, leading the team in receptions for the second straight year...finished with 48 receptions for 672 yards and four TDs...also rushed for 53 yards on four carries...9/3 vs. Baltimore: Finished with two receptions for 20 yards...also returned one kickoff for 23 yards...9/17 at Cleve-land: Made his first start of the season for the injured Troy Edwards...had a productive day, leading the team with five receptions for 75 yards, including a 31-yard catch...also nearly broke a kickoff return for a TD, record-ing a 57-yard return...9/24 vs. Tennessee: Earned his second start of the season and responded with a very productive day...led the team with five receptions for 59 yards...also returned three kickoffs for 69 yards, includ-ing a long of 31 yards...was credited with one solo spe-cial teams tackle...10/1 at Jacksonville: Caught two passes for 23 yards, including a long of 15 yards...also had one special teams tackle...10/8 at New York Jets: Had two receptions for 18 yards...also was credited with one solo stop...10/15 vs. Cincinnati: Made a spectac-ular catch and run for a 77-yard TD on the second play of the game, a play that was the longest pass play by the Steelers since the 1994 season...finished with two catches for 91 yards...10/22 vs. Cleveland: Caught one pass for five yards...was credited with one tackle on special teams...10/29 at Baltimore: Had another big game for the Steelers, including an outstanding 45-yard TD reception on which he leaped over a Ravens defender
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and wrestled away the ball as he stepped into the end zone...finished with two receptions for 55 yards...11/5 at Tennessee: Caught one pass for seven yards...made a bruising tackle on Derrick Mason on a kick return when it appeared Mason might go the distance...11/12 vs. Philadelphia: Finished with two catches for 22 yards...also had one special teams assist...11/19 vs. Jack-sonville: Caught a Kordell Stewart pass and raced 22 yards for a 32-yard TD reception, his third TD of the sea-son...finished with three receptions for 60 yards...also returned two kickoffs for 47 yards, including a 26 yard-er...11/26 at Cincinnati: Led the team with four recep-tions for 70 yards, including a 34-yard TD...also had two carries for 38 yards, including a 23-yard reverse...threw a key block on Mark Bruener’s TD catch...12/3 vs. Oakland: Led the team for the second consecu-tive week with four receptions for 36 yards...also had one run for three yards...12/10 at New York Giants: Tied Bobby Shaw with a team-high six receptions for 64 yards...had a long of 23...12/16 vs. Washington: Tied Bobby Shaw with a team-high three receptions...totaled 31 yards...also rushed for 12 yards on a reverse...was credited with one special teams assist...12/24 at San Diego: Caught four passes 36 yards.
1999 (16-14): Tied for the team lead with Troy Ed-wards with 61 receptions for 638 yards...averaged 10.5 yards a reception and scored a team-high seven TD receptions...also had one punt return for two yards and one kickoff return for 24 yards...also served as a valu-able member of the special teams...started in 14-of-16 games...led the team with a 16.4 yards-per-reception average...9/12 at Cleveland: Displayed his big-play capabilities in season opener...had the longest recep-tion in the game, connecting with Kordell Stewart on a 42-yard gain that led to Steelers second TD...finished the game with three catches for 51 yards and a TD...scored on a one-yard pass from Mike Tomczak for the Steelers final TD in the fourth quarter, Ward’s first career TD...9/19 at Baltimore: Started his second straight game at wide receiver...finished with two receptions for 31 yards, a team-high 15.5 yards a catch...also had his first run of the season, a three-yard gain on a reverse...9/26 vs. Seattle: Finished with two catches for 18 yards...also was credited with a special teams tackle and a tackle on an interception...10/3 vs. Jack-sonville: Caught two passes for 19 yards...10/10 at Buffalo: Finished with a team high six receptions for 67 yards and a TD...scored the team’s first offensive TD in two games...10/17 at Cincinnati: Had three receptions for 18 yards...10/25 vs. Atlanta: Tied two other players—Courtney Hawkins and Will Black-
well—for team lead with three receptions in Monday night game...totaled 28 receiving yards...11/7 at San Francisco: Finished with four catches for 31 yards...leaped over a defender to score a 13-yard TD...11/14 vs. Cleveland: Collected a team-high four receptions for 39 yards...11/21 at Tennessee: Finished with three catches for 20 yards...also registered one spe-cial teams tackle...11/28 vs. Cincinnati: Set then career single-game highs for receptions and receiving yardage...caught seven passes, tying Troy Edwards for team honors, for a team-high 89 yards...scored his fourth TD reception of the season to lead the team in that category...also made a possible touchdown-saving tackle on a kickoff return by Tremain Mack...12/2 at Jacksonville: Tied Bobby Shaw for team honors with four receptions for 35 yards, including a long of 25 yards...12/12 vs. Baltimore: Caught three passes for 43 yards, including a 21-yard TD pass from Jerome Bet-tis...averaged 14.3 yards per reception...12/18 at Kan-sas City: Finished with four receptions for 41 yards, including a long of 17...reached the 50-reception mark for the season...12/26 vs. Carolina: Led the team with five receptions for 40 yards and a touchdown...also had one punt return for two yards...1/2 vs. Tennessee: Fin-ished with six catches for 68 yards and one TD despite suffering a fracture in his lower back in the first half...returned one kickoff for 24 yards.
1998 (16-0): Finished the season with 15 catches for 246 yards...averaged a team-high 16.4 yards a re-ception...also had one carry for 13 yards and completed a pass to Kordell Stewart for 17 yards...registered 28 total special teams tackles, which ranked second on the team (one shy of leader John Fiala’s 29)...was cred-ited with four downed punts inside the 10-yard line and two saved punts inside the 20 (one at the one-yard line)...9/6 at Baltimore: Had the first reception of his career in the season opener, a 12-yard pass from Kordell Stewart...9/13 vs. Chicago: Shined on spe-cial teams, registering three solo tackles...did not have any receptions...9/20 at Miami: Produced one of the few offensive bright spots with a nifty pass-and-catch for 18 yards...had one special teams tackle...9/27 vs. Seattle: Was brilliant on special teams and tied Donta Jones with a team-high two solo special teams tack-les...10/11 at Cincinnati: Produced another strong special teams performance...was credited with two special teams tackles...also made an excellent play by downing a fourth-quarter Josh Miller punt at the Cincinnati one-yard line that ultimately led to a Steel-ers’ go-ahead field goal late in the game...10/26 at Kansas City: Displayed a glimpse of his vast talents,
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throwing a pass to Stewart for a 17-yard gain and a first down that eventually led to a field goal...also registered one solo special teams tackle...lined up on several four-receiver sets...11/9 vs. Green Bay: Had the best day at that point of his rookie season on offense, catching two passes for 56 yards...had a spectacular catch-and-run covering 45 yards late in the second quarter that led to a touchdown...made a key block on Stewart’s 30-yard run in the first quarter that set up a Steelers’ touchdown...also had five special teams tackles (three solo)...11/15 at Tennessee: Had a productive day as a receiver and on the special teams...caught two passes for 21 yards...registered two special teams tackles...nailed Tennessee punter Craig Hentrich for a one-yard loss on a fake punt attempt...11/22 vs. Jacksonville: Finished with two catches for 26 yards...also was cred-ited with one special teams tackle...11/26 at Detroit: Played well on special teams and as a receiver in the Thanksgiving Day matchup...led the team with four to-tal special teams tackles, including two solo tackles...also had two receptions for 35 yards, including a long play of 25 yards...12/6 vs. New England: Collected two receptions for 19 yards...had another strong game on special teams, finishing with three special teams tackles (two solo)...12/13 at Tampa Bay: Had an out-standing leaping catch, his only one of the game, for 18 yards...12/20 vs. Cincinnati: Had one reception for 17 yards...ran one reverse for 13 yards, his first carry of the season...made a sensational play on a punt, keep-ing the ball out of the end zone in the second quarter and downing it at the two-yard line that helped lead to a Steelers’ touchdown when Carnell Lake returned an in-terception 27 yards for the score...12/28 at Jackson-ville: Had one catch for 24 yards in the season finale.
COLLEGE Finished his career ranked sec-ond in school history with 144
receptions...had 1,965 career receiving yards to rank third in team history...gained 3,870 all-purpose yards, second only to Herschel Walker (5,749)...was a 1997 All-American choice by The Poor Man’s Guide to the nFL Draft...earned bachelor’s degree in consumer econom-ics. 1997: Earned All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors as a senior...led team with 55 receptions for 715 yards and six touchdowns...had 12 receptions for 154 yards against Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl. 1996: Was an Academic All-SEC pick...caught 52 passes for 900 yards (17.3 avg.) and five touchdowns...gained 170 yards on 26 carries, returned five punts for 47 yards and 13 kickoffs for 234 yards...named SEC Offen-sive Player of the Week after catching nine passes for 175 yards and a score. 1995: Started first two games at flanker before moving to tailback for the third game, to quarterback for the fourth game, back to tailback for the seventh game, and then returned to quarterback for the final three games. 1994: Selected to the All-SEC Freshman team by the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
PERSONAL Earned All-American honors from SuperPrep, Blue Chip Il-
lustrated & USA Today, and added All-State & Super Southern Top 100 honors at Forest Park (Ga.) High...was a two-time Clayton County Offensive Player of the Year...rushed for 1,111 yards and 14 touchdowns and completed 122-of-204 passes for 1,575 yards and 14 scores as a quarterback during his senior season...threw for 3,581 yards and 38 scores and rushed for 2,500 yards and 29 touchdowns during his three-year career...lives in Forest Park, Ga...son of Young Ward...Full name: Hines Ward Jr.
Ward’s Multiple-TD Games (14)Date Opponent No Yds Avg Lg tD9/15/02 OAKLAnD 7 92 13.1 34 t 210/21/02 InDIAnAPOLIS 5 76 15.2 31 211/17/02 at Tennessee 10 168 16.8 72 t 21/11/03 * at Tennessee 7 82 11.7 21 t 29/7/03 BALTIMORE 9 91 10.1 28 t 210/26/03 ST. LOUIS 5 90 18.0 45 211/9/03 ARIZOnA 6 64 10.7 22 t 211/7/04 % PHILADELPHIA 2 32 16.0 20 t 2 9/18/05 at Houston 6 84 14.0 21 29/25/05 nEW EnGLAnD 4 110 27.5 85 t 212/4/05 CInCInnATI 9 135 15.0 31 210/22/06 at Atlanta 8 171 21.4 70t 310/28/07 at Cincinnati 8 88 11.0 21t 212/2/07 Cincinnati 11 90 8.2 19 2* overtime% 1 rushing TD on 1 carry for 16 yards
Ward’s single-Game Highs
REGULAR sEAsONReceptions 13 (11/30/03 vs. Cincinnati)Yards Receiving 171 (10/22/06 at Atlanta)Longest Reception 85t (9/25/05 vs. new England)TDs Receiving 3 (10/22/06 at Atlanta)100-yards Receiving 16 (Last: 11/5/06 vs. Denver)Longest KO Return 57 (9/17/00 at Cleveland)POsTsEAsONReceptions 11 (1/5/03 vs. Cleveland)Yards Receiving 135 (1/5/08 vs. Jacksonville)Longest Reception 45 (2/5/06 vs. Seattle*)TDs Receiving 2 (1/11/03 at Tennessee)100-yards Receiving 4 (Last: 1/5/08 vs. Jacksonville)* Game played in Detroit (Super Bowl XL)
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1998 sEAsON – NONE1999 sEAsON – sEvEN TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 12 at Cleveland 1 Mike TomczakOct. 10 at Buffalo 12 Kordell Stewartnov. 7 at San Francisco 13 Kordell Stewartnov. 28 Cincinnati 34 Mike TomczakDec. 12 Baltimore 21 Jerome BettisDec. 26 Carolina 9 Mike TomczakJan. 2 Tennessee 15 Mike Tomczak2000 sEAsON – FOUR TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackOct. 15 Cincinnati 77 Kent GrahamOct. 29 at Baltimore 45 Kordell Stewartnov. 19 Jacksonville 32 Kordell Stewartnov. 26 at Cincinnati 34 Kordell Stewart2001 sEAsON – FOUR TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackOct. 14 at Kansas City 5 Kordell StewartOct. 29 Tennessee 3 Kordell Stewartnov. 18 Jacksonville 28 Kordell StewartDec. 23 Detroit 5 Kordell Stewart2002 sEAsON – TWELvE TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 9 at new England 13 Kordell StewartSept. 15 Oakland 34 Kordell Stewart 5 Kordell StewartOct. 6 at new Orleans 2 Tommy MaddoxOct. 21 Indianapolis 17 Tommy Maddox 14 Tommy Maddoxnov. 3 at Cleveland 20 Tommy Maddoxnov. 10 Atlanta 5 Tommy Maddoxnov. 17 at Tennessee 72 Tommy Maddox 4 Kordell Stewartnov. 24 Cincinnati 64 Kordell StewartDec. 29 Baltimore 23 Tommy Maddox2003 sEAsON – TEN TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 7 Baltimore 4 Tommy Maddox 28 Tommy MaddoxSept. 21 at Cincinnati 7 Tommy MaddoxOct. 26 St. Louis 9 Tommy Maddox 22 Tommy Maddox
nov. 2 at Seattle 2 Tommy Maddoxnov. 9 Arizona 5 Tommy Maddox 5 Tommy Maddoxnov. 30 Cincinnati 16 Tommy MaddoxDec. 21 San Diego 20 Tommy Maddox2004 sEAsON – FOUR TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 19 at Baltimore 12 Ben RoethlisbergerSept. 26 at Miami 7 Ben Roethlisbergernov. 7 Philadelphia 20 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 5 at Jacksonville 37 Ben Roethlisberger2005 sEAsON – ELEvEN TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 18 at Houston 16 Ben Roethlisberger 14 Ben RoethlisbergerSept. 25 new England 85 Ben Roethlisberger 4 Ben RoethlisbergerOct. 23 at Cincinnati 4 Ben Roethlisbergernov. 13 Cleveland 51 Antwaan Randle Elnov. 28 at Indianapolis 12 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 4 Cincinnati 20 Ben Roethlisberger 5 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 11 Chicago 14 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 24 at Cleveland 7 Ben Roethlisberger* Through 2005 regular-season2006 sEAsON – sIX TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 7 Miami 7 Charlie BatchOct. 15 Kansas City 13 Ben RoethlisbergerOct. 22 at Atlanta 11 Ben Roethlisberger 70 Charlie Batch 17 Charlie Batchnov. 12 new Orleans 37 Ben Roethlisberger2007 sEAsON – sEvEN TOUCHDOWNsDate Opponent Yards QuarterbackSept. 9 at Cleveland 5 Ben RoethlisbergerOct. 28 at Cincinnati 21 Ben Roethlisberger 6 Ben Roethlisbergernov. 11 Cleveland 12 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 2 Cincinnati 2 Ben Roethlisberger 7 Ben RoethlisbergerDec. 16 Jacksonville 11 Ben Roethlisberger
Ward’s Top Five
REGULAR sEAsONRECEIvING yARDs171 at Atlanta, 10/22/06 (8 rec., 3 TDs)168 at Tennessee, 11/17/02 (10 rec., 2 TDs)151 at Baltimore, 9/19/04 (6 rec., 1 TD)149 Cincinnati, 11/30/03 (13 rec., 1 TD)146 at Kansas City, 9/14/03 (9 rec., 0 TDs)RECEPTIONs13 Cincinnati, 11/30/03 (149 yds., 1 TD)11 Atlanta, 11/10/02 (139 yds., 1 TD) Cincinnati, 12/2/07 (90 yds. 2 TDs)10 at Tennessee, 11/17/02 (168 yds., 2 TDs) new York Jets, 12/9/01 (124 yds., 0 TDs)LONGEsT RECEPTIONs85t new England, 9/25/0577t Cincinnati, 10/15/0072t at Tennessee, 11/17/0270t at Atlanta, 10/22/0664t Cincinnati, 11/24/02
Ward’s Top Three
POsTsEAsONRECEIvING yARDs135 vs. Jacksonville, 1/5/08 (10 rec., 0 TDs) 123 vs. Seattle, 2/5/06 (5 rec., 1 TD)109 new England, 1/23/05 (5 rec., 1 TD)RECEPTIONs11 Cleveland, 1/5/03 (104 yds., 1 TD)10 new York Jets, 1/15/05 (105 yds., 1 TD) Jacksonville, 1/5/08 (135 yds., 0 TDs)LONGEsT RECEPTIONs45 at Indianapolis, 1/15/0643t vs. Seattle, 2/5/0633 Jacksonville, 1/5/08
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Ward’s 100-yard Receiving Games (21)
REGULAR sEAsON – 16Date Opponent W-L rec.-Yds. Avg. Lg. tD11/18/01 Jacksonville W 9-112 12.4 28t 112/9/01 new York Jets W 10-124 12.4 29 09/29/02 Cleveland W 9-104 11.6 29 011/10/02 Atlanta T 11-139 12.6 30 111/17/02 at Tennessee L 10-168 16.8 72t 211/24/02 Cincinnati W 5-125 25.0 64t 19/14/03 at Kansas City L 9-146 16.2 50 011/30/03 Cincinnati L 13-149 11.5 22 19/19/04 at Baltimore L 6-151 25.2 58 112/18/04 at new York Giants W 9-134 14.9 40 09/25/05 new England L 4-110 27.5 85t 2
11/13/05 Cleveland W 8-124 15.5 51t 112/4/05 Cincinnati L 9-135 15.0 31 212/24/05 at Cleveland W 7-105 15.0 32 110/22/06 at Atlanta L 8-171 21.4 70t 311/5/06 Denver L 7-127 18.1 63 0POsTsEAsON – 51/5/03 Cleveland W 11-104 9.5 19 11/15/05 new York Jets W 10-105 10.5 18 11/23/05 new England L 5-109 21.8 30t 12/5/06 vs. Seattle W 5-123 24.6 43t 11/5/08 Jacksonville L 10-135 13.5 33 0
