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including three for loss. Also helped to end the Seahawks’
first possession by tipping a pass that was intercepted by
Charles Woodson, setting up a Packers TD…Vs. N.Y.
Jets (Dec. 3): Combined with Nick Barnett to stop Cedric
Houston for minus-1 yard; on the next play, nearly
intercepted a pass, his sixth pass breakup of the year…At
Chicago (Dec. 31): Recovered a Rex Grossman fumble,
his first career fumble recovery.
2005
Assembled the finest season statistically in his
NFL career in his final year in St. Louis…Started
all 16 games for a second straight season and posted a
career-high 115 tackles (61 solo), which led all NFL defensive
linemen…Also tied his career high with two sacks…
At Arizona (Sept. 18): Joined with Leonard Little to
share a fourth-quarter sack of Kurt Warner…Vs. New Orleans
(Oct. 23): Led team in tackles with 11…Vs. Jacksonville
(Oct. 30): Led
team in tackles for second
straight week with nine
and shared a sack of Byron
Leftwich with Chris
Claiborne…At Houston
(Nov. 27): Got a sack of
his own, dropping David
Carr on a key third down
to force the Texans to
settle for a field goal in
the Rams’ eventual 33-27
win…Vs. Washington
(Dec. 4): Tied career high
with 12 tackles.
2004
Started all 16
regular-season
contests and two playoff
games, finishing with 81
tackles (36 solo) and two
sacks, and playing his best
football late in the year and
into the postseason…Led
the team in tackles twice
and led or tied for tackle
lead among defensive linemen
on three other occasions,
all in final month of regular season and playoffs…At
Carolina (Dec. 12): Led team in tackles with 11, one shy
of regular-season career high…Vs. N.Y. Jets (Jan. 2):
Posted 10 tackles, including a sack of Chad Pennington in
overtime of regular-season finale…At Atlanta (Jan. 15):
In NFC Divisional playoff, established postseason-high of
13 tackles, surpassing regular-season best by one.
2003
Started 13 games at nose tackle and finished
with 74 tackles (26 solo) and one sack…At Chicago
(Nov. 16): Recorded a season-high 10 tackles…
Vs. Carolina (Jan. 10): Had seven tackles, the seventh
time on the season (six regular season) he posted seven
or more.
2002
Started 14 games at left defensive tackle and
turned in breakout year with 107 stops (59 solo)
to lead St. Louis’ defensive line and finish second on the
team…His six tackles for loss also were second on the
Rams…At Denver (Sept. 8): Made his first career start
in the season opener, leading the defensive line with 10
tackles and getting a half-sack of Brian Griese…At Washington
(Nov. 24): Reached double figures in tackles
again with 10…At Philadelphia (Dec. 1): Established
regular-season career high with 12 tackles.
VETERANS
Took a reserve role on the defensive line and
2001
played special teams…Saw action in 11 regularseason
and three postseason contests, making 24 stops
(10 solo) with ½ sack…At Atlanta (Dec 2): Tallied
five tackles, his rookie high…At Carolina (Dec. 23):
Matched rookie best with five stops…Vs. New England
(Feb. 3): Posted two assisted tackles in Super Bowl loss to
Patriots