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GREG ORTON — WR<br />
Height: 6-3 College: Purdue<br />
Weight: 207 Born: 12-17-86<br />
Dayton, Ohio, native<br />
played four seasons (2005-08)<br />
at Purdue and fi nished fi fth in<br />
school history in career receptions<br />
(203) while ranking sixth in receiving yards (2356)<br />
… Played in all 50 Boilermaker games during his career<br />
… Scored 13 TDs … Caught career-best 69 passes as<br />
a senior last season, tying his career high for TDs (five)<br />
and gaining 720 yards … His 5.8 catches per game last<br />
season ranked second in Big Ten, and he was an honorable<br />
mention all-league selection by both coaches and media<br />
… His four-yard catch and subsequent pitch to Desmond<br />
Tardy on a hook-and-lateral play produced the winning TD<br />
PERNELL PHILLIPS — DT<br />
Height: 6-0 College: Central State<br />
Weight: 311 Born: 4-5-85<br />
<strong>Cincinnati</strong> native will bid<br />
to become the second player<br />
from Central State (Wilberforce,<br />
Ohio) to make <strong>Bengals</strong> roster,<br />
potentially joining DT Roosevelt Nix (1992-93) … Phillips<br />
was a top performer for Central State in the weight room<br />
as well as on the field, and has the size and strength to<br />
handle an interior DL position at the pro level … Played<br />
four seasons (2005-08) for Marauders, totaling 127 tackles<br />
(67 solo) with 19.5 tackles-for-loss and seven sacks …<br />
Made considerable progress in his footwork and quickness<br />
CHRIS PRESSLEY — FB<br />
Height: 5-11 College: Wisconsin<br />
Weight: 260 Born: 8-8-86<br />
Powerful blocker who has<br />
been a star in the weight room<br />
as well as on the fi eld, Pressley<br />
aided individual running back<br />
seasons of well over 1000 yards in each of his three<br />
years of seeing signifi cant playing time … In Wisconsin<br />
program for fi ve seasons (2004-08), including a 2006<br />
redshirt year when he was unable to play due to a leg<br />
injury … Played in 37 of Badgers’ 39 games over 2005<br />
and ’07-08, and supported team rushing averages in<br />
those three seasons of 168.0, 200.8 and 211.2 …<br />
With Pressley as lead blocker, RB P.J. Hill rushed for<br />
1212 yards in ’07 and 1161 yards in ’08, with per-carry<br />
averages of 5.2 and 5.1 … As a sophomore in 2005,<br />
Pressley played in 12 games with three starts and helped<br />
Brian Calhoun rush for 1636 yards with 4.7 avg. …<br />
— 121 —<br />
16<br />
last year vs. Michigan … Posted career-best 752 receiving<br />
yards as a junior, with 67 catches and three TDs … Had<br />
season-best 10 catches as a junior vs. Ohio State, and<br />
helped Purdue win Motor City Bowl with nine catches<br />
for 136 yards and a TD vs. Central Michigan … Caught<br />
58-for-790 with five TDs as a sophomore, including a<br />
score vs. Maryland in Champs Sports Bowl as he caught<br />
eight-for-95 … Attended Wayne High School in Greater<br />
Dayton, where he earned first-team all-state honors as a<br />
senior and was ranked No. 19 WR in nation by SuperPrep<br />
… Purdue major was organizational leadership and<br />
supervision … Hobbies include table tennis and movies<br />
… Signed <strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 4-30-09.<br />
79<br />
the last two seasons, working with Carl Powell and Mike<br />
St. Clair, former <strong>Bengals</strong> defensive linemen on the Central<br />
State coaching staff … Had career-high 40 tackles (23<br />
solo) as a senior … Career-best eight tackles for loss as<br />
a junior, and posted career-best 3.5 sacks as a sophomore<br />
… Attended <strong>Cincinnati</strong>’s Taft High School, where he played<br />
under head coach Mike Martin, a former <strong>Bengals</strong> WR …<br />
Manufacturing engineering major at Central State …<br />
Signed <strong>Bengals</strong> contract on May 3, following an impressive<br />
performance as a tryout player in <strong>Cincinnati</strong>’s rookie<br />
minicamp … First name is pronounced “per-NELL.”<br />
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Helped Badgers fi nish 10-3 in ’05 and 9-4 in ’07 …<br />
Averaged 4.1 yards per rush for his career (25-103),<br />
with one TD … Made his only two career receptions<br />
in ’07, including two-yarder for TD vs. Ohio State …<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town is Woodbury, N.J. … Attended Woodbury<br />
High School, where he was named South Jersey Back<br />
of the Year after rushing for 1630 yards and 22 TDs as<br />
a senior … Also lettered in track and wrestling … Was<br />
in National Honor Society in high school and went on<br />
to win Wisconsin’s Ivan B. Williamson Scholastic Award<br />
… In 2008, named Academic All-Big Ten and won the<br />
conference’s Sportsmanship Award … Spent three weeks<br />
in China in summer of 2007 as part of an educational<br />
trip through Wisconsin School of Business … Majored<br />
in life science communication at Wisconsin … Signed<br />
<strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 4-30-09.<br />
STAFF<br />
ROSTERS<br />
VETERANS<br />
<strong>2009</strong> DRAFT CHOICES<br />
COLLEGE FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW<br />
HISTORY RECORDS STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA
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