Ward’s 2007 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/9 at Cleveland 1 1 3 51 17.0 24 1 0 0 0.0 0 09/16 BUFFALO 1 1 5 55 11.0 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/23 SAn FRAnCISCO 1 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 1 7 7.0 7 09/30 at Arizona I N A C T I V E
10/7 SEATTLE I N A C T I V E
10/21 at Denver 1 1 7 78 11.1 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 010/28 at Cincinnati 1 1 8 88 11.0 21 2 0 0 0.0 0 011/5 BALTIMORE 1 1 4 28 7.0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 011/11 CLEVELAnD 1 1 7 80 11.4 19 1 0 0 0.0 0 011/18 at new York Jets 1 1 2 47 23.5 25 0 0 0 0.0 0 011/26 MIAMI 1 1 9 88 9.8 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 012/2 CInCInnATI 1 1 11 90 8.2 19 2 0 0 0.0 0 012/9 at new England 1 1 5 39 7.8 13 0 1 0 0.0 0 012/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 3 27 9.0 11 1 1 4 4.0 4 012/20 at St. Louis 1 1 6 59 9.8 19 0 0 0 0.0 0 012/30 at Baltimore I N A C T I V E
sEAsON tOtALs 13 13 71 732 10.3 25 7 3 11 3.7 7 0POsTsEAsON 1/5 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 10 135 13.5 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 1 1 10 135 13.5 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ward’s 2006 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/7 MIAMI 1 1 5 53 10.6 19 1 0 0 0.0 — 09/18 at Jacksonville 1 1 2 29 14.5 18 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/24 CInCInnATI 1 1 2 17 8.5 11 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/8 at San Diego 1 1 4 49 12.3 24 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/15 KAnSAS CITY 1 1 5 59 11.8 28 1 0 0 0.0 — 010/22 at Atlanta 1 1 8 171 21.4 70t 3 0 0 0.0 — 010/29 at Oakland 1 1 8 81 10.1 27 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/5 DEnVER 1 1 7 127 18.1 63 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/12 nEW ORLEAnS 1 1 5 86 17.2 37t 1 0 0 0.0 — 011/19 at Cleveland 1 1 7 81 11.6 23 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/26 at Baltimore 1 1 4 33 8.3 12 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/3 TAMPA BAY I N A C T I V E I N A C T I V E
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12/17 at Carolina 1 1 4 59 14.8 21 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/24 BALTIMORE 1 1 8 79 9.9 17 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/31 at Cincinnati 1 1 5 51 10.2 17 0 1 9 9.0 9 0sEAsON tOtALs 14 14 74 975 13.2 70t 6 1 9 9.0 9 0
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10/23 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 35 11.7 18 1 1 4 4.0 4 010/31 BALTIMORE 1 1 8 75 9.4 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/6 at Green Bay 1 1 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/13 CLEVELAnD 1 1 8 124 15.5 51t 1 0 0 0.0 — 011/20 at Baltimore 1 1 6 81 13.5 32 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/28 at Indianapolis 1 1 3 28 9.3 12t 1 0 0 0.0 — 012/4 CInCInnATI 1 1 9 135 15.0 31 2 1 7 7.0 7 012/11 CHICAGO 1 1 3 27 9.0 14t 1 0 0 0.0 — 012/18 at Minnesota 1 1 2 11 5.5 11 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/24 at Cleveland 1 1 7 105 15.0 32 1 0 0 0.0 — 01/1 DETROIT 1 1 1 40 40.0 40 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 15 15 69 975 14.1 85t 11 3 10 3.3 7 0POsTsEAsON 1/8 at Cincinnati 1 1 2 10 5.0 5t 1 0 0 0.0 — 01/15 at Indianapolis 1 1 3 68 22.7 45 0 0 0 0.0 — 01/23 at Denver 1 1 5 59 11.8 21 1 1 4 4.0 4 02/5 SEATTLE 1 1 5 123 24.6 43t 1 1 18 18.0 18 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 4 4 15 260 17.3 45 3 2 22 11.0 18 0
Ward’s 2004 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/12 OAKLAnD 1 1 7 99 14.1 39 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/19 at Baltimore 1 1 6 151 25.2 58 1 0 0 0.0 — 09/26 at Miami 1 1 9 96 10.7 24 1 0 0 0.0 — 010/3 CInCInnATI 1 1 6 48 8.0 10 0 1 10 10.0 10 010/10 CLEVELAnD 1 1 6 61 10.2 16 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/17 at Dallas 1 1 9 76 8.4 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/31 nEW EnGLAnD 1 1 6 58 9.7 21 0 1 11 11.0 11 011/7 PHILADELPHIA 1 1 2 32 16.0 20t 1 1 16 16.0 16t 111/14 at Cleveland 1 1 3 42 14.0 22 0 2 -7 -3.5 0 011/21 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 15 5.0 6 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/28 WASHInGTOn 1 1 3 42 14.0 17 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/5 at Jacksonville 1 1 4 80 20.0 37t 1 1 0 0.0 — 012/12 nEW YORK JETS 1 1 2 38 19.0 26 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/18 at new York Giants 1 1 9 134 14.9 40 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/26 BALTIMORE 1 1 3 21 7.0 8 0 1 -5 -5.0 -5 01/2 at Buffalo 1 1 2 11 5.5 6 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 16 80 1,004 12.6 58 4 7 25 3.6 16t 1POsTsEAsON1/15 nEW YORK JETS 1 1 10 105 10.5 18 1 0 0 0.0 — 01/23 nEW EnGLAnD 1 1 5 109 21.8 30t 1 0 0 0.0 — 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 2 2 15 214 14.3 30t 2 0 0 0.0 — 0
Ward’s 2003 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/7 BALTIMORE 1 1 9 91 10.1 28t 2 0 0 0.0 0 09/14 at Kansas City 1 1 9 146 16.2 50 0 1 5 5.0 5 09/21 at Cincinnati 1 1 4 48 12.0 23 1 0 0 0.0 — 09/28 TEnnESSEE 1 1 9 76 8.4 24 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/5 CLEVELAnD 1 1 2 55 27.5 30 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/12 at Denver 1 1 8 81 10.1 19 0 2 9 4.5 12 010/26 ST. LOUIS 1 1 5 90 18.0 45 2 1 3 3.0 3 011/2 at Seattle 1 1 8 66 8.3 14 1 3 14 4.7 11 011/9 ARIZOnA 1 1 6 64 10.7 22t 2 0 0 0.0 — 011/17 at San Francisco 1 1 4 44 11.0 27 0 1 -2 -2.0 -2 011/23 at Cleveland 1 1 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/30 CInCInnATI 1 1 13 149 11.5 22 1 0 0 0.0 — 0
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RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD12/7 OAKLAnD 1 1 4 67 16.8 38 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/14 at new York Jets 1 1 5 68 13.6 25 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/21 SAn DIEGO 1 1 6 94 15.7 28 1 3 32 10.7 25 012/28 at Baltimore 1 1 2 11 5.5 7 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 16 95 1,163 12.2 50 10 11 61 5.5 25 0
Ward’s 2002 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/9 at new England 1 1 8 90 11.3 17 1 0 0 0.0 — 09/15 OAKLAnD 1 1 7 92 13.1 34t 2 1 -1 -1.0 -1 09/29 CLEVELAnD 1 1 9 104 11.6 29 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/6 at new Orleans 1 1 5 45 9.0 21 1 1 11 11.0 11 010/13 at Cincinnati 1 1 4 24 6.0 12 0 1 20 20.0 20 010/21 InDIAnAPOLIS 1 1 5 76 15.2 31 2 1 8 8.0 8 010/27 at Baltimore 1 1 8 97 12.1 20 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/3 at Cleveland 1 1 9 79 8.8 12 1 1 8 8.0 8 011/10 ATLAnTA 1 1 11 139 12.6 30 1 1 29 29.0 29 011/17 at Tennessee 1 1 10 168 16.8 72t 2 0 0 0.0 — 011/24 CInCInnATI 1 1 5 125 25.0 64t 1 1 39 39.0 39 012/1 at Jacksonville 1 1 8 51 6.4 12 0 2 19 9.5 15 012/8 HOUSTOn 1 1 9 76 8.4 17 0 2 7 3.5 7 012/15 CAROLInA 1 1 3 39 13.0 27 0 1 2 2.0 2 012/23 at Tampa Bay 1 1 6 78 13.0 22 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/29 BALTIMORE 1 1 5 46 9.2 23t 1 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 16 112 1,329 11.9 72t 12 12 142 11.8 39 0POsTsEAsON1/5 CLEVELAnD 1 1 11 104 9.5 19 1 1 4 4.0 4 01/11 at Tennessee 1 1 7 82 11.7 21t 2 2 1 0.5 1 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 2 2 18 186 10.3 21t 3 3 5 1.7 4 0
Ward’s 2001 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/9 at Jacksonville 1 1 7 82 11.7 34 0 1 1 1.0 1 09/30 at Buffalo 1 1 9 79 8.8 17 0 1 0 0.0 0 010/7 CInCInnATI 1 1 8 68 8.5 24 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/14 at Kansas City 1 1 4 38 9.5 14 1 0 0 0.0 — 010/21 at Tampa Bay 1 1 3 44 14.7 22 0 1 9 9.0 9 010/29 TEnnESSEE 1 1 2 20 10.0 17 1 1 36 36.0 36 011/4 BALTIMORE 1 1 9 97 10.8 19 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/11 at Cleveland 1 1 8 55 6.9 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/18 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 9 112 12.4 28t 1 1 3 3.0 3 011/25 at Tennessee 1 1 7 99 14.1 23 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/2 MInnESOTA 1 1 3 37 12.3 19 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/9 nEW YORK JETS 1 1 10 124 12.4 29 0 3 14 4.7 10 012/16 at Baltimore 1 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 1 6 6.0 6 012/23 DETROIT 1 1 7 67 9.6 25 1 0 0 0.0 — 012/30 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 42 14.0 30 0 1 14 14.0 14 01/6 CLEVELAnD 1 1 4 32 8.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 16 94 1,003 10.7 34 4 10 83 8.3 36 0POsTsEAsON1/20 BALTIMORE 1 1 3 37 12.3 20 0 1 6 6.0 6 01/27 nEW EnGLAnD 1 1 6 64 10.7 24 0 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 2 2 9 101 11.2 24 0 2 4 2.0 6 0
Ward’s 2000 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/3 BALTIMORE 1 0 2 20 10.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/17 at Cleveland 1 1 5 75 15.0 31 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/24 TEnnESSEE 1 1 5 59 11.8 17 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/1 at Jacksonville 1 1 2 23 11.5 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 0
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RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD10/8 at new York Jets 1 1 2 18 9.0 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/15 CInCInnATI 1 1 2 91 45.5 77t 1 0 0 0.0 — 010/22 CLEVELAnD 1 1 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/29 at Baltimore 1 1 2 55 27.5 45t 1 0 0 0.0 — 011/5 at Tennessee 1 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/12 PHILADELPHIA 1 1 2 22 11.0 14 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/19 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 3 60 20.0 32t 1 0 0 0.0 — 011/26 at Cincinnati 1 1 4 70 17.5 34t 1 2 38 19.0 23 012/3 OAKLAnD 1 1 4 36 9.0 16 0 1 3 3.0 3 012/10 at new York Giants 1 1 6 64 10.7 23 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/16 WASHInGTOn 1 1 3 31 10.3 13 0 1 12 12.0 12 012/24 at San Diego 1 1 4 36 9.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 15 48 672 14.0 77t 4 4 53 13.3 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNs PUNT RETURNsDate Opponent No Yds Avg Lg tD No Yds Avg Lg tD9/3 BALTIMORE 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/17 at Cleveland 1 57 57.0 57 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/24 TEnnESSEE 3 69 23.0 31 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/1 at Jacksonville 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/8 at new York Jets 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/15 CInCInnATI 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/22 CLEVELAnD 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/29 at Baltimore 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/5 at Tennessee 0 -10 -10.0 -10 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/12 PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/19 JACKSOnVILLE 2 47 23.5 26 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/26 at Cincinnati 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/3 OAKLAnD 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/10 at new York Giants 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/16 WASHInGTOn 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/24 at San Diego 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 7 186 26.6 57 0 0 0 0.0 — 0
Ward’s 1999 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/12 at Cleveland 1 1 3 51 17.0 42 1 0 0 0.0 — 09/19 at Baltimore 1 1 2 31 15.5 22 0 1 3 3.0 3 09/26 SEATTLE 1 1 2 18 9.0 10 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/3 JACKSOnVILLE 1 1 2 19 9.5 11 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/10 at Buffalo 1 1 6 67 11.2 24 1 1 -5 -5.0 -5 010/17 at Cincinnati 1 1 3 18 6.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/25 ATLAnTA 1 1 3 28 9.3 15 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/7 at San Francisco 1 1 4 31 7.8 13t 1 0 0 0.0 — 011/14 CLEVELAnD 1 1 4 39 9.8 13 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/21 at Tennessee 1 0 3 20 6.7 9 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/28 CInCInnATI 1 1 7 89 12.7 34t 1 0 0 0.0 — 012/2 at Jacksonville 1 1 4 35 8.8 25 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/12 BALTIMORE 1 1 3 43 14.3 21t 1 0 0 0.0 — 012/18 at Kansas City 1 0 4 41 10.3 17 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/26 CAROLInA 1 1 5 40 8.0 12 1 0 0 0.0 — 01/2 TEnnESSEE 1 1 6 68 11.3 15t 1 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtAs 16 14 61 638 10.5 42 7 2 -2 -1.0 3 0 KICKOFF RETURNs PUNT RETURNsDate Opponent No Yds Avg Lg tD No Yds Avg Lg tD9/12 at Cleveland 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/19 at Baltimore 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/26 SEATTLE 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/3 JACKSOnVILLE 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/10 at Buffalo 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/17 at Cincinnati 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/25 ATLAnTA 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/7 at San Francisco 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 0
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RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD11/14 CLEVELAnD 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/21 at Tennessee 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/28 CInCInnATI 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/2 at Jacksonville 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/12 BALTIMORE 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/18 at Kansas City 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/26 CAROLInA 0 0 0.0 — 0 1 2 2.0 2 01/2 TEnnESSEE 1 24 24.0 24 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 1 24 24.0 24 0 1 2 2.0 2 0
Ward’s 1998 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/6 at Baltimore 1 0 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/13 CHICAGO 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/20 at Miami 1 0 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0 0.0 — 09/27 SEATTLE 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/11 at Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/18 BALTIMORE 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/26 at Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/1 TEnnESSEE 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/9 GREEn BAY 1 0 2 56 28.0 45 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/15 at Tennessee 1 0 2 21 10.5 11 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/22 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 2 26 13.0 19 0 0 0 0.0 — 011/26 at Detroit 1 0 2 35 17.5 25 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/6 nEW EnGLAnD 1 0 2 19 9.5 10 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/13 at Tampa Bay 1 0 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0 0.0 — 012/20 CInCInnATI 1 0 1 17 17.0 17 0 1 13 13.0 13 012/28 at Jacksonville 1 0 1 24 24.0 24 0 0 0 0.0 — 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 0 15 246 16.4 45 0 1 13 13.0 13 0
Ward’s Career statisticsREGULAR sEAsON RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD1998 Pittsburgh 16 0 15 246 16.4 45 0 1 13 13.0 13 01999 Pittsburgh 16 14 61 638 10.5 42 7 2 -2 -1.0 3 02000 Pittsburgh 16 15 48 672 14.5 77t 4 4 53 13.3 23 02001 Pittsburgh 16 16 94 1,003 10.7 34 4 10 83 8.3 36 02002 Pittsburgh 16 16 112 1,329 11.9 72t 12 12 142 11.8 39 02003 Pittsburgh 16 16 95 1,163 12.2 50 10 11 61 5.5 25 02004 Pittsburgh 16 16 80 1,004 12.6 58 4 7 25 3.6 16t 12005 Pittsburgh 15 15 69 975 14.1 85t 11 3 10 3.3 7 02006 Pittsburgh 14 14 74 975 13.2 70t 6 1 9 9.0 9 02007 Pittsburgh 13 13 71 732 10.3 25 7 2 7 3.5 7 0NFL totals 154 135 719 8,737 12.2 85t 65 55 426 7.7 39 1 KICKOFF RETURNs PUNT RETURNsYear team No Yds Avg Lg tD No Yds Avg Lg tD1999 Pittsburgh 1 24 24.0 24 0 1 2 2.0 2 02000 Pittsburgh 7 186 26.6 57 0 0 0 0.0 — 0NFL totals 8 210 26.3 57 0 1 2 2.0 2 0special teams tackles (42): 28 in 1998, 5 in 1999, 9 in 2000. Additional statistics: Threw one pass and completed it for 17 yards in 1999. Threw one incomplete pass and was sacked once for three
yards in 2001. Fumbles – Lost (7-3): 0-0 in 1998, 1-0 in 1999, 2-0 in 2000, 1-1 in 2001, 1-1 in 2002, 0-0 in 2003, 1-0 in 2004, 1-1 in 2005.
