NFL CAREER
Drafted:
Fourth round (116th overall) in 2006 by Tennessee Titans
NFL Stats:
2012: Finished with 112 total tackles, including 74 solo.
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Recognition:
- 2012 & 2013 The NFL Top 100 Players
- NFLPA – PULSE Award
- 2013 & 2014 Robert Porcher Man of the Year Award
- 2012 Grid Iron Great Award
- 2012 NFLPA Byron “Whizzer” White nominee
- 2011, 2012 & 2013 Detroit Lions Captain
- 2010 Tennessee Titans Captain
- 2012-13, 2013-14 Walter Payton Award
COLLEGE INFO
College: North Carolina State
Accolades: As a junior, named First Team All-ACC, honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated
MVP of 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl and N.C. State’s Most Valuable Linebacker while starting all 12 games
Posted career-highs in tackles (150, team-high), sacks (6), tackles for loss (21), forced fumbles (1), fumbles recovered (2) and quarterback pressures (9)
Went pro after junior year