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PRO
CAREER: Enters his 10th NFL season, all with
the Bears, standing as the fifth-longest tenured
player among active NFL long snappers with their
current club
His 141 games with Chicago
leads all current Bears, which also includes a
team-high 73 straight
Stands alongside Olin
Kreutz as Chicago's longest tenured players with
9 NFL seasons under their belts
Has handled
the snapping duties in all but 3 games during
his NFL career
Contributed to Bears setting
an NFL record for most consecutive unblocked punts
(920) and games without a blocked punt (180) that
covered 13 years and was snapped in 2003
Snapped every punt and kick (PAT and FG) attempt
for Chicago from 1998-2000 and 2003-06
Has
played all 16 games 7 times in his career while
pulling the trigger on 1,318 of 1,338 long-snap
attempts during that time
One of the league's
top coverage long snappers, notching 65 career
special teams tackles, second-most by a Bear since
1995 (Adrian Peterson, 75).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a sixth-round
selection (189th overall) by Chicago in the 1998
NFL Draft& Signed contract extension (2/14/05).
SIGNED through 2010.
2006 SEASON: Competed in all 16 regular
season contests and all 3 postseason games as
the Bears long snapper
Helped Chicago to
143 kicking points in 2006 (32 field goals, 47
PATs), tops in the NFL
Assisted on 3 special
teams tackles during the regular season
Added 2 special teams tackles in the playoffs.
GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-0
2005 SEASON: Played all 16 regular season
games and the Divisional Playoff, finishing the
year with 5 special teams tackles... Served as
long snapper on 7 punts and 1 PAT at WASH (9/11)...
Made 1 special teams tackle vs. CIN (9/25)...
Credited with 1 special teams tackle at CLE (10/9)...
Recorded 1 special teams tackle at DET (10/30)...
Notched 1 special teams tackle at TB (11/27).
GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-0
2004 SEASON: Snapped every punt and kick
attempt in all 16 games while tying for 5th on
the team with a career-high tying 11 special teams
tackles... Registered 3 special teams tackles
vs. PHI (10/3)... Recorded 1 special teams tackle
vs. SF (10/31) in 100th career game... Served
as long snapper and posted 2 special teams tackles
at JAX (12/12). GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-0
2003
SEASON: Performed as Chicago's long snapper
in all 16 games for the fourth time in his career
and posted 1 special teams tackle ... Recovered
fumble on special teams in season opener at SF
(9/7) and assisted on special teams tackle ...
Season finale at KC (12/28) was his 25th consecutive
game played. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-0
2002
Season - Served as Chicago's long snapper
in 14 games, missing two contests due to a left
knee injury, and ranked sixth on the team by equaling
a career-high with 11 special teams tackles
Snapped all punt and kick attempts during Games
1-5 and 8-16 while being named as a Gameday Inactive
for Games 6-7 due to a left knee injury suffered
during a bye-week practice
Tied career-high
with three special teams tackles at BUF (9/29)
Inactive at DET (10/20) and at MIN (10/27) due
to left knee injury
Returned to lineup vs.
PHI (11/3) and equaled career-high with three
special teams tackles
Recorded two special
teams tackles vs. NE (11/20). GAMES PLAYED-STARTED:
14-0
PREVIOUS
SEASONS
2001 Season - Played in 15 of 16 games,
missing his first career game and ending his 51-game
streak of snapping every Bears punt, PAT and FG
attempt since coming into the NFL
Snapped
every punt and kick attempt in all other games
Tied career-high with three special teams tackles
vs MIN (9/23) in his 50th game in the NFL
Suffered a sprained right ankle during the week
leading up to the game vs ARIZ (10/14) and was
inactive for the first time in his career
Returned to active duty at CIN (10/21) and snapped
on all punts and kick attempts
Notched two
special teams tackles at MIN (11/25)
Made
his postseason debut in the Divisional Playoff
vs PHI (1/19/02).
Games played-started: 15-0
2000 Season-Participated in all 16 games
for the third time in his three-year career …
Anchored the Bears front line that did not allow
a single block of a field goal attempt, extra
point attempt or punt … Tenth on the team with
six special teams tackles.
Games played-started: 16-0
1999 Season
Saw action in every contest for second straight
season…Served as long snapper for every FG, PAT
and punt in 16 games…Tied for sixth with eight
special teams tackles, including five in last
two contests…Set career-high with three special
teams stops at StL (12/26) despite injuring left
hand…Recorded two more special teams tackles in
final game vs TB (1/2/00).
Games played-started: 16-0
1998 Season - Played in every game as a
rookie…Snapped every field goal, PAT and punt
in 16 games…Tied for sixth with 11 special teams
tackles…Eight solo stops on special teams tied
for second on team…Made NFL debut in Season Opener
vs Jax (9/6)…Recorded two special teams stops
at Ariz (10/11)…Recorded two special teams stops
at GB (12/12)…Originally drafted in sixth round
(189th overall) by Chicago.
COLLEGIATE, PERSONAL
Fifth-year senior who was two-year starter on
Duke’s offensive line…Blue Devil’s long snapper
since freshman season (1993)…Steady performer
at left tackle after taking medical redshirt as
fifth-year senior…Played one game (Army) in 1996
before infected lymph nodes caused him to miss
the remainder of season…A projected pre-season
all-ACC selection… Started all 11 games at left
guard as a junior…Established himself as one of
league’s best blockers… Moved from defensive line
to offensive line prior to junior season…Played
in all 12 games as deep snapper and reserve defensive
end as a sophomore…Switched to offensive line
following regular season prior to team’s Hall
of Fame Bowl appearance…Played in all 11 games
as team’s deep snapper as a freshman…Atlanta area
"Lineman of the Year" at Marist High in Atlanta,
GA…Three letters in football, two in basketball…Played
in Georgia-Florida all-star game…Brother, Bernard,
played football at Notre Dame from 1988-92…History
Major and Minor in Markets and Management studies…Married
(Tamara) daughter of former major league pitcher,
Tommy John.
SOURCE: Chicago Bears
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