POsTsEAsON RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD2001 Pittsburgh 2 2 9 101 11.2 24 0 2 4 2.0 6 02002 Pittsburgh 2 2 18 186 10.3 21t 3 3 5 1.7 4 02004 Pittsburgh 2 2 15 214 14.3 30t 2 0 0 0.0 — 02005 Pittsburgh 4 4 15 260 17.3 45 3 2 22 11.0 18 02007 Pittsburgh 1 1 10 135 13.5 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0NFL totals 11 11 67 896 13.4 45 8 7 31 4.4 18 0
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Ward’s Career Passing TotalsYear team Att Comp Pct Yds tD iNt Lg sack/Lost rating1998 Pittsburgh 1 1 1.000 17 0 0 17 0/0 118.81999 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02000 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02001 Pittsburgh 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 1/3 39.62002 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02003 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02004 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02005 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02006 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.02007 Pittsburgh 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0.0NFL totals 1 2 50.0 17 0 0 17 1/3 79.2
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PRO(48-0/5-0): Signed as a free agent long snapper by the Steelers in 2005...
entered training camp and made the active roster after the team released veteran long snapper Mike Schneck in the preseason....signed a three-year contract during the 2008 offseason to keep him with the team through 2010.
2007 (16-0/1-0): Appeared in all 16 games and the playoff loss to Jacksonville as the LS...recorded four tackles on special teams...9/9 at Cleveland: Handled the long snapping duties...9/16 vs. Buf-falo: Handled all of the long snapping duties...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Took care of the long snapping duties...9/30 at Arizona: Took care of the long snap-ping duties...10/7 vs. Seattle: Handled all of the long snapping duties...10/21 at Denver: Handled all of the long snapping duties...10/28 at Cincinnati: Took care of the long snapping duties...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Handled all of the long snapping duties...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Took care of all of the long snapping du-ties and managed one special teams tackle...11/18 at New York Jets: Handled all of the long snapping duties...11/26 vs. Miami: Took care of all of the long snapping duties...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Took care of all the long snapping duties...12/9 at New England: Handled all of the long snapping duties...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Handled all of the long snapping duties
and finished with one special teams tackle...12/20 at St. Louis: Took care of all the long snapping du-ties...12/30 at Baltimore: Handled all long snapping duties...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Took care of all long snapping duties, while playing in his fifth consecutive postseason game and registered two special teams tackles.
2006 (16-0): Served as the team’s long snapper in all 16 games...9/7 vs. Miami: Played as the team’s long snapper...9/18 at Jacksonville: Played game as team’s long snapper...9/24 vs. Cincinnati: Played as the team’s long snapper...10/8 at San Diego: Saw ac-tion as team’s long snapper...10/15 vs. Kansas City: Played as team’s long snapper...10/22 at Atlanta: Played as team’s long snapper...10/29 at Oakland: Played as team’s long snapper...recorded a special teams assisted tackle...11/5 vs. Denver: Played as team’s long snapper...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Played as team’s long snapper...11/19 at Cleveland: Saw ac-tion as team’s long snapper...11/26 at Baltimore: Played as team’s long snapper...12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Saw action as team’s long snapper...12/7 vs. Cleveland: Played as team’s long snapper...12/17 at Carolina: Played as team’s long snapper and recorded one solo special teams tackle...12/24 vs. Baltimore: Played as team’s long snapper...collected one solo spe-cial teams tackle...12/31 at Cincinnati: Saw action as team’s long snapper.
HEIGHT — 6-3 WEIGHT — 252 COLLEGE — north CarolinaBIRTHDATE — October 18, 1981
BIRTHPLACE — Mount Olive, n.C.HOW ACQUIRED — FA-’05NFL EXPERIENCE — 4th Year
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2005 (16-0/4-0): Served as the team’s long snap-per in his first season...played in all 16 regular-sea-son games and all four postseason games...special teams unit did not have a muffed punt or snap the en-tire season...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Played as team’s long snapper...9/18 at Houston: Played as team’s long snapper...9/25 vs. New England: Played as team’s long snapper...recorded a special teams as-sist...10/10 at San Diego: Played as the team’s long snapper...10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played as the team’s long snapper and recorded a special teams assisted tackle...10/23 at Cincinnati: Played as the team’s long snapper...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Served as the team’s long snapper...11/6 at Green Bay: Played as the team’s long snapper and recorded one special teams solo tackle...11/13 vs. Cleveland: Played as the team’s long snapper...11/20 at Bal-timore: Played as team’s long snapper...11/28 at Indianapolis: Served as the team’s long snapper and recorded one special teams solo tackle...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Played as the team’s long snap-per...12/11 vs. Chicago: Served as the team’s long snapper...recorded one solo special teams tackle...12/18 at Minnesota: Played as team’s long snapper...12/24 at Cleveland: Served as team’s long snapper...1/1 vs. Detroit: Played as team’s long snapper...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincin-nati: Played as team’s long snapper...AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapolis: Played as team’s long snapper...AFC Championship Game 1/22 at Den-
ver: Played as team’s long snapper...Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Seattle: Served as team’s long snapper.
COLLEGE Joined the team as a walk-on in 2000, but was awarded a scholar-
ship in 2003...holds the UnC long jump (9’-3.5”), squat (500 lbs.), power clean (364) and bench press (360) records for specialists...earned “Elite Ram” status in the weight room...team co-captain. 2004: Played in every game and did not have a bad snap all season...won the Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award. 2003: Han-dled all the deep snapping duties for the third consecu-tive season...played in all 12 games...played on 108 snaps...had four tackles on special teams. 2002: Han-dled all deep snapping duties...played in all 12 games...played 95 snaps...made three special teams tackles. 2001: Handled all deep snapping duties...played in all 13 games, including the Peach Bowl...played 119 snaps...majored in exercise and sports science.
PERSONAL Played four years of football and three years of track and
field at Southern Wayne High School in Dudley, n.C...started for two years at center and deep snapper...com-peted in the shot put in track and field...All-Conference honorable mention in football as a senior...All-Conference honorable mention in the shot put...national Honor Soci-ety member...is the son of Bob and Debra Warren...has one younger brother, Michael...Full name: Gregory Robert Warren.
Special Teams Tackles (12): 4 in 2005, 4 in ’06 and 4 in ’07.
PRO(32-6/4-0): Made the team as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2005...
has made six starts over the past two seasons.
2007 (16-4/1-0): Played in all 16 games, starting four of them, and played in the AFC Wild Card Game against Jacksonville...had 29 receptions for 450 yards (15.5 avg.) and a career-high five touchdowns...tied a career-high with four receptions for 56 yards (14.0 avg.) in Week 10 against Cleveland...set a career-high
with two touchdown receptions in Week 9 win over Baltimore, then matched that in Week 16 win over St. Louis...had one reception for eight yards in the playoff loss to Jacksonville... 9/9 at Cleveland: Saw action, but did not register a catch...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Saw ac-tion at WR and registered his first catch of the season...had three catches for 60 yards (20.0 avg.) with a long of 30...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Saw extensive action at WR, but failed to register a catch...9/30 at Arizona: Saw extensive action at WR and managed to bring in
HEIGHT — 6-1WEIGHT — 185COLLEGE — TiffinBIRTHDATE — August 28, 1983
BIRTHPLACE — Toledo, OhioHOW ACQUIRED — FA-’05NFL EXPERIENCE — 4th Year
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two catches for 18 yards (9.0 avg.)...10/7 vs. Seattle: Had his second start of the season at WR due to inju-ries to Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes...had three receptions for 26 yards (8.7 avg.) including a long of 14...10/21 at Denver: Saw extensive time at WR and had one reception for 40 yards...reached 750 career receiving yards with 44 catches (17.0 avg.)...10/28 at Cincinnati: Saw action in his 23rd consecutive game but did not register a catch...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Fin-ished with three catches for 51 yards (17.0 avg.) with two TDs...had a 30-yard TD reception from Roethlisberg-er early in the second quarter to put Pittsburgh ahead 21-0...caught a seven-yard TD from Roethlisberger late in the second quarter for his first multi-TD game of his career...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Saw extensive playing time at WR...finished with four catches for 56 yards (14.0 avg.), including a long of 18 yards...11/18 at New York Jets: Saw extensive action in his 26th con-secutive game at WR...did not register a catch...11/26 vs. Miami: Made his second start of the season and the third of his career in place of the injured Santonio Holmes...finished with one catch for six yards and one rush for no yards...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Made his third start of the season and the fourth of his career in place of the injured Holmes...caught two passes for 16 yards (8.0 avg.)...12/9 at New England: Saw ac-tion at WR in his 29th consecutive game...finished with two catches for 29 yards (14.5 avg.), including a long of 21 yards...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Saw action in his 30th consecutive game...hauled in a 30-yard TD pass from Roethlisberger to tie the game in the fourth quarter...12/20 at St. Louis: Saw action in his 31st consecutive game at WR...had two catches for 50 yards (25.0 avg.), including a long of 33 yards...both of his receptions went for TDs and it marked his second multi-TD game this season and of his career...12/30 at Bal-timore: Made his sixth career start at WR...led the team with five catches for 68 yards (13.6 avg.), including a 24-yard long...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jackson-ville: Saw action in his fourth consecutive postseason game...brought in one catch for eight yards.
2006 (16-2): Played in all 16 games, making his first two career starts...finished with 35 catches for 624 yards (17.8 avg.) with four touchdowns...also rushed three times for eight yards...9/7 vs. Miami: Registered his first career regular-season catch and touchdown when he pulled down a 27-yard pass from Charlie Batch to give the Steelers an early 7-0 lead...finished the game with two catches for 32 yards (16.0 avg.) and one rush for eight yards...9/18 at Jackson-ville: Recorded three receptions for 32 yards (10.7
avg.) and a long of 16...9/24 vs. Cincinnati: Caught one pass for eight yards...10/8 at San Diego: Had three catches for 45 yards (15.0 avg.) and a long of 22...10/15 vs. Kansas City: Caught three passes for 68 yards (22.7 avg.), including a 47-yard touch-down reception...10/22 at Atlanta: Caught three passes for 76 yards and a game-high 25.3 average...caught a 10-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give the Steelers a 24-21 lead...had a long catch of 49 yards...had one rush for no gain...10/29 at Oak-land: His only reception was a game-long 49-yard catch on a Hail Mary pass at the end of the game...he was stopped at the four-yard line...11/5 vs. Den-ver: Caught three passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg.) and a long of 17...11/12 vs. New Orleans: Caught two passes for 28 yards with a long of 22...11/19 at Cleveland: Caught two passes for 24 yards with a long of 13...11/26 at Baltimore: Caught four passes for a team-high (tied) 49 yards (12.3 avg.) with a game long of 27...12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Started his first career game in place of the injured Hines Ward...caught three passes for a new career-high 78 yards (26.0 avg.) and a game-long of 36...12/7 vs. Cleve-land: Made his first career start at FL...caught two passes for 67 yards and hauled in a 49-yard touch-down from Roethlisberger to give the Steelers a 7-0 lead...12/17 at Carolina: Caught one pass for 14 yards and rushed once for no gain...12/24 vs. Bal-timore: Caught one pass for nine yards...12/31 at Cincinnati: Had one reception for 21 yards.
2005 (1-0/3-0): Contributed in the playoffs... made his first nFL catch for 13 yards for a crucial third-down conversion against Denver in the AFC Championship Game...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Was inactive versus Tennessee...was released by team on Sept. 13 and signed to Steelers’ practice squad on Sept. 14...9/25 vs. New England: Dressed for game but did not play...10/10 at San Diego: Was in-active...10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played in the first game of his career but did not catch a pass...10/23 at Cincinnati: Was inactive...10/31 vs. Baltimore: Was inactive...11/6 at Green Bay: Was inactive. 11/13 vs. Cleveland: Was inactive...11/20 at Bal-timore: Was inactive...11/28 at Indianapolis: Was inactive...12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Was inactive. 12/11 vs. Chicago: Was inactive...12/18 at Minnesota: Was inactive...12/24 at Cleveland: Was inactive. 1/1/06 vs. Detroit: Was inactive...AFC Wild Card Game 1/8/06 at Cincinnati: Was inactive...AFC Di-visional Game 1/15/06 at Indianapolis: Played in first postseason game on special teams...AFC
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Championship Game 1/22/06 at Denver: Caught the first pass of his career for 13 yards and a crucial third-down conversion...Super Bowl XL 2/5/06 vs. Seattle: Played on special teams and as a reserve wide receiver but did not catch a pass.
COLLEGE Holds eight individual Tiffin receiv-ing records, including records for
receptions in a game (13), yards in a game (299), recep-tions in a season (70), yards in a season (1,428), touch-downs in a season (16), receptions in a career (212), yards in a career (4,214), and touchdown receptions (47)...was a Don Hansen’s Football Gazette honorable mention All-American...D2Football.com second-team All-American...Dopke.com second team All-American...Inde-pendent Football Alliance Offensive Player of the Year...Independent Football Alliance First Team player...299 yards receiving with three touchdowns in 50-39 loss to Gannon...124 yards receiving with three touchdowns in 49-3 win over Butler...139 yards receiving with a touch-
down against Edinboro...115 yards receiving with three touchdowns in 59-21 win over Alma College...197 yards receiving with two touchdowns in close loss to nebras-ka-Omaha...176 yards receiving with three touchdowns in 56-14 win over Ohio Dominican...majored in Informa-tion System. 2004: Finished the season with 1,428 yards receiving on 69 receptions over 11 games...averaged 129.8 yards receiving and 6.3 receptions per game. 2003: Dopke.com Division II second team All-American...Independent Football Alliance First Team player. 2002: D2Football.com honorable mention All-northeast Division player...Independent Football Alli-ance First Team honoree.
PERSONAL Is the son of Lisa Washington and Fred Powell...has a brother
Kenny Powell and two sisters, Tamika and Andrea Pow-ell...was First team All City, First team All District, and honorable mention all-state at Scott High School in To-ledo, Ohio...Full name: nate Washington.
Washington’s 2007 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/9 at Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/16 BUFFALO 1 0 3 60 20.0 30 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/23 SAn FRAnCISCO 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/30 at Arizona 1 0 2 18 9.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 010/7 SEATTLE 1 1 3 26 8.7 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 010/21 at Denver 1 0 1 40 40.0 40 0 0 0 0.0 0 010/28 at Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 011/5 BALTIMORE 1 0 3 51 17.0 30 2 0 0 0.0 0 011/11 CLEVELAnD 1 0 4 56 14.0 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 011/18 at new York Jets 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 011/26 MIAMI 1 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 1 0 0.0 0 012/2 CInCInnATI 1 1 2 16 8.0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 012/9 at new England 1 0 2 29 14.5 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 012/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 1 30 30.0 30 1 0 0 0.0 0 012/20 at St. Louis 1 0 2 50 25.0 33 2 0 0 0.0 0 012/30 at Baltimore 1 1 5 68 13.6 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0sEAsON tOtALs 16 4 29 450 15.5 40 5 1 0 0.0 0 0POsTsEAsON1/5 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0POstsEAsON tOtALs 1 0 1 8 8.0 8 5 1 0 0.0 0 0
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Washington’s 2005 Game-by-Game statistics RECEIvING RUsHINGDate Opponent gP gs rec Yds Avg Lg tD Att Yds Avg Lg tD9/11 TEnnESSEE I N A C T I V E
9/18 at Houston P R A C T I C E S Q U A D
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10/16 JACKSOnVILLE 1 0 0 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0.0 — 010/23 at Cincinnati I N A C T I V E 10/31 BALTIMORE I N A C T I V E
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11/20 at Baltimore I N A C T I V E
11/28 at Indianapolis I N A C T I V E
12/4 CInCInnATI I N A C T I V E 12/11 CHICAGO I N A C T I V E
12/18 at Minnesota I N A C T I V E
12/24 at Cleveland I N A C T I V E
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PRO (13-0/1-0): Selected by the Steelers in the second round (46th overall) of the
2007 nFL Draft...played as a both a reserve linebacker and a contributor on special teams as a rookie.
