TRANSACTIONS: Re-signed as a free
agent (3/25/10)...signed to the active roster from the practice squad
(11/4/08)…signed to practice squad by St. Louis (9/9/08) selected by St. Louis
in the seventh round (252nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft (4/26/08).
PRO: Third-year veteran, has
played in 20 career games with 11 starts…has totaled 56 tackles (34 solo), one
pass defensed and one forced fumble…also logged 15 special teams
tackles.
2009 SEASON: Competed in 12 games
with 10 starts…suspended for four games finished the season with 41 tackles (29
solo), one pass defensed and one forced fumble…also posted six tackles (four
solo) on special teams…Week 1 at Seattle (9/13): Made his second career start,
and first at strongside linebacker…ranked third on the team with a season-high
eight tackles (five solo)…Week 11 vs. Arizona (11/22): Started at strongside
linebacker…recorded four tackles (three solo) added his first forced fumble of
his career in the fourth quarter…the fumble was recovered by S James Butler and
led to an RB Steven Jackson rushing touchdown… added one solo special teams
tackle…Week 13 at Chicago (12/6): Started at strongside linebacker…registered
five tackles (four solo)…added a pass defensed…recorded one assisted tackle on
special teams.
2008 SEASON: Known as “Mr.
Irrelevant” after being selected with the final pick in the NFL Draft...made the
opening day roster but was inactive at Philadelphia (9/7)...added to the
practice squad (9/9)...signed to the active roster (11/4)…played in eight games,
starting one…Week 13 vs. Miami (11/30): Started first career
game…made a season-high 10 tackles (three solo)...became the first Mr.
Irrelevant to start a game as a rookie since LB Marty Moore started four regular
season games and one postseason game for New England in
1994.
341 tackles rank sixth in Idaho history…324
career tackles (Idaho played in the Sun Belt Conference in 2004) rank third in
Western Athletic Conference history…among the nation’s top tacklers over his
final two seasons, totaling 134 tackles (seventh in NCAA) as a junior in 2006
and 148 tackles (third in NCAA) as a senior in 2007…both totals led WAC and his
148 tackles are the fourth-highest in a season by a WAC player…played 45 games
with 33 starts (29 at weakside linebacker and four at middle linebacker)…arrived
on campus as a freshman weighing 195 pounds…as a senior, All-WAC first-team
honoree…team captain and MVP started all 12 games (10 games at weakside
linebacker and two at middle linebacker)…148 tackles rank second on school’s
all-time single-season list…became the 10th player in school history to lead the
team in tackles twice in a career…had at least 10 tackles in 11 of 12
games...psychology and communication studies double major with 3.41 GPA.
Played linebacker, safety, tight end,
quarterback and running back during three-year career at Winston Churchill High
in Eugene, Ore…team captain as a junior and senior, earning second-team
All-Conference at linebacker during junior season and honorable mention
All-Midwestern League at quarterback during his senior season...added honorable
mention All-Conference honors as a senior…also lettered in basketball, earning
honorable mention All-Conference as a senior…honored as “Mr. Irrelevant,” in
week-long celebration in Newport Beach, Calif., in June
2008.
