TRANSACTIONS:
• 2/29/08 – signed renegotiated contract with St.
Louis.
• 11/7/07 – placed on reserve/injured list.
• 11/21/06 – signed
renegotiated contract with St. Louis.
• 3/8/02 – signed by St. Louis as an
unrestricted free agent.
•
4/18/98 – selected by St. Louis in the third round (65th overall) of the 1998
NFL Draft.
PRO: Arguably one of the best defensive
lineman in the NFL…moved to defensive end in 2001 after playing first three
seasons at linebacker…finished second in the NFL with 14.5 sacks in 2001…has
75.0 career sacks, most in franchise history since NFL made statistic official
in 1982…ranks sixth among active players in sacks…ranks fourth in sacks since
2000…ranks third in Rams’ history in most seasons leading the team in sacks
(five).
2007 SEASON: Played and started first
seven games of season at defensive end despite being hampered by a toe
injury…declared inactive for Week 8 contest vs. Cleveland 10/28 due to toe
injury before being placed on reserve/injured list 11/7…finished season with 23
tackles, including 1.0 sack, and one forced fumble.
• Made a season-high six
tackles in Week 2 vs. San Francisco 9/16.
• Posted only sack of season in
Week 6 at Baltimore 11/14...forced fumble on sack of QB Kyle Boller that was
recovered by DE Victor Adeyanju and returned 24 yards to set up a Rams’ field
goal attempt.
2006 SEASON: Started all 16 games…led the
team with 13.0 sacks (tied for second in the NFC, tied for fifth in the
NFL).
• Had 2.0 sacks vs. Denver 9/10, his 13th career multi-sack game…also
had one forced fumble, the 24th of his career.
• Recorded 2.0 sacks and a
forced fumble on QB Brett Favre with 0:44 left in the game to seal a win at
Green Bay 10/8, his 14th career multi-sack game.
• Made 2.0 sacks vs. Kansas
City 11/5, marking his 15th career multi-sack game.
• Recorded 2.0 sacks and
a forced fumble (27th of career) that was recovered and returned 89 yards for a
touchdown by DE Victor Adeyanju in the first quarter of contest at Seattle
11/12…game marked 16th career multi-sack game.
• Recorded 2.0 sacks at
Oakland 12/17…game marked 17th career multi-sack
contest.
2005 SEASON: Led Rams with 9.5 sacks.
•
Led defense with nine tackles (four solo), 2.0 sacks, and two forced fumbles at
San Francisco 9/11
• Season-high 11 tackles (eight solo) vs. Washington
12/4.
• Four solo tackles, 2.0 tackles, three QB pressures, one forced fumble
and one fumble recovery vs. Philadelphia 12/18.
• Eight tackles (five solo),
one pass defensed, team-high and season-high 2.5 sacks, and one forced fumble at
Dallas 1/1/06.
2004 SEASON: Started all 16 games.
•
Nine tackles (four solo), and scored first career touchdown by recovering fumble
in the end zone vs. New England 11/7.
• Led team with career-high 12 tackles
(six solo), and 1.0 sack vs. San Francisco 12/5.
• Five tackles (three solo),
and recovered fumble, returning ball 61 yards for touchdown at Arizona
12/19.
• Five tackles (four solo) in NFC Wildcard Game at Seattle
1/8/05.
• Five tackles (four solo), and sacked Falcons’ QB Michael Vick for
14-yard loss, moving into third
place on Rams’ all-time playoff list for
career sacks (5.0), in NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Atlanta
1/15/05.
2003 SEASON: Earned first career Pro Bowl
invitation…led team for third consecutive year in sacks and ranked third in the
NFC (fourth in the NFL).
•Torn pectoral muscle suffered at Pittsburgh
10/27.
•Tallied sack in the first six games of the season, only the second
player to accomplish the feat since the Rams came to St. Louis, (DE Kevin
Carter, 1998, Little repeated, 2001).
• Ten tackles (six solo), three QB
pressures, and one forced fumble in season opener at New York Giants 9/7.
•
Eight tackles (six solo), career-best four sacks, three QB pressures, and two
forced fumbles against Minnesota 11/30…four-sack performance tied for second
(Sean Gilbert, four vs. Pittsburgh 9/12/93) on Rams’ all-time list for sacks in
a single game…also added two forced fumbles against Vikings, one of which was
recovered by S Aeneas Williams and returned 90 yards for a
touchdown.
2002 SEASON: Led team in sacks for second
consecutive season with 12.0 (tied for fourth in NFC, tied for seventh in NFL)
in first season as full-time starter.
• First career start with seven tackles
(four solo) with one for loss, game-high four QB pressures, and one sack for
9-yard loss vs. New York Giants 9/15.
• Established then-career-highs with 10
tackles (seven solo) and five QB pressures on Monday Night Football against
Chicago 11/18.
• Had monster game in season finale vs. San Francisco 12/30 in
leading defensive line with nine tackles (five solo), one QB pressure,
season-high 2.0 sacks, and career-high three forced
fumbles.
2001 SEASON: Had streak of seven straight
games with at least one sack…had at least one sack in 10 of 13 games.
• Set
then-career-high against Detroit 10/8 with three sacks for 23 yards, making him
first Ram with three sacks in one game since Kevin Carter at Carolina
12/3/00.
• Four tackles (one solo), led team with three special teams
tackles, and made one sack for an 11-yard loss vs. Carolina 11/11.
• One solo
tackle and one sack for a 3-yard loss before leaving game in third quarter with
a left knee injury at New England 11/18.
• Inactive for next three
games.
• Returned from injury on Monday Night Football at New Orleans 12/17
to collect five tackles (three solo) with one QB pressure and one special teams
tackle, as well as 1.5 sacks for -12.5 yards.
• Playoff career-high nine
tackles (five solo), three QB pressures, and one sack in Super Bowl XXXVI vs.
New England 2/3.
2000 SEASON: Inactive for two games with
ankle injury (at Seattle 9/10 and vs. San Francisco 9/17)...totaled 14 tackles,
including 5.0 sacks.
1999 SEASON: Season high four special
teams tackles vs. New York Giants 12/19.
1998 SEASON: Inactive for four games
before being placed on non-football injury list
11/17.