2007 (13-0/1-0): Appeared in 13 games and the playoff loss to Jacksonville as a reserve OLB and spe-cial teams contributor...had one tackle in nFL debut, a Week 1 win over Cleveland...for the season he reg-istered 13 tackles and four sacks, which tied for third on the team...had five QB pressures...forced a fumble in the Week 7 loss at Denver...had three tackles and two sacks in the playoff loss to Jacksonville...9/9 at Cleveland: Played in his first nFL game at OLB...logged his first career tackle...9/16 vs. Buffalo: Saw extensive action after James Harrison went down with an injury at the end of the first half...registered 36 snaps and logged two tackles (one solo) while also get-ting one sack for a loss of eight yards...9/23 vs. San Francisco: Saw action on eight defensive plays and still managed to log a sack for the second consecutive week for a loss of three yards...9/30 at Arizona: Saw his only action on special teams, but did not register a tackle...10/7 vs. Seattle: Saw extensive action on special teams and limited action on defense but did not register a tackle...10/21 at Denver: Saw eight de-fensive snaps and registered his third career sack for a loss of 11 yards...also forced his first career fumble when he sacked Jay Cutler...10/28 at Cincinnati: Saw action on special teams only but did not register a tackle...11/5 vs. Baltimore: Saw extensive action on special teams and registered one solo tackle...also saw defensive snaps on Baltimore’s last two pos-sessions of the game but did not register a defensive tackle...11/11 vs. Cleveland: Saw his only action on special teams, but did not register a tackle...11/18 at New York Jets: Was inactive...11/26 vs. Miami: Was inactive...12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Saw his only ac-tion on special teams...12/9 at New England: Was inactive...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played in his 11th game of the season and finished with one solo tackle...12/20 at St. Louis: Saw action on 27 defen-sive plays and finished the game with a team-high four quarterback pressures and three tackles (one solo)...12/30 at Baltimore: Saw action in his third
consecutive game and finished with two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of 14 yards...AFC Wild Card Game 1/5 vs. Jacksonville: Saw extensive action on defense, while playing in his first career postseason game and finished with three solo tackles...posted his first postseason sack in the second quarter for a loss of 13 yards...added his second career postseason sack in the fourth quarter for a loss of six yards.
COLLEGE Helped the Wolverines lead the na-tion in rush defense his senior sea-
son, allowing just 43.38 yards per game and ranked fourth nationally with an average of 3.23 quarterback sacks per game...his 50.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage rank second in school history behind Mark Messner (70, 1985-88)...his 16.5 tackles for loss in 2006 were the most by Michigan player since Larry Foote’s 26 in 2001...holds the Michigan career-record with 10 forced fumbles...his four forced fumbles in 2006 tied the school season record that was set by Mike Taylor in 1971...became the first ever Michigan player to capture the prestigious Lombardi Trophy as the nation’s top college football lineman, and he is the ninth player from the Big Ten Conference to receive the honor...was also the first player in school annals to win the Ted Hendricks Award (nation’s premier defensive end). 2006: Consensus All-American first-team se-lection...named Chevy Defensive Player of the Year...unanimous All-Big Ten Conference first-team choice...named national Defensive Player of the Year by Rivals.com...also chosen Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and media...recipient of the Richard Katcher Award, given to U-M’s top defensive lineman/outside linebacker, for the second time in his career...shared David Brandon Leadership Award hon-ors with offensive tackle Jake Long...elected team co-captain, starting all 13 games at Rush defensive end...recorded 36 tackles (28 solos) and led the team for the second straight year with 12 sacks for minus 119 yards and 16.5 stops for losses totaling 131 yards...his 119 sack yards are the most ever by a Michigan player in a season...also recovered four fumbles, returning one 54 yards for a touchdown...tied the school season-record with four forced fumbles. 2005: Earned All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention from the league’s coaches and media...started eight games and played
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BIRTHPLACE — Saginaw, Mich. HOW ACQUIRED — D2-’07 (#46)NFL EXPERIENCE — 2nd Year
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in 11 contests at “rush” linebacker, missing the north-western game and most of the Ohio State tilt with an arm injury...finished fifth on the team with 48 tackles (28 solos)...led the squad with seven sacks for minus 57 yards and 14 stops for losses of 67 yards...caused three fumbles and recovered another...also deflected one pass. 2004: All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection by the league’s coaches, earning honorable mention from the media...recipient of the Richard Katcher Award, as Michigan’s top outside linebacker...played in all 12 games and started 10 contests at right outside linebacker, leading the team with 16 stops for losses of 72 yards...finished second on the squad with 70 tackles (58 solos) and four sacks for minus 40 yards...was named Rose Bowl Defensive Player of the Game after collecting a game-high 11 tackles (9 so-los) and four stops for losses of 7 yards vs. Texas (his four stops behind the line of scrimmage vs. the Long-horns matched a Michigan Bowl record and tied for the seventh-best single-game mark in school history). 2003: College Football News and Rivals.com Fresh-man All-American honorable mention...The Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten Conference pick...played in all 13 games and made two starts at defensive end (Illinois and Purdue)...registered 23 tackles (15 solos), two sacks for minus 12 yards and four stops for losses totaling 16 yards.
PERSONAL Attended Saginaw (Mich.) High School, playing football for head
coach Don Durrett...USA Today, Parade, Cnn/Sports Illustrated, G&W Recruiting Report and Super Prep All-American first-team choice and named Michigan’s Ga-torade Player of the Year...Prep Football Report, Super Prep and Max Emfinger’s Blue Chip Recruiting rated him the nation’s second-best linebacker...Super Prep rated him the second-best player in the Midwest...G&W Re-cruiting Report ranked Woodley the fourth-best defen-sive player in the country, while both Rivals.com and College Football news rated him the nation’s third-best inside linebacker...member of Prep Star’s Dream Team Top 100 list and listed as the best player in Michigan on The Detroit News Blue Chip list and by the Detroit Free Press...a four-year starter on defense and three-year starter on offense, Woodley collected 192 ca-reer tackles at linebacker...also recovered six career fumbles...recorded 80 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior and also blocked one punt that he returned 30 yards for a score...made 120 tackles, 12 sacks, eight pass break-ups and five fumble recoveries in his junior sea-son...also lettered three years in basketball, averaging 13 points and 13 rebounds as a senior, in addition to participating in track, finishing third in the state in the shot put during his junior season...nicknamed “Wood”...son of Janice Staples and Terry Woodley...Full name: LaMarr Dewayne Woodley.
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PRO Drafted by the Steelers in the first round (23rd over-all) of the 2008 NFL Draft
out of Illinois...became the first running back taken by Pittsburgh in the first round of the NFL Draft since the team selected Tim Worley in 1989 (7th overall).
COLLEGE Gained 2,539 yards rushing, rank-ing seventh in school history...
his 1,681 yards on the ground in 2007 broke the old Illini season record of 1,330 yards by Antoineo Harris in 2002...his 214 yards vs. Indiana in 2007 rank sixth and his 203 yards vs. Minnesota in 2007 rank 11th on the school’s game-record rushing chart...his 22 touchdowns rushing tied Antoineo Harris (1999- 2002) for ninth on the Illini career-record list...his 17 rushing touchdowns in 2007 topped the previous school sea-son record of 15 by Howard Griffith in 1990...his three scoring runs in 2007 vs. Syracuse placed him fourth on the school game-record chart behind Griffith (8 vs. Southern Illinois in 1990), Red Grange (4 vs. Michigan in 1924) and Antoineo Harris (4 vs. Indiana in 2002)...ran for over 100 yards nine times during his career (team compiled a 7-2 record in those contests), ty-ing him for third in school history...his eight 100-yard rushing games in 2007 established an Illinois season-record...his 1,999 all-purpose yards in 2007 broke the old school season record of 1,818 yards by Keith Jones in 1988...majored in sport management. 2007: All-American third-team selection by The NFL Draft Re-port, and Rivals.com...unanimous All-Big Ten Confer-ence first-team choice and named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and media...recipient of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football...Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award semi-finalist...ranked eighth in the nation and second in the Big Ten in rush-ing (129.31 ypg.) and finished third in the league in all-purpose yardage (153.77 ypg.), helping the team lead the conference and rank fifth in the nation with an aver-age of 256.77 yards per game on the ground...started all 13 games, carrying 262 times, as he set school
season-records with 1,681 yards (6.4 avg.) and 17 touchdowns...finished second on the squad with 34 re-ceptions for 318 yards (9.4 avg.) and two touchdowns, as he scored 114 points and recorded two solo tack-les...set another Illini season record by amassing 1,999 all-purpose yards...ran for over 100 yards eight times, as the team compiled a 7-1 record in those contests. 2006: Earned CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District and Academic All-Big Ten Conference honors...finished the season ranking 10th in the league in rushing yards per game and had a league-best 8.2 yards per carry for the season...finished second on the team with 78 attempts for 640 yards and five touchdowns...caught 12 passes for 164 yards (13.7 avg.) and a score...totaled 36 points and gained 804 all-purpose yards...ran for over 100 yards vs. Penn State. 2005: Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman, gaining 218 yards on 48 carries (4.5 avg.)...had 13 receptions for 82 yards (6.3 avg.) and two scores...registered his first career touchdown on a 5-yard toss from QB Tim Brasic...ran for a season-high 64 yards on 11 rushes and made two catches for 16 yards vs. San Jose State.
PERSONAL Attended Niles West (Skokie, Ill.) High School...rated the pre-
mier recruit in the state of Illinois by Scout.com, earning a five-star prospect from that recruiting service, which rated him the 24th-best prep player in the country...named to Rival.com’s Top-100 team and rated 17th among national recruits by the Atlanta Journal-Consti-tution...selected the top recruit in the state of Illinois by the Chicago Sun-Times and named to Super Prep’s Elite 50 list and All-American squad, ranking as the nation’s fourth-best running back by the same publication...participated in the Fifth Annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl...a three-year All-Central Suburban Conference se-lection for football and two-time pick for track...named to All-State teams as a junior in both football and track, in addition to earning All-Area honors for both sports as a sophomore and during his junior year for football...av-eraged 9.1 yards per carry as a senior, rushing for 1,453
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HeiGHt — 5-10weiGHt — 225colleGe — IllinoisBirtHdate — June 19, 1987
BirtHPlace — Skokie, Ill.How acQUired — D1-’08 (#23)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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yards on 160 tries and 14 touchdowns...as a junior, he gained 1,832 yards and 19 touchdowns, averaging 11.6 yards per carry and recorded 1,300 yards and 21 scores
as a sophomore...had over 1,000 career yards receiv-ing and 13 touchdown catches...son of Sibyl and Walter Mendenhall...Full name: Rashard Jamal Mendenall.
PRO Drafted by the Steelers in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2008 NFL
Draft out of Texas...is the first Longhorn drafted by the Steelers since Casey Hampton was selected in the first round by the Steelers in the 2001 NFL Draft.
COLLEGE Ranks sixth in school history with 124 receptions...finished fifth on
the school’s career-record list with 1,915 yards receiv-ing...his 20 touchdown catches are surpassed only by Roy Williams (36) in Texas annals...his 12 touchdown catches in 2006 tied the school season-record that was first set by Williams in 2002...graduated in Decem-ber, 2007 with a degree in Youth and Community Stud-ies and a minor in Business...was active in UT’s com-munity service program, as he was part of a group of Longhorns that regularly visited patients at the Austin Children’s Hospital. 2007: A preseason All-American and All-Big Twelve Conference first-team selection...was limited by a nagging wrist injury in the team’s first six games of the season before missing the second half of the campaign to undergo surgery on October 16...earned a Frank Medina Rehabilitation Award and was named one of UT’s Outstanding Wide Receivers...started the team’s first six games at split end, extend-ing his starting streak to 39 consecutive games...fin-ished with 19 catches for 306 yards (16.1 avg) and three touchdowns...12 of his receptions were good for first downs...10 of his grabs were longer than 10 yards each, including five for 20 yards or more. 2006: All-Big Twelve Conference first-team selection...All-American honorable mention by The NFL Draft Report...started all 13 games, tying a school season-record with 12 touch-downs among his 46 receptions, good for 801 yards (17.4 avg.)...12 scores matched the Longhorn record set by Roy Williams in 2002... gained five yards on a rushing attempt and scored 72 points...gained over 100 yards receiving in the North Texas, Iowa State and
Nebraska contests...had a string of seven consecutive games with at least one touchdown catch, a school record. 2005: Associated Press All-Big Twelve Confer-ence honorable mention...started all 13 games at split end, finishing second on the team with 36 receptions for 545 yards (15.5 avg.) and five touchdowns...scored 30 points for the season and also recorded a pair of solo tackles. 2004: Played in 11 games, starting the fi-nal seven at split end...made 22 catches for 263 yards (11.4 avg.), but did not find the end zone...recorded one solo tackle. 2003: Redshirted as a freshman.
PERSONAL Attended Brenham (Tex.) High School...lettered three times as
a wide receiver and free safety...Class 4A second-team All-State and first-team All-Greater Houston selection on offense and an All-District honoree on both sides of the ball as a senior...played in the 2003 U.S. Army All-American game...earned 4A honorable mention All-State and All-District honors as a junior...while primarily play-ing defense, tabbed the District’s Sophomore of the Year in 2000...nearly half of his 72 catches (31) in his final three seasons went for touchdowns...averaged 23.4 yards per reception (72 for 1,684 yards), as he helped lead the team to a 14-2 record and a berth in the Texas 4A Division II Championship game in 2002...caught 38 passes for 796 yards and 12 touchdowns, adding 44 tackles and five interceptions on defense that year...had 22 receptions for 656 yards and 13 scores and added a pair of interceptions as the team posted an 11-2 record during his junior season...as a sophomore, he recorded 89 tackles, and three interceptions, adding 12 catches for 232 yards and six touchdowns that season...lettered four times in track, performing mostly in the hurdles...lettered four times in basketball as a forward, earning All-District honors as a junior after averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game...honor roll student and served as a student mentor...son of Limas, Sr. ans Ev-elyn Sweed...Full name: Limas Lee Sweed, Jr.
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PRO Drafted by the Steelers in the third round (88th over-all) of the 2008 NFL Draft
out of UCLA...played primarily as a defensive end in college but will make the transition to linebacker in the NFL.
COLLEGE Davis ranks second in school his-tory with 29 quarterback sacks,
topped only by David Ball’s 30.5 (2000-03)...his 42.5 stops for losses rank third in school annals behind Ball (43.5) and Carnell Lake (45.5, 1985-88)...his 17.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage in 2006 rank ninth and his 15.5 stops for losses in 2007 rank 10th on the school’s season-record list...his 12.5 sacks in 2006 tied Justin Hickman (2006) and Don-nie Edwards (1994) for third on UCLA’s season-record chart, topped by Dave Ball (16.5 in 2003) and Carnell Lake (13 in 1987)...majored in history...earned Direc-tor’s Honor Roll in Spring of 2005. 2007: All-American second-team choice by The NFL Draft Report and Walter Camp...added All-Pac 10 Conference first-team honors...semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and was on the watch lists for the Lott, Nagurski, Lombardi and Hendricks Awards...started all 13 games at right defen-sive end, ranking tied for ninth in the nation and tied for first in the league with 12 sacks for minus-66 yards...ranked sixth in the Pac-10 with 15.5 stops for losses of 77 yards...recorded 45 tackles (32 solos) and three quarterback pressures...caused two fumbles and re-covered another for a 12-yard return...deflected nine passes...helped the Bruins rank 14th in the nation in run defense (109.15 ypg.). 2006: All-American first-team selection by College Football News and Sports Illustrated...All-Pac 10 Conference second-team pick...co-winner of UCLA’s N.N. Sugarman Memorial Award for Best Leadership...started all year at right defensive end, tying for the league lead and ranking fourth in the nation with fellow defensive end Justin Hickman, as each recorded 12.5 sacks for minus-75 yards...ranked
second in the Pac-10 and 18th nationally with 17.5 stops for losses of 104 yards...recorded 47 tackles (35 solos) with three forced fumbles and three pass de-flections...recovered two fumbles, returning one eight yards. 2005: Davis moved to outside linebacker from defensive end during spring drills and played both po-sitions early in the season before moving back to end due to injuries on the team...finished with 28 tackles (17 solos), two sacks for minus-17 yards, six stops for losses of 30 yards and two quarterback pressures in 12 games as a reserve...caused one fumble and broke up four passes. 2004: Davis appeared in all 12 games, starting the team’s first two games vs. Oklahoma State and Illinois at right defensive end...finished with 17 tackles (11 solos), 2.5 sacks for minus-12 yards and 3.5 stops for losses of 18 yards...also deflected one pass. 2003: Redshirted as a freshman.
PERSONAL Attended Clear Creek (League City, Tex.) High School...re-
ceived a six-star prospect rating from Max Emfinger’s recruiting service and earned All-American accolades, in addition to being ranked 19th among the nation’s de-fensive ends, according to Tom Lemming...added Super Prep All-American and All-Southwest/Texas honors, as that recruiting service rated him the 20th-best overall prospect in the state...the Prep Star All-American selec-tion added All-Greater Houston Area and All-League recognition as a senior...that season, recorded 65 tack-les (50 solos), 12 quarterback sacks and 17 stops for losses...as a junior, registered 32 tackles, including eight sacks...lettered in track, competing in the long jump...father, Bruce, Sr., was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams, playing offensive tackle with the Oakland Raiders (1979-87) and Houston Oilers (1987-89) after earning varsity letters from 1975-78 with the UCLA Bruins...uncle, Ronnie Davis, played for the Bruins from 1977-79...son of Lorna Hankins and Bruce Davis, Sr...Full name: Bruce Edward Davis II.
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BirtHPlace — Houston, TexasHow acQUired — D3-’08 (#88)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Drafted by the Steelers in the fourth round (130th overall) of the 2008 NFL
Draft out of Texas...was the second of two Long-horns drafted in the first four rounds of the 2008 NFL Draft by Pittsburgh, joining second-round wideout Limas Sweed.
COLLEGE In 24 games starting at left offen-sive tackle, graded 83.21 percent
for blocking consistency on 1,681 snaps...registered 131 knockdowns with 17 touchdown-resulting blocks, as he allowed just four quarterback sacks and seven pressures on 743 pass plays...majored in liberal arts. 2007: Earned All-American first-team honors from the Walter Camp Foundation...member of the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy watch lists...All-Big Twelve Conference first-team pick by the league’s coaches and media...voted team captain and named to the American Airlines D.X. Bible Most Team Spirited squad...selected UT’s Outstanding Offensive Linemen and received the D. Harold Byrd Leadership Award...Dr. Nasser Al-Rashid Strength & Conditioning Award recipient...started the team’s first 11 games at the left offensive tackle posi-tion, grading 84.82 percent for blocking consistency, as he delivered 68 knockdowns with 10 touchdown-resulting blocks, as he allowed just one quarterback sack and three pressures...the offense averaged 471.5 yards per game in total offense and 265.2 yards pass-ing with Hills in the lineup, as the front wall allowed just 19 sacks in those 11 contests...in the two games with Hills sidelined (left leg/fibula fracture), the of-fense gave up six sacks and averaged just 201.5 yards passing and 415.5 yards in total offense. 2006: All-Big Twelve Conference honorable mention...earned a spot on ESPN’s All-Mayday Team for being one of col-lege football’s “Toughest of the Tough”...recipient of the team’s Most Improved Offensive Player Award...started all 13 games at left offensive tackle, grading 81.85 percent with 63 knockdowns and seven touchdown-resulting blocks...led the way as the team gained 162.6 rushing yards per game (34th in the NCAA), 391.5 total yards per game (23rd) and 35.9 points per game (sev-
enth). 2005: Played in 11 games as the top reserve behind Jonathan Scott at left offensive tackle...was part of a line that helped Texas rank first in the nation in scoring offense (50.2 ppg.), second in rushing offense (274.9 ypg.) and third in total offense (512.1 ypg.)...helped clear the way for Texas to set school single-season records in both points scored (652) and total yards (6,657)...Texas’ 652 points broke the 22-year old NCAA record of 624 points set by Nebraska in 1983. 2004: Appeared in seven games on offense and spe-cial teams...competed for playing time as the primary backup at left tackle...helped the offensive line clear the way for Texas to rank second in the nation in rush-ing (299.2 ypg.), seventh in total offense (464.4 ypg.) and 18th in scoring (35.3 ppg.)...Texas’ 3,590 rushing yards is the third-highest single-season total in school history...UT registered six 300-yard rushing games, the most since 1977. 2003: Was granted a medical hard-ship, spending the season recovering from 2003 knee surgery.
PERSONAL Attended Alief Elsik (Houston, Tex.) High School...three-year
starter as a tight end...twice earned All-Greater Houston and All-District honors...Parade All-America selection who added Class 5A third-team All-State recognition as a senior...second-team all-state choice during his ju-nior campaign...averaged 17.9 yards on 28 receptions his final two seasons...as a senior, caught 15 passes for 275 yards for a team that reached the 5A Division I semifinals, but sustained a serious left knee injury in the first half of that contest...totaled 13 receptions for 227 yards and a touchdown as a junior...before giving up basketball prior to his freshman year, had earned a spot on the U.S. Junior National team...active in UT’s community service program, where he regularly vis-ited patients at the Austin Children’s Hospital...partici-pated in the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon as a phone operator...active in Houston community service projects through his church and performed volunteer work with children...son of Mary Lemons and Michael Hills...Full name: Anthony Tramaine Hills.
HeiGHt — 6-5weiGHt — 304colleGe — TexasBirtHdate — November 4, 1984
BirtHPlace — Houston, TexasHow acQUired — D4-’08 (#130)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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Draft out of Oregon.
COLLEGE Dixon’s 6,337 yards in total of-fense rank sixth on the school’s
career-record list...appeared in 953 offensive plays, the eighth-best career total in school annals...his 38 touchdown passes rank seventh in Oregon all-time annals...his 2,585 yards in total offense in 2006 rank 11th on the Ducks’ season-record list and his 2,719 yards in 2007 rank ninth...Dixon’s 2,719 yards in total offense in 2007 rank ninth on Oregon’s season-record list, while his 2,585 yards in 2006 rank 10th...his 80-yard touchdown run vs. Houston in the 2007 sea-son opener was the fifth-longest run from scrimmage by an Oregon player...Dixon’s 85-yard pass completion vs. Michigan in 2007 was the eighth-longest comple-tion in school history and the longest since Kellen Clemens had an 86-yard completion vs. Mississippi State in 2003...his 1,208 yards rushing set the school career-record for QBs, topping the old mark set by Reg-gie Ogburn (1,171 yards, from 1979-80)...graduated with a degree in sociology. 2007: Guided Oregon to an 8-1 record and a No. 2 seed in the BCS standings before getting injured...missed the team’s final three games after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee (Nov. 3 versus Arizona State)...named Pacific-10 Conference’s unanimous Offensive Player of the Year and honorable mention All-American...finished ninth on the school’s single-season total offense chart (2,719 yards) while playing in only 10 games...finished fourth in the ballot-ing for Associated Press Player of the Year...was one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award as well as one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award...his academic achieve-ments were even more impressive as the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District quarterback was one of five student-athletes in school history (and Or-egon’s first football player ever) to be bestowed with
the NCAA Top VIII Award...also was the recipient of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Award and accompanying post-graduate scholarship...the conference’s three-time Offensive Player of the Week...finished his collegiate career as the single-season and all-time school record holder in passing completion percentage (67.7% and 63.9%, respectively)...estab-lished the school’s standard for most career rushing yards (1,208) by a quarterback, while his 583 yards on the ground in 2007 finished second only to Reg-gie Ogburn’s 644 yards from 1979 among the school’s signal callers...ran and passed for touchdowns in the same game in seven of 10 appearances, and became only the Ducks’ third quarterback in the modern era (first since 1995) to eclipse 100 yards rushing in one game (141 yards vs. Houston)...amassed a personal-best 374 yards passing and 382 yards total offense at Stanford while accounting for a personal best of five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) against the Cardinal...accounting for 29 touchdowns (20 passing, nine running), snapped his string of 146 consecutive passes without an interception in the fifth game of the year against California...concluded his career sixth on Oregon’s all-time list for total offense (6,339 yards) and eighth in passing yards (5,129). 2006: Second-team Academic All-Pac 10 Conference selection (3.27 grade point average in Sociology)...started 11 games...helped lead a team that ranked ninth in the nation in to-tal offense (422.85 ypg.), 25th in scoring (29.46 ppg.) and thanks to his mobility, finished 12th nationally in quarterback sacks allowed (1.23 pg)...completed 197-of-322 passes (61.2 percent) for 2,143 yards, 12 touchdowns and 14 interceptions...ranked third on the team with 442 yards and two scores on 94 carries (4.7 avg)...recorded a pair of solo tackles...participated in 416 plays, amassing 2,585 yards in total offense (10th-best season total in school history). 2005: Academic All-Pac 10 Conference honorable mention...appeared in 11 games, starting vs. California, Wash-ington State, Oregon State and Oklahoma (Holiday Bowl)...completed 69-of-104 attempts (66.3 percent)
HeiGHt — 6-3weiGHt — 195colleGe — OregonBirtHdate — January 11, 1985
BirtHPlace — San Leandro, Calif.How acQUired — D5-’08 (#156)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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for 777 yards, six touchdowns and three intercep-tions...gained 143 yards with a score on 49 carries (2.9 avg.)...touched the ball 153 times, gaining 920 yards in total offense (83.6 ypg.). 2004: Played in six games as a reserve quarterback, completing 6-of-15 passes (40.0 percent) for 73 yards and rushed 10 times for 40 yards (4.0 avg.)...gained 113 yards in total offense on 25 plays and also recorded an assisted tackle. 2003: Did not attend school...enrolled at Oregon in January, 2004.
PERSONAL Attended San Leandro (Cal.) High School...top vote-getter
(8 votes) among quarterbacks on the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best of the West list and earned Pa-rade All-American honors as a senior, leading the team
to an 11-1 record in 2002...that year, he completed 164-of-268 passes (61.2 percent) for 2,736 yards and 30 touchdowns...the three-year starter compiled a 36-3 record and was named to ESPN’s Top 100 team (ranked 94th overall and 12th at quarterback)...during his career, amassed 5,951 aerial yards while throwing for 79 touchdowns...was regarded as one of the state’s best prep outfielders in baseball and was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in 20th Round (591st overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball amateur entry draft...selected by Atlanta Braves in fifth Round (168th over-all) of 2007 amateur entry draft...appeared in a total of 28 games in the Braves’ minor league system as an outfielder in 2007...son of Dennis Dixon, Sr...Full name: Dennis Lee Dixon, Jr.
PRO Selected as the Steelers’ first of two sixth-round draft picks (188th overall)
in the 2008 NFL Draft out of Iowa.
COLLEGE In his final 24 games, posted 172 tackles (69 solos), 10 stops be-
hind the line of scrimmage, two forced fumbles, five pass deflections and six interceptions...his 123 tackles in 2007 rank 26th on the school’s season-record list...graduated in May, 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Sport Studies and is presently working to-wards an advanced degree...four-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference selection. 2007: All-Big Ten Conference second-team choice by the media, adding honorable mention from the league’s coaches...named team cap-tain...added Academic All-Big Ten honors...one of five seniors named to 2007 Leadership Group...started all year at weak-side outside linebacker, leading the team with a career-high 123 tackles (46 solos), the fourth-best total in the Big Ten and ranked tied for 23rd in the nation...registered a 2-yard sack, 5.5 stops for losses of 13 yards and two forced fumbles...recovered a fumble and deflected two passes...had three interceptions for
49 yards in returns...earned Big Ten and Bronko Nagur-ski and Master Football Coaches National Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play vs. Illinois. 2006: Started 12 games at weak-side outside linebacker, sit-ting out the Purdue contest with a leg contusion...ranked ninth on the team with 49 tackles (23 solos), adding 4.5 stops for losses of 17 yards...deflected three passes and intercepted three others. 2005: Academic All-Big Ten Conference choice...appeared in 12 games as a reserve outside linebacker, recording 25 tackles (14 solos) with a stop for a 1-yard loss...also deflected a pair of passes. 2004: Academic All-Big Ten Confer-ence choice...saw action vs. Kent State and Iowa State. 2003: Redshirted as a freshman.
PERSONAL Attended New Hampton (La.) High School...lettered three
times in football...named to the Des Moines Register Elite first-team All-State team as a linebacker and by the Iowa Newspaper Association as a running back...added first-team All-Conference accolades as a running back and punter in 2002 and went on to play in the 2003 Shrine Bowl...team captain as a senior...all-state hon-orable mention as a junior running back, adding first-
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BirtHPlace — New Hampton, IowaHow acQUired — D6a-’08 (#188)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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team All-Conference honors that year...ran for 2,308 yards and 30 career touchdowns, averaging 13 yards per carry...also recorded 98 tackles, seven for negative yards, as a senior...won the Class 2A state wrestling title at 215 pounds as a junior and as a senior...placed sec-
ond in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Class 3A state track meet as a junior and as a senior, placed eighth in the discus and was a member of 400-meter relay team that qualified for state meet... son of Nancy and Reggie Humpal...Full name: Michael Humpal.
PRO Selected as the Steelers’ second of two sixth-round draft picks (194th overall)
in the 2008 NFL Draft out of West Virginia.
COLLEGE Mundy spent his first four years at the University of Michigan be-
fore transferring to West Virginia as a post-graduate transfer...following his redshirt-junior year at Michigan (2006), used an NCAA rule to transfer to West Virginia that allowed seniors to transfer to another school and participate in athletics without sitting out a year due to their previous school not having a certain field in which they want to study...made an outstanding contribution to the West Virginia secondary after transferring from Michigan as a fifth-year senior...teamed with Eric Wicks to form one of the top safety combinations in the Big East, as well as the nation...added solid run support with his already excellent cover skills...displayed outstand-ing leadership ability...covered well and made excellent open-field tackles...awarded the Coach’s Contribution Award by the coaching staff...member of the 2008 Fies-ta Bowl squad...played high school football in Pittsburgh at nearby Woodland Hills High...started 18-of-35 career games for Michigan at safety and finished with 86 ca-reer tackles and three interceptions...earned a bache-lor’s degree in sport management from Michigan in May 2007. 2007 (WVU): Started all 13 games at safety for the Mountaineers...fourth-leading tackler on the team with 62 tackles, including 30 unassisted tackles...tied for the team lead with three interceptions for 75 yards...also led the team in pass breakups with seven...collect-ed at least five or more tackles in five games...returned one interception 17 yards, one 26 and one 33 yards...recovered a fumble in two of the last three games...season-high two pass breakups against Mississippi
State and Cincinnati...season-high 11 tackles, includ-ing seven solo stops against Oklahoma in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl...selected by the National Football Foun-dation and College Football Hall of Fame’s Hampshire Honor Society as a scholar-athlete...currently working on a master’s degree in sports administration. 2006 (Michigan): Started six games and played in 11 con-tests...had 25 tackles on the season with one intercep-tion...recorded his first career sack and two total stops in start vs. Central Michigan...collected game-ending interception against Ball State...had a career-high eight tackles against Michigan State...earned a bachelor’s de-gree in sport management from Michigan in May 2007. 2005 (Michigan): Had a medical redshirt season due to a shoulder injury...played in the season opener against Northern Illinois but missed the remainder of the season. 2004 (Michigan): Started 12 games at free safety as a sophomore...finished fifth on the team with 51 tackles...added two interceptions and three pass breakups...posted seven tackles against Michigan State and Ohio State...had three tackles and one pass breakup against Texas in the Rose Bowl. 2003 (Michi-gan): Played in 11 games as a true freshman...earned the Michigan Athletic Academic achievement...tallied 10 tackles...was second on the special teams unit with eight tackles.
PERSONAL Set Woodland Hills High ca-reer receiving record with 54
catches...USA Today prep All-America...Quad-A Player of the Year from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review...all-state and Post-Gazette Fabulous 22...pair of interceptions in U.S. Army All-America game...three-year track letterman...son of Gregory and Nancy Mundy...Full name: Ryan Gregory Mundy.
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BirtHPlace — Pittsburgh, Pa.How acQUired — D6b-’08 (#194)nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Played in 36 career games for Duke with 26 starts...finished
his career with 191 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery and four forced fumbles...played in a college system similar to the defensive scheme used by the Steelers. 2007: Played and started in six games for Duke...suffered a season-ending knee injury against Wake Forest...fin-ished the season with 37 tackles (21 solos), seven tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, a forced fumble and four QB hurries...recorded a career-high 12 tackles at North-western...notched two sacks at Miami. 2006: Started all 12 games...received Duke’s co-Most Outstanding Defensive Player honors along with Michael Tauiliili...finished third on the team in tackles with 77...led Duke in sacks (3.5) and quarterback pressures (5) while ranking second in tackles for loss (12.5)...ranked tied for sixth in the ACC with his 1.04 tackles for loss per game average...averaged 6.4 tackles per game to rank tied for 15th in the league...finished with 10 tackles at Boston College...posted at least one tackle for loss in 10-of-12 contests...returned the first interception of his career 21 yards for a touchdown in the regular-season finale against North Carolina...played 708 to-tal snaps including a season-high 76 versus Boston College...Academic All-District and Academic All-ACC selection. 2005: Started the first eight games at line-
backer before suffering a season-ending foot injury against Florida State...finished fourth on the team with 52 total tackles...added two tackles for loss and three caused fumbles...caused fumble total ranked tied for fourth in the ACC...recorded 10 stops at East Carolina, and added two forced fumbles against the Pirates...had five or more tackles in seven games...at Virginia, logged seven tackles with two behind the line of scrim-mage, including one sack...had eight tackles at Miami...played a total of 499 snaps including a career-best 84 against Georgia Tech...also topped the 70-play barrier versus Virginia Tech (76) and Miami (71)...named to the ACC All-Academic Team. 2004: Saw action in 10 games...did not play versus The Citadel...finished the year with 25 tackles and three tackles for loss...had a season-high six tackles in the season finale versus North Carolina.
PERSONAL Two-year letterman at Ala-mo Heights...helped Alamo
Heights to a 13-2 record in 2003, advancing to the state playoff semifinals...earned first-team all-district honors as a tight end, defensive end and punter...all-city and honorable mention all-state honoree as a defensive end...finalist for city defensive player of the year...as a senior, recorded 126 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and six sacks while catching 26 passes for three touchdowns...also competed in track and field...mem-ber of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society...son of Mickey and Linda Bailey...Full name: Patrick Bailey.
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BirtHPlace — Elmendorf, TexasHow acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 29, 2008.
COLLEGE Played in all 45 games of his Northwood career, earning 33
starts along the defensive line...was a two-time first-team All-GLIAC (2005, 2007) and a 2006 second-team All-GLIAC...played in the 2007 Valero Cactus Bowl, a DII all-star game...finished his career with 143 tackles (99 solo), 50.5 tackles for loss, and 20.5 sacks...majored in banking and finance. 2007: Started all 10 games for the Timberwolves...named first-team All-GLIAC...played in the Valero Cactus Bowl...finished the season with 43 tackles (34 solo), 13.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, an interception, five quarterback hurries, and three blocked kicks...recorded a season-high 10 tack-les, including five for loss vs. Michigan Tech. 2006: Second-team All-GLIAC...named NU’s Best Defensive Lineman...started all 11 games...tied for the team lead with 12 tackles for loss...totaled 38 tackles...also had three pass breakups, one fumble recovery, a forced
fumble, a blocked kick and a safety...totaled five tack-les, including one for loss at Michigan Tech...blocked a field goal attempt against Saginaw Valley...named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week for his game at Indianapolis...named Academic All-GLIAC. 2005: First-team All-GLIAC...named Northwood’s Best Defensive Lineman...started all 12 games...set team highs with 17 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks...had seven tackles, two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in the win over Saint Joseph’s...named Academic All-GLIAC. 2004: Played in all 12 games...became key contributor on the de-fensive line...finished with 18 total tackles (13 solo)...registered eight tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks...opened year with two tackles for loss and a sack at SVSU...had three tackles for loss and two sacks at Saint Joseph’s...had a season-high five tackles at Grand Valley.
PERSONAL Attended Hudsonville High School in Hudsonville, Michi-
gan...son of Rosanne and Thomas Clement...Full name: Kyle Clement.
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BirtHPlace — Hudsonville, Mich.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Named a team captain as a senior at Washington...initially enrolled
at San Jose State but transferred to Washington fol-lowing his freshman year...majored in American ethnic studies. 2007: Named a team captain...started all 13 games at cornerback...11 tackles, one tackle for loss,
three breakups and an interception in the win over Boise State...named Pac-10 defensive player of the week and the team’s defensive MVP after the win over the Broncos...posted 11 tackles at UCLA...recorded six tackles and a blocked punt vs. USC, when he earned the team’s MVP for special teams...seven tackles at Arizona State...six stops vs. Oregon...11 tackles and a forced fumble vs. Arizona...posted a season-high 12 tackles, plus a forced fumble, in season finale at Ha-
HeiGHt — 5-10weiGHt — 190colleGe — WashingtonBirtHdate — May 19, 1985
BirtHPlace — Gardena, Calif.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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waii. 2006: Started all 12 games at cornerback...also returned kicks...finished the season ranked 10th in the Pac-10 Conference in kick returns with an average of 18.8 yards per return (339 yards on 18 returns)...his 66 total tackles ranked third on the team...had a sea-son-high nine tackles, including a sack, in the victory over UCLA...returned five kicks for a total of 89 yards vs. San Jose State, when he had his season’s longest kick return, a 31-yarder...had four kick returns for 82 yards vs. Oregon State...won the UW’s Pepsi Player of the Week Award after the Fresno State game. 2005: Played in 10 games, starting eight...missed the Idaho game with an injury...returned an interception 42 yards for a score in Huskies’ win at Arizona...totaled season-high 11 tackles at Oregon...averaged 21.4 yards per kick return...named the KING-TV Most Improved Defen-sive Player at the team’s postseason banquet. 2004: Redshirted the season after transferring from San Jose
State in September. 2003 (AT SAN JOSE STATE): Ap-peared in 10 games, starting five...missed one game with a shoulder injury...made 42 total tackles which ranked seventh on the team...made career-high 14 tackles in loss to Nevada.
PERSONAL As a senior at Narbonne, was credited with 108 tackles,
seven interceptions and four fumble recoveries, in-cluding three defensive TDs...also scored 13 touch-downs as a running back...played both linebacker and cornerback on defense...earned first-team all-league honors on offense...was named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s “Dream Team” as a second-team all-purpose back...also sprinted and long-jumped for the Narbonne track squad...tied for 11th in the long jump at the 2003 California state meet...son of Kim and Roy Lewis, Sr....Full name: Roy Lewis.
PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on May 3, 2008.
COLLEGE Played in 44 career games for the Demon Deacons...had 44 career
receptions for 485 yards (11.0 avg.) and two touch-downs...had 69 rushes for 492 yards (7.1 avg.) and one touchdown...returned 88 kickoffs for 2,160 yards (24.5 avg.) and one touchdown...majored in sociology. 2007: Appeared in all 13 games...caught 18 passes for 192 yards (10.7 avg.)...also had 21 rushing attempts for 78 yards (3.7 avg.)...served as the Demon Deacons primary kickoff returner and finished with 28 returns for 876 yards (31.3 avg.) and one touchdown. 2006: Ranked 10th in the ACC and 51st in the NCAA in kick-off returns with an average of 22.3 yards per return...played in 13 games and started five contests...re-turned 22 kickoffs for 490 yards, including a 93-yarder on the opening kickoff against Clemson...rushed 23 times for 210 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown run against Boston College...caught 10 passes for 117
yards...made a career-high four receptions against Louisville in the FedEx Orange Bowl for 63 yards. 2005: One of the team’s top big play threats...played in eight games as a reserve wide receiver and the team’s primary kickoff returner...finished fourth on the team with 490 all-purpose yards...caught three passes for 67 yards and one touchdown...rushed six times for 89 yards and two touchdowns...returned 18 kickoffs for 334 yards, an average of 18.6 yards per return and a long of 32...rushed for a 67-yard touchdown at Florida State, the 16th-longest run in Wake Forest history...caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Cory Randolph with 33 seconds left in a 31-27 win against Clemson...had a 45-yard reception against Vanderbilt...made a 16-yard reception and averaged 24.8 yards per kickoff return against Maryland...returned five kicks for 104 yards at Florida State...suspended for the final three games of the season due to a violation of team rules. 2004: Made an immediate impact in his rookie season with the Deacons...ranked second on the team with 747 all-purpose yards behind only Chris Barclay...
HeiGHt — 5-10weiGHt — 168colleGe — Wake ForestBirtHdate — July 24, 1984
BirtHPlace — St. Petersburg, Fla.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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was the team’s primary kickoff returner, averaging 23 yards per return and a long of 43...was the team’s fifth-leading receiver with 14 catches for 172 yards...scored his first career touchdown on a 30-yard strike from Benjamin Mauk during the Duke game...made his first career reception against East Carolina...had two catches in that game for 11 yards...had a career-high four receptions for 47 yards against Virginia Tech...made two catches against Duke for 35 yards and two catches against Maryland for 36 yards...had one recep-tion each against Boston College, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina. 2003: Reshirted.
PERSONAL Attended Dixie Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Fla...
played just one season of football after sustaining two separate knee injuries...ran a 4.3 time in the 40m...a two-time track All-American who set a Florida state high school record as a junior with a 25’5” long jump, breaking a 16-year-old record...won the national indoor title in that event...has run the 100-yard dash in 10.21 seconds...named the track Athlete of the Year by the St. Petersburg Times...a PrepStar All-Region honorable mention selec-tion...coached by Mike Morey at Dixie Hollins...named to the all-county Academic Team...son of Kevin Marion, Sr. and LaKawie Williams...Full name: Kevin Marion.
PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2008.
COLLEGE Saw starting action for parts of two seasons with the Tribe, mak-
ing 11 starts in 25 career games...graduated with a career completion percentage of .585 (234-of-400 at-tempts)...threw for 2,730 career yards and collected 20 TDs to just nine interceptions...after spending the 2004 season as the No. 2 starter behind eventual consensus All-American and Payton Award winning quarterback Lang Campbell, Potts started five of the squad’s first six games of the 2005 season, helping the team to a 42-10 win over then No. 1-ranked New Hampshire...had better than a 2:1 career TD-to-INT ratio (20:9)...majored in ki-nesiology. 2007: Was key reserve at quarterback...saw action in six games...completed 25 of his 40 attempts on the season for 245 yards and two TDs. 2006: Split time at quarterback throughout the season, playing in nine games with seven starts...led the squad and ranked seventh in the A-10, averaging 173.2 yards passing per game...posted a solid completion percent-age of 57.4 on 124-for-216 passing for 1,559 yards and 10 touchdowns against seven interceptions...also led the team in total offense...earned league’s Offen-
sive Player of the Week honor after passing for a career-high 409 yards and two touchdowns in the upset win at Towson...the 409-yard mark stands as the third-best single-game total in school history...completed 9-of-10 attempts for 99 yards and a touchdown at Maryland...once again netted 99 passing yards on just 3-of-4 passing against VMI with a touchdown...connected on 27 of a career-high 50 passing attempts for 244 yards and a touchdown in a start at Massachusetts...passed for 187 yards and a touchdown at JMU...completed 12 of 24 for 197 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a score against Villanova...career performance at Towson came on 28-for-44 passing and included a career-long 76-yard touchdown toss...recorded third 200-yard passing game of the season in start at Delaware, completing 19-of-36 attempts for 207 yards and two touchdowns. 2005: Earned a starting role in five of the first six games...finished the year with 842 yards and seven touchdowns, completing 78-of-127 attempts against just two picks...passed for 164 yards and two touchdowns in season opener at Marshall...returned to starting role at URI, after missing the VMI game with an injury, to throw for 211 yards, including a team season-long 49-yard TD pass, on 21-for-30 passing...turned in a near flawless performance against Liberty, complet-
HeiGHt — 6-4weiGHt — 220colleGe — William & MaryBirtHdate — March 6, 1985
BirtHPlace — Pittsburgh, Pa.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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ing 19-of-25 attempts for a then-career-high 226 yards and two touchdowns...guided team to blowout win over top-ranked UNH, throwing for 127 yards and a TD on 11-for-19 passing in soaking rain...completed a 3-yard scoring toss to Matt Otey in the first quarter at North-eastern. 2004: Served as backup...saw action in three games and completed 7-of-17 passes for 84 yards and a touchdown on the season...connected on 4-of-8 at-tempts for 47 yards and a touchdown in win over VMI...threw for 37 yards on 3-of-8 passing at Towson...took snaps in regular-season finale against Richmond. 2003: Scout team quarterback who spent the season on the travel squad.
PERSONAL Attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Dela-
ware...three-year letterwinner at quarterback and safe-ty for coach William DiNardo...team captain who earned first-team all-state honors...all-conference pick...threw for over 2,600 yards and 26 touchdowns in his two seasons as a starter...final season saw him complete 69-of-149 passes for 13 touchdowns...also rushed for five scores as a senior...lettered three years in baseball and once in basketball...son of Christopher and Debo-rah Potts...volunteered in the Hand for Hand program...cousin, Keith Potts, played football for William and Mary from 1974-78...Full name: Michael Christopher Potts.
PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Played in 48 games for Southern Mississippi, starting every game
his final two seasons...was a 2007 first-team All-Confer-ence USA performer as selected by the media...2006 All-Conference USA performer, earning second-team honors by the coaches vote and third-team accolades by the media...two-time Player of the Week in 2006 as voted by the coaches against NC State (9/16) and East Carolina (10/28)...majored in architectural engineering technol-ogy. 2007: Started all 13 games for Southern Miss dur-ing his senior season...made 40 tackles, including 24 solos...had 11 tackles for loss totaling minus-64 yards and added 6.5 sacks for minus-51 yards...recorded four quarterback hurries...notched one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and blocked one kick...named to first-team All-Conference USA by the media. 2006: Started at defensive tackle in all 14 games...notched 49 tackles on the season, including 23 solos...led the team in tackles for loss with 15.0...had three sacks...forced a fumble against ECU...tallied only interception of the season versus Tulsa...had season-high six total tackles three times versus Tulsa (10/3), East Carolina (10/28) and at Houston (12/1) in the C-USA championship game. 2005: Saw action in all
12 games...finished with three solo tackles, all for a loss against Arkansas State in the New Orleans Bowl...made 16 total tackles on the year (five solos, 11 assists)...also had four tackles for a loss. 2004: Played in nine games...saw action in more than 175 plays, including a season-high 33 snaps against TCU (11/20)...finished the season with six total tackles, all solos...also had a tackle for loss, an interception and pass breakup...had a tackle for loss and an interception against Tulane (9/25). 2003: Sat out his true freshman season as a redshirt.
PERSONAL Played at Ft. Pierce Westwood High School...three-year starter
and four-year letterwinner...helped lead Westwood to a 10-3 overall record as they advanced to the third round of the Class 3A state playoffs...finished senior season with 11 sacks and junior season with 10 sacks...also punted for a 40-yard average...No. 41 on the Florida Top 100 list by The Orlando Sentinel...first-team all-state by the Florida Sportswriters...Defensive Player of the Year in district...two-time all-district...two-time Ft. Pierce Tribune All-Area... played in the Outback All-Star Game in Palm Beach, Fla...also lettered three years each in basketball and baseball and was named all-conference in both sports...averaged a double-double in basketball for three years...student body president...son of Chester Prince and Juwanda Mathieu...Full name: Martavius Prince.
HeiGHt — 6-2weiGHt — 282colleGe — Southern MissBirtHdate — September 9, 1984
BirtHPlace — Ft. Pierce, Fla.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Ranks first in school history in career PATs (247) and career
scoring for kickers (373)...is also tops on ASU’s sin-gle-season list for scoring by a kicker (127 in 2007) and extra points (76 in 2007)...initially went to East Carolina for one year, but did not see action, and then transferred to Appalachian State...majored in adver-tising. 2007: Second-team All-America selection by The Sports Network...garnered first-team all-Southern Conference recognition from the league’s coaches and media...finished second in the SoCon and tied for fifth nationally with 127 total points on the season...127 points shattered his own school record for kick scor-ing in a season...also broke his own school record for extra points in a season with 76 to close his career holding each of the top four single-season extra-point totals in ASU history...drilled 17-of-21 field goals on the season...17 field goals tied for the second-most in ASU single-season history, while .809 field-goal percentage is the second-highest in school history...kicked at least one field goal in 12 of the season’s 15 games...opened campaign by drilling two field goals at Michigan, including 24-yarder with 26 seconds left that proved to be the game-winning points in ASU’s 34-32 upset victory at the Big House...booted a career-long 49-yard field goal in win over Gardner-Webb...made a critical 44-yard field goal, the fourth-longest in ASU postseason history, in the fourth quarter of 28-27 win over James Madison in the NCAA Division I Champion-ship first round. 2006: First-team all-Southern Confer-ence place kicker as voted by the league’s coaches and second team by the SoCon media...set school re-cords at the time for kicking points (99), extra points (69), extra-point attempts (70) and consecutive extra points (61) in a season...ranked ninth nationally in kick scoring (6.67 ppg.)...42-of-93 kickoffs (.452) went for touchbacks and the opponents’ average starting field
position after a kickoff was its own 22...was 10-of-14 (.714) on field goals for the season...drilled a season-long 46 yarder versus Mars Hill...handled much of the punting duties following a season-ending knee injury to starting punter Neil Young...Rauch punted 22 times on the season for a 37.2 average...eight of his kicks had to be fair caught and five pinned the opponent inside their own 20. 2005: Made 58-of-59 extra points and 9-of-17 field goals for 85 points, good for second in the SoCon among kickers...85 points fell just short of ASU record for kickers (87 by Jay Sutton in 1995)...59 PATs broke the previous school record of 46 set by Drew Wood in 1968 and tied by Rauch in ‘04...averaged 34.5 yards per attempt while serving as Mountaineers’ punter early in the campaign...blasted a 62-yard punt versus Coastal Carolina...earned All-America accolades from Jewish Sports Review for the second straight year. 2004: Served as Appalachian’s starting place kicker all season...inherited punting duties for the final four games of the campaign...led the league in extra-point percentage, converting 44-of-46 attempts on the season (.957)...fell just one extra point shy of school record of 45, set by All-American Jay Sutton in 1995...made 6-of-9 field-goal attempts, including season-long 48 yarder in season finale at archrival Western Carolina...two of his three misses came from beyond 40 yards, including a 53-yard attempt that fell just short as time expired at WCU...downed five of his 14 punts inside the 20-yard line, good for an impressive 35.7 percent...earned all-America accolades from Jew-ish Sports Review. 2003 (East Carolina): Did not see game competition in one year at East Carolina.
PERSONAL Attended Ashbrook High School...converted 13 field
goals and 41 PAT kicks as a senior...split the uprights on 10 field goals in five playoff games, including the game-winner in three of the last four playoff games...named the Most Valuable Player of the 2002 3A state title game...son of Victoria and Peter Rauch...Full name: Julian Ross Rauch.
HeiGHt — 5-11weiGHt — 207colleGe — Appalachian StateBirtHdate — July 23, 1985
BirtHPlace — Gastonia, N.C.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Named team captain his senior year at Washington...majored in
political science. 2007: Became only the third player in the 100-year history of the award to win the Guy Flaherty Award twice, taking the team’s top honor at the postseason awards banquet for a second straight season...the Flaherty Award is given to the team’s most inspirational player and is the oldest and most presti-gious team honor at Washington...also won the L. Wait Rising Lineman of the Year award and was named a team captain...earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 and Academic All-Pac-10...started all 13 games at one defensive tackle spot...blocked a field goal vs. Boise State and Ohio State...named team’s weekly MVP after the Arizona game. 2006: Won the UW’s Guy Flaherty Award, the team’s oldest and most prestigious honor, as the Huskies’ most inspirational player...played in all 12 games during the season, starting in five (Fresno State, California, Arizona State, Stanford and Washing-ton State)...had a season-high six tackles, including two quarterback sacks for losses of 14 yards, in the Stanford game...won the UW’s Pepsi Player of the Week Award after the Cal game. 2005: Played in five games as a reserve defensive lineman in 2005...had one tack-le vs. Cal in first action of season...also added a tackle at Oregon. 2004: Played both offense and defense in 2004...was moved to offensive line to add depth prior to the 2004 season...did not see any action on offense,
and was switched back to defense before the Oregon game...played several snaps against Oregon, and also saw action vs. Washington State. 2003: Redshirted the 2003 season on the defensive line...deferred en-rollment at Washington until January 2003 and partici-pated in 2003 spring drills.
PERSONAL A 2002 graduate of Moses Lake High School...helped Mo-
ses Lake to a 7-4 record in 2001 and a berth in the state 4A playoffs...a first-team Class 4A All-State selection by the Associated Press...defensively, tallied 55 tackles, 11 tackles-for-loss, 13 sacks and six forced fumbles...was named the 2001 Big Nine Conference Player of the Year...an honorable mention “Northwest Nugget” selec-tion by the Tacoma News-Tribune...selected as a “red chip” prospect by the Seattle Times...a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune’s “Western 100”...earned sec-ond-team All-Big Nine honors as a fullback in 2000...added 12 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and four forced fumbles in 2000...a PrepStar All-West Region honoree as an athlete for stellar play on both sides of the ball...in 1998, became the first freshman ever to letter in football for Moses Lake...also starred on the basketball court for Moses Lake, receiving four all-league honors and an all-state nod in 2001-02...was Moses Lake’s all-time leading scorer, rebounder and shot-blocker...son of Susan Connelly and Dick Reffett...father played football at Idaho...has two brothers, Mitch and Tyler...is married (Nicole) with one daughter (Kendall)...Full name: Jordan Reffett.
HeiGHt — 6-4weiGHt — 292colleGe — WashingtonBirtHdate — September 9, 1984
BirtHPlace — Moses Lake, Wash.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2008.
COLLEGE Played in 24 games at Eastern Illinois after transferring in from
Minnesota, where he appeared in 12 games, prior to his junior season, with all 24 of his career starts coming with the Panthers...2007 honorable mention All-America as selected by The Sports Network...2006 third-team All-America selection by The Sports Net-work...two-time first-team All-OVC...finished with ca-reer totals of 108 catches for 1,819 yards (16.8 avg.) and 21 touchdowns...majored in communications. 2007 (Eastern Illinois): Sports Network honorable mention All-American...first-team All-OVC...started all 11 games he played for the Panthers...led team in all major receiving categories with 55 receptions for 777 yards (14.1 avg.) and nine touchdowns...his 54 points were third highest on the team...caught a season-high 11 passes versus Murray State on Oct. 13...had two-touchdown games against Tennessee Tech on Aug. 30, Tennessee-Martin on Oct. 20 and Tennessee State
on Oct. 27. 2006 (Eastern Illinois): Sports Network third-team All-American...first-team All-OVC and All-OVC Newcomer team...led EIU in scoring with 78 points...had a three-touchdown performance against South-east Missouri...49 receptions for 966 yards (19.7 avg.), becoming the first EIU receiver since 1986 with more than 800 yards receiving...named OVC Newcomer of the Week two times. 2005 (Minnesota): Appeared in all 12 games for the Golden Gophers, making four re-ceptions for 76 yards. 2004 (Minnesota): Saw limit-ed action for a Golden Gophers squad that went 7-5 and played in the Music City Bowl. 2003 (Minnesota): Sat out his true freshman season as a redshirt.
PERSONAL Attended Estero High School in Estero, Florida...earned
All-State honors in football and basketball at Estero...basketball team won 2003 district basketball champi-onship...son of Geneva and Larry Rucker...father played basketball at Winston-Salem State under legendary coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines...Full name: Micah Rucker.
HeiGHt — 6-6weiGHt — 221colleGe — Eastern IllinoisBirtHdate — January 4, 1985
BirtHPlace — Bonita Springs, Fla.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Played in all 47 games of his Mis-sissippi State career, earning 18
starts at tight end...caught eight passes for 50 yards, a 6.3-yard average...was a strong blocker...also made five tackles on special teams...sat out his initial season on campus as a true freshman redshirt...majored in risk
management and insurance. 2007: Played in all 13 games for Mississippi State during his senior season...started eight times...caught one pass for 10 yards and made a pair of tackles...caught one pass for 10 yards in the Bulldogs’ Week 10 victory over nationally No. 21-ranked Alabama. 2006: Played in all 12 games for Mississippi State as a reserve at tight end and on spe-cial teams...earned six starts during his junior year...caught two passes for 14 yards on the year...had one
HeiGHt — 6-2weiGHt — 250colleGe — Mississippi StateBirtHdate — May 11, 1985
BirtHPlace — Newport, R.I.How acQUired — FA-’06nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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catch for 10 yards against the Tulane Green Wave...added another catch (four yards) in Week 9 against Kentucky. 2005: Played in all 11 games during his sophomore season for the Bulldogs, earning two starts when the team opted to open the game in a multiple tight-end formation...made one catch for five yards against LSU in Week 5...also credited with one tackle against the Tigers...added another tackle in Week 10 contest at Arkansas. 2004: Played in all 11 games dur-ing his redshirt freshman season, earning two starting calls at a tight end position...had four catches for 21 yards on the year...earned starting assignments when the team opted to open in multiple tight end formations against Kentucky and Ole Miss...worked as a reserve in the tight end rotation to open his redshirt freshman season...made his first collegiate catch (three-yard
gain) in Week 5 work at Vanderbilt. 2003: Sat out his true freshman season as a redshirt.
PERSONAL Attended Caledonia High School in Caledonia, Miss....listed as
the No. 47 tight end prospect in the country coming out of high school by Rivals.com...was listed No. 22 regard-less of position among the top 30 players in the state of Mississippi by that recruiting service...ranked with the top 25 recruits in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger newspaper...caught 11 passes for 134 yards, a 12.2-yard average, and four touchdowns during his senior campaign...also a starter for his team’s basket-ball squad...had 24 catches for 425 yards, a 17.7-yard average, during his junior season...National Honor Soci-ety high school student...son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sher-rod...Full name: Dezmond Allan Sherrod.
PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2007.
COLLEGE Ranks second in school history with a 13.3-yard average on 39
punt returns, topped only by Keith Stokes (15.5 avg., 1999-2000)...only Stokes (820 yards) and Gerald Hall (967, 1975-78) gained more yards on punt returns in a career at ECU than Williams’ 517...holds the school season record with a 17.7-yard punt return average in 2004, breaking the previous mark of 16.4 yards by Tom-my Bullock in 1968...his 354 yards via punt returns in 2004 rank fourth on the Pirates’ season-record list be-hind Gerald Hall (478 in 1978) and Keith Stokes (404 in 1999 and 416 in 2000)...majored in communications. 2007: Started 9-of-10 games at weak-side corner-back...ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 56 tackles (35 solos), including 2.5 stops for minus-seven yards...caused a fumble, intercepted two passes and deflected three others. 2006: Started 9-of-12 games he appeared in at weak-side cornerback...finished with 55 tackles (36 solos) with 1.5 stops for losses and a
forced fumble...deflected eight passes and intercepted two others, adding 59 yards on five punt returns (11.8 avg.). 2005: Played in 11 games at weak-side corner-back...recorded 13 tackles (11 solos) with a stop for a one-yard loss and two pass deflections...returned 14 punts for 104 yards (7.4 avg.) and seven kickoffs for 139 yards (19.9 avg.). 2004: All-Conference USA first-team selection as a punt returner, ranking fourth in the nation, as he set a school season record with a 17.7-yard average on 20 punt returns for 354 yards and a touchdown...appeared in 10 games, seeing action in the final three contests as a reserve strong-side corner-back and receiver...recorded 11 tackles (8 solos) with a fumble recovery...caught two passes for eight yards and lost one yard on a reverse...gained 110 yards on four kickoff returns (27.5 avg.)...garnered Conference USA Freshman Team honors...his 69-yard punt return for a touchdown was the first score by a Pirates player on a punt return since 2000...his 17.7-yard punt return average broke the old school season record of 16.4 yards by Tommy Bullock in 1968...also set ECU single-season freshman records for most punt returns (20), most punt return yards (354).
HeiGHt — 5-9weiGHt — 180colleGe — East CarolinaBirtHdate — April 19, 1985
BirtHPlace — Daytona Beach, Fla.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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PERSONAL Attended Atlantic (Port Orange, Fla.) High School...excelled as
a defensive back and running back...earned All-Volusia County honors from the Daytona Beach News-Journal and was selected to play in the Central Florida All-Star Game...gained 856 rushing yards and had 23 recep-
tions for 317 yards, totaling 18 touchdowns as a se-nior...on defense, recorded 46 tackles and four inter-ceptions while also returning a kickoff and a punt for scores as an integral member of the AHS special teams unit...son of Trineca Huger and John Hugger...Full name: Travis Craig Williams.
Travis Williams
PRO Signed as a rookie free agent by the Steelers on April 28, 2008.
COLLEGE Played in 49 career games for the Cowboys, excelling first as a quar-
terback and then as a safety after converting during the middle of the 2005 season...named defensive MVP of the Insight Bowl during his senior season...set OSU freshman record with 13 touchdown passes in 2004...majored in general business. 2007: Capped his career by being named defensive MVP of the Insight Bowl after recording nine tackles...led the team with 82 tackles...had 12 tackles against Nebraska and nine at Baylor...against the Huskers he had also had two tackles for 18 yards in losses...intercepted a pass against Florida Atlantic...start-ed every game but Texas Tech (when OSU went with an extra defensive back). 2006: Started 12 games at safety (lone exception was Kansas) and collected 62 tackles to rank fifth on the team and second among the secondary...broke up four passes...returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown against Baylor...thwarted a Texas A&M scoring threat with a red zone interception...his other intercep-tion in 2006 came in the bowl win...had a season-high 11 tackles against the Texas A&M and 10 stops at Houston...forced a pair of fumbles to rank second at OSU in that cate-gory. 2005: Started the final five games at free safety af-ter opening the season as the starting quarterback...first defensive start came at Iowa State...ended the season with 32 tackles, including four behind the line of scrim-mage, two interceptions and a forced fumble, a quarter-back hurry and a pass breakup... at quarterback, he was 17-of-32 passing for 163 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 61 yards...passed for 117 yards in the season-
opening win over Montana State...recorded his first-career tackle, a tackle for loss, against Arkansas State and had seven tackles against Texas A&M and Iowa State...inter-cepted his first pass against Texas Tech...had a big game against Oklahoma with seven stops, including two behind the line of scrimmage, and returned an interception 31 yards. 2004: Completed 97-of-187 passes for 1,628 yards and 13 touchdowns with a touchdown pass in nine consecutive games...also rushed for a score in nine of the 11 games...his 13 TD passes set an OSU freshman record and he averaged 35.3 yards per scoring toss...had 1,855 yards of total offense, another OSU freshman QB record...set a career high in passing yards with 224 against Texas (12-of-18) with a TD pass while also rushing 16 times for 41 yards and a score...rushed for a career-best 71 yards on 10 carries, including a 34-yard touchdown run, in the win over Missouri...also had 11 carries for 38 yards with a one-yard scoring run...had his best passing game of the year with three touchdowns against Colorado and com-pleted 8-of-11 passes for 193 yards with an interception in the win over the Buffs...made his first career start in his first collegiate game and finished with 19 yards rushing on four attempts, including a 15-yard TD scamper against UCLA. 2003: Reshirted.
PERSONAL Attended Millwood High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
one of the top recruits in the state of Oklahoma after leading Millwood to three consecutive Class 2A state championships...senior stats included 119 carries for 1,081 yards and 15 touchdowns...completed 132-of-244 passes for 2,453 yards and 32 touchdowns while throw-ing just six interceptions...son of Lawrence and Juana Woods...has three brothers and two sisters...Full name: Donovan Woods.
HeiGHt — 6-2weiGHt — 230colleGe — Oklahoma StateBirtHdate — July 27, 1985
BirtHPlace — Oklahoma City, Okla.How acQUired — FA-’08nfl eXPerience — Rookie
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No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2007gP/gs 13 Allen, Marvin WR 5-10 185 03/05/83 1 None Croydon, England FA ‘08 0/0 46 Bailey, Patrick LB 6-4 235 11/19/85 R Duke Elmendorf, TX FA ‘08 0/0 81 Baker, Dallas WR 6-3 206 11/10/82 1 Florida New Smyrna Beach, FL D7 ‘07 0/0 16 Batch, Charlie QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 11 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA ‘02 7/1 11 Bloom, Jeremy WR 5-9 180 04/02/82 2 Colorado Loveland, CO FA ‘07 0/0 48 Boyd, Cody TE 6-8 264 10/22/83 2 Washington State Bellingham, WA FA ‘08 0/0 69 Capizzi, Jason OT 6-9 330 06/19/83 2 Indiana (PA) Gibsonia, PA FA-’07 0/0 23 Carter, Tyrone S 5-9 195 03/31/76 9 Minnesota Pompano Beach, FL FA ‘04 16/5 25 Clark, Ryan S 5-11 205 10/12/79 7 Louisiana State Merraro, LA UFA ‘06 (Was) 6/6 67 Clement, Kyle DL 6-3 315 04/10/85 R Northwood Hudsonville, MI FA ‘08 0/0 74 Colon, Willie OT 6-3 315 04/09/83 3 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a ‘06 16/16 53 Davis, Bruce LB 6-3 252 09/02/85 R UCLA Houston, TX D3 ‘08 0/0 38 Davis, Carey RB 5-10 225 03/27/81 3 Illinois St. Louis, MO FA ‘06 16/7 88 Dekker, Jon TE 6-5 250 05/15/83 2 Princeton Greenfield, WI FA ‘06 3/0 2 Dixon, Dennis QB 6-3 195 01/11/85 R Oregon San Leandro, CA D5 ‘08 0/0 93 Eason, Nick DE 6-3 305 05/29/80 6 Clemson Lyons, GA FA ‘07 16/1 79 Essex, Trai OT 6-4 324 12/05/82 4 Northwestern Fort Wayne, IN D3 ‘05 3/0 51 Farrior, James LB 6-2 243 01/06/75 12 Virginia Ettrick, VA UFA ‘02 (NYJ) 16/16 50 Foote, Larry LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 7 Michigan Detroit, MI D4 ‘02 16/16 57 Fox, Keyaron LB 6-3 235 01/23/82 5 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA FA ‘08 10/0 54 Frazier, Andre LB 6-5 245 06/29/82 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH FA ‘07 10/0 22 Gay, William CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 2 Louisville Tallahasee, FL D5b ‘07 16/0 98 Hampton, Casey DT 6-1 325 09/03/77 8 Texas Galveston, TX D1 ‘01 15/15 97 Harrison, Arnold LB 6-3 241 09/20/82 3 Georgia Augusta, GA FA ‘05 13/0 92 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 5 Kent State Akron, OH FA ‘04 16/16 62 Hartwig, Justin C 6-4 312 11/21/78 7 Kansas Mankato, MN UFA ‘08 (Car) 15/15 66 Hills, Tony OT 6-5 304 11/04/84 R Texas Houston, TX D4 ‘08 0/0 76 Hoke, Chris DT 6-2 305 04/06/76 8 Brigham Young Long Beach, CA FA ‘01 16/1 10 Holmes, Santonio WR 5-11 192 03/03/84 3 Ohio State Belle Glade, FL D1 ‘06 13/13 55 Humpal, Mike LB 6-3 240 02/17/85 R Iowa New Hampton, IA D6a ‘08 0/0 99 Keisel, Brett DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 7 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b ‘02 16/16 68 Kemoeatu, Chris OG 6-3 344 01/04/83 4 Utah Kahuka, HI D6 ‘05 15/0 90 Kirschke, Travis DE 6-3 298 09/06/74 12 UCLA Highland Ranch, CO UFA ‘04 (SF) 16/4 42 Latsko, Billy FB 5-10 233 02/16/84 1 Florida Gainesville, FL FA ‘08 0/0 67 Lentz, Matt OG 6-6 320 11/19/82 1 Michigan Ortonville, MI FA ‘07 0/0 30 Lewis, Roy CB 5-10 190 05/19/85 R Washington Los Angeles, CA FA ‘08 0/0 37 Madison, Anthony CB 5-9 180 10/08/81 3 Alabama Thomasville, AL FA ‘07 9/0 61 Mahan, Sean C 6-3 301 05/28/80 6 Notre Dame Jenks, OK FA ‘07 16/16 80 Marion, Kevin WR 5-10 168 07/24/84 R Wake Forest St. Petersburg, FL FA ‘08 0/0 41 Mason, Grant S 6-0 198 08/18/83 2 Michigan Pontiac, MI FA ‘07 5/0 95 McBean, Ryan DE 6-5 290 04/23/84 2 Oklahoma State Trinity, TX D4b ‘07 1/0 20 McFadden, Bryant CB 6-0 190 11/21/81 4 Florida State Hollywood, FL D2 ‘05 13/0 34 Mendenhall, Rashard RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 R Illinois Skokie, IL D1 ‘08 0/0 83 Miller, Heath TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 4 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 ‘05 16/16 21 Moore, Mewelde RB 5-11 209 07/24/82 5 Tulane Hammond, LA UFA ‘08 (Min) 12/0 29 Mundy, Ryan S 6-1 215 02/11/85 R West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b ‘08 0/0 39 Parker, Willie RB 5-10 209 11/11/80 5 North Carolina Clinton, NC FA ‘04 15/15 65 Parquet, Jeremy OL 6-6 321 04/11/82 4 Southern Mississippi Norco, LA FA ‘07 0/0 71 Paxson, Scott DT 6-4 292 02/03/83 1 Penn State Philadelphia, PA FA ‘06 0/0 43 Polamalu, Troy S 5-10 207 04/19/81 6 Southern California Tenmile, OR D1 ‘03 11/11 8 Potts, Mike QB 6-4 220 03/06/85 R William and Mary Pittsburgh, PA FA ‘08 0/0 96 Prince, Martavius DL 6-2 282 09/09/84 R Southern Miss Ft. Pierce, FL FA ‘08 0/0 4 Rauch, Julian K 5-11 207 07/23/85 R Appalachian State Gastonia, NC FA ‘08 0/0 3 Reed, Jeff K 5-11 225 04/09/79 7 North Carolina Charlotte, NC FA ‘02 16/0 64 Reffett, Jordan DL 6-4 292 09/09/84 R Washington Moses Lake, WA FA ‘08 0/0 15 Reid, Willie WR 5-10 192 09/19/82 3 Florida State Kathleen, GA D3b ‘06 6/0 7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 5 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 ‘04 15/15 87 Rucker, Micah WR 6-6 221 01/04/85 R Eastern Illinois Bonita Springs, FL FA ‘08 0/0 33 Russell, Gary RB 5-11 215 09/08/86 2 Minnesota Columbus, OH FA ‘07 3/0
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Daniel Sepulveda (sa-PUL-va-da)Matt Spaeth (SPAYTH)LaMarr Woodley (la-MARR)Mewelde Moore (MOO-well-DAY)Keyaron Fox (KEY-aaron)Willie Colon (Cologne)
Limas Sweed (LIE-mass)
2008 Pronunciation GuideTrai Essex (TRAY)Brett Keisel (KEE-sull)Chris Kemoeatu (kay-moy-AH-too)Travis Kirschke (KERSH-key)Troy Polamalu (Pole-uh-MAH-lu)Ben Roethlisberger (ROTH-lis-ber-ger)
2008 steelers alphabetical roster No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2007gP/gs 9 Sepulveda, Daniel P 6-3 230 01/12/84 2 Baylor Dallas, TX D4a ‘07 16/0 84 Sherrod, Dezmond TE 6-2 250 05/11/85 R Mississippi State Newport, RI FA ‘08 0/0 73 Simmons, Kendall OG 6-3 315 03/11/79 7 Auburn Ripley, MS D1 ‘02 16/16 91 Smith, Aaron DE 6-5 298 04/19/76 10 Northern Colorado Colorado Springs, CO D4 ‘99 11/11 27 Smith, Anthony S 6-1 200 09/20/83 3 Syracuse Hubbard, OH D3a ‘06 16/10 77 Smith, Marvel OT 6-5 321 08/06/78 9 Arizona State Oakland, CA D2 ‘00 12/12 89 Spaeth, Matt TE 6-7 270 11/24/84 2 Minnesota St. Michael, MN D3 ‘07 14/6 72 Stapleton, Darnell G/C 6-3 305 09/21/85 2 Rutgers Union, NJ FA ‘07 0/0 78 Starks, Max OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 5 Florida Orlando, FL D3 ‘04 16/4 14 Sweed, Limas WR 6-4 220 12/25/84 R Texas Brenham, TX D2 ‘08 0/0 24 Taylor, Ike CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 6 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 ‘03 16/16 94 Timmons, Lawrence LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 2 Florida State Florence, SC D1 ‘07 16/0 26 Townsend, Deshea CB 5-10 190 09/08/75 11 Alabama Batesville, MS D4a ‘98 16/16 18 Trannon, Matt WR 6-6 235 07/22/83 1 Michigan State Flint, MI FA ‘08 0/0 48 Trucks, Anthony LB 6-1 230 12/01/83 1 Oregon Martinez, CA FA ‘07 0/0 28 Vincent, Justin RB 5-10 219 01/25/83 1 LSU Lake Charles, LA FA ‘07 0/0 19 Walker, Gerran WR 5-10 185 10/02/83 1 Lehigh Atlanta, GA FA ‘07 0/0 86 Ward, Hines WR 6-0 205 03/08/76 11 Georgia Forest Park, GA D3b ‘98 13/13 60 Warren, Greg LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 4 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA ‘05 16/0 85 Washington, Nate WR 6-1 185 08/28/83 4 Tiffin Toledo, OH FA ‘05 16/4 31 Williams, Travis CB 5-9 180 04/19/85 R East Carolina Daytona Beach, FL FA ‘08 0/0 56 Woodley, LaMarr LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 2 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 ‘07 13/0 47 Woods, Donovan LB 6-2 230 07/27/85 R Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, OK FA ‘08 0/0Experience includes 2007 season Number of Players on roster: 82
COAChEs: Mike Tomlin, Head Coach; John Mitchell, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line; Bruce Arians, Offensive Coordinator; Dick LeB-eau, Defensive Coordinator; Ken Anderson, Quarterbacks Coach; Keith Butler, Linebackers Coach; James Daniel, Tight Ends Coach; Randy Fichtner, Wide Receivers Coach; Ray Horton, Defensive Backs Coach; Amos Jones, Assistant Special Teams Coach; Bob Ligashesky, Special Teams Coach; Kirby Wilson, Running Backs Coach; Larry Zierlein, Offensive Line Coach; Harold Goodwin, Offensive Assistant; Lou Spanos, Defensive Assistant; Ray Jackson, Player Development; Garrett Giemont, Strength and Conditioning Coach; Marcel Pastoor, Conditioning Assistant# finished 2007 season on injured reserve
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Quarterbacks (4) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 2 Dennis Dixon QB 6-3 195 01/11/85 R Oregon San Leandro, CA D5 ‘08 0/0 7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 5 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 ‘04 15/15 8 Mike Potts QB 6-4 220 03/06/85 R William and Mary Pittsburgh, PA FA ‘08 0/0 16 Charlie Batch QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 11 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA ‘02 7/1
running Backs (7) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 21 Mewelde Moore RB 5-11 209 07/24/82 5 Tulane Hammond, LA UFA ‘08 (Min) 12/0 28 Justin Vincent RB 5-10 219 01/25/83 1 LSU Lake Charles, LA FA ‘07 0/0 33 Gary Russell RB 5-11 215 09/08/86 2 Minnesota Columbus, OH FA ‘07 3/0 34 Rashard Mendenhall RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 R Illinois Skokie, IL D1 ‘08 0/0 38 Carey Davis RB 5-10 225 03/27/81 3 Illinois St. Louis, MO FA ‘06 16/7 39 Willie Parker RB 5-10 209 11/11/80 5 North Carolina Clinton, NC FA ‘04 15/15 42 Billy Latsko FB 5-10 233 02/16/84 1 Florida Gainesville, FL FA ‘08 0/0
wide receivers (12) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 10 Santonio Holmes WR 5-11 192 03/03/84 3 Ohio State Belle Glade, FL D1 ‘06 13/13 11 Jeremy Bloom WR 5-9 180 04/02/82 2 Colorado Loveland, CO FA ‘07 0/0 13 Marvin Allen WR 5-10 185 03/05/83 1 None Croydon, England FA ‘08 0/0 14 Limas Sweed WR 6-4 220 12/25/84 R Texas Brenham, TX D2 ‘08 0/0 15 Willie Reid WR 5-10 192 09/19/82 3 Florida State Kathleen, GA D3b ‘06 6/0 18 Matt Trannon WR 6-6 235 07/22/83 1 Michigan State Flint, MI FA ‘08 0/0 19 Gerran Walker WR 5-10 185 10/02/83 1 Lehigh Atlanta, GA FA ‘07 0/0 80 Kevin Marion WR 5-10 168 07/24/84 R Wake Forest St. Petersburg, FL FA ‘08 0/0 81 Dallas Baker WR 6-3 206 11/10/82 1 Florida New Smyrna Beach, FL D7 ‘07 0/0 85 Nate Washington WR 6-1 185 08/28/83 4 Tiffin Toledo, OH FA ‘05 16/4 86 Hines Ward WR 6-0 205 03/08/76 11 Georgia Forest Park, GA D3b ‘98 13/13 87 Micah Rucker WR 6-6 221 01/04/85 R Eastern Illinois Bonita Springs, FL FA ‘08 0/0
tight ends (5) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 48 Cody Boyd TE 6-8 264 10/22/83 2 Washington State Bellingham, WA FA ‘08 0/0 83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 4 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 ‘05 16/16 84 Dezmond Sherrod TE 6-2 250 05/11/85 R Mississippi State Newport, RI FA ‘08 0/0 88 Jon Dekker TE 6-5 250 05/15/83 2 Princeton Greenfield, WI FA ‘06 3/0 89 Matt Spaeth TE 6-7 270 11/24/84 2 Minnesota St. Michael, MN D3 ‘07 14/6
offensive linemen (13)No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 61 Sean Mahan C 6-3 301 05/28/80 6 Notre Dame Jenks, OK FA ‘07 16/16 62 Justin Hartwig C 6-4 312 11/21/78 7 Kansas Mankato, MN UFA ‘08 (Car) 15/15 65 Jeremy Parquet OL 6-6 321 04/11/82 4 Southern Mississippi Norco, LA FA ‘07 0/0 66 Tony Hills OT 6-5 304 11/04/84 R Texas Houston, TX D4 ‘08 0/0 67 Matt Lentz OG 6-6 320 11/19/82 1 Michigan Ortonville, MI FA ‘07 0/0 68 Chris Kemoeatu OG 6-3 344 01/04/83 4 Utah Kahuka, HI D6 ‘05 15/0 69 Jason Capizzi OT 6-9 330 06/19/83 2 Indiana (PA) Gibsonia, PA FA-’07 0/0 72 Darnell Stapleton G/C 6-3 305 09/21/85 2 Rutgers Union, NJ FA ‘07 0/0 73 Kendall Simmons OG 6-3 315 03/11/79 7 Auburn Ripley, MS D1 ‘02 16/16 74 Willie Colon OT 6-3 315 04/09/83 3 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a ‘06 16/16 77 Marvel Smith OT 6-5 321 08/06/78 9 Arizona State Oakland, CA D2 ‘00 12/12 78 Max Starks OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 5 Florida Orlando, FL D3 ‘04 16/4 79 Trai Essex OT 6-4 324 12/05/82 4 Northwestern Fort Wayne, IN D3 ‘05 3/0
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2008 steelers Position rosterdefensive linemen (11)
No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 64 Jordan Reffett DL 6-4 292 09/09/84 R Washington Moses Lake, WA FA ‘08 0/0 67 Kyle Clement DL 6-3 315 04/10/85 R Northwood Hudsonville, MI FA ‘08 0/0 71 Scott Paxson DT 6-4 292 02/03/83 1 Penn State Philadelphia, PA FA ‘06 0/0 76 Chris Hoke DT 6-2 305 04/06/76 8 Brigham Young Long Beach, CA FA ‘02 16/1 90 Travis Kirschke DE 6-3 298 09/06/74 12 UCLA Highland Ranch, CO UFA ‘04 (SF) 16/4 91 Aaron Smith DE 6-5 298 04/19/76 10 Northern Colorado Colorado Springs, CO D4 ‘99 11/11 93 Nick Eason DE 6-3 305 05/29/80 6 Clemson Lyons, GA FA ‘07 16/1 95 Ryan McBean DE 6-5 290 04/23/84 2 Oklahoma State Trinity, TX D4b ‘07 1/0 96 Martavius Prince DL 6-2 282 09/09/84 R Southern Miss Ft. Pierce, FL FA ‘08 0/0 98 Casey Hampton DT 6-1 325 09/03/77 8 Texas Galveston, TX D1 ‘01 15/15 99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 7 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b ‘02 16/16
linebackers (13) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 46 Patrick Bailey LB 6-4 235 11/19/85 R Duke Elmendorf, TX FA ‘08 0/0 47 Donovan Woods LB 6-2 230 07/27/85 R Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, OK FA ‘08 0/0 48 Anthony Trucks LB 6-1 230 12/01/83 1 Oregon Martinez, CA FA ‘07 0/0 50 Larry Foote LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 7 Michigan Detroit, MI D4 ‘02 16/16 51 James Farrior LB 6-2 243 01/06/75 12 Virginia Ettrick, VA UFA ‘02 (NYJ) 16/16 53 Bruce Davis LB 6-3 252 09/02/85 R UCLA Houston, TX D3 ‘08 0/0 54 Andre Frazier LB 6-5 245 06/29/82 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH FA ‘07 10/0 55 Mike Humpal LB 6-3 240 02/17/85 R Iowa New Hampton, IA D6a ‘08 0/0 56 LaMarr Woodley LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 2 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 ‘07 13/0 57 Keyaron Fox LB 6-3 235 01/24/82 5 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA FA ‘08 10/0 92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 5 Kent State Akron, OH FA ‘04 16/16 94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 2 Florida State Florence, SC D1 ‘07 16/0 97 Arnold Harrison LB 6-3 241 09/20/82 3 Georgia Augusta, GA FA ‘05 13/0
defensive Backs (13) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 20 Bryant McFadden CB 6-0 190 11/21/81 4 Florida State Hollywood, FL D2 ‘05 13/0 22 William Gay CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 2 Louisville Tallahasee, FL D5b ‘07 16/0 23 Tyrone Carter S 5-9 195 03/31/76 9 Minnesota Pompano Beach, FL FA ‘04 16/5 24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 6 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 ‘03 16/16 25 Ryan Clark S 5-11 205 10/12/79 7 Louisiana State Merraro, LA UFA ‘06 (Was) 6/6 26 Deshea Townsend CB 5-10 190 09/08/75 11 Alabama Batesville, MS D4a ‘98 16/16 27 Anthony Smith S 6-1 200 09/20/83 3 Syracuse Hubbard, OH D3a ‘06 16/10 29 Ryan Mundy S 6-1 215 02/11/85 R West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b ‘08 0/0 30 Roy Lewis CB 5-10 190 05/19/85 R Washington Los Angeles, CA FA ‘08 0/0 31 Travis Williams CB 5-9 180 04/19/85 R East Carolina Daytona Beach, FL FA ‘08 0/0 37 Anthony Madison CB 5-9 180 10/08/81 3 Alabama Thomasville, AL FA ‘07 9/0 41 Grant Mason S 6-0 198 08/18/83 2 Michigan Pontiac, MI FA ‘07 5/0 43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 6 Southern California Tenmile, OR D1 ‘03 11/11
specialists (4) No. Name Pos. ht. Wt. birthdate Exp. College hometown how Acquired 2005gP/gs 3 Jeff Reed K 5-11 225 04/09/79 7 North Carolina Charlotte, NC FA ‘02 16/0 4 Julian Rauch K 5-11 207 07/23/85 R Appalachian State Gastonia, NC FA ‘08 0/0 9 Daniel Sepulveda P 6-3 230 01/12/84 2 Baylor Dallas, TX D4a ‘07 16/0 60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 4 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA ‘05 16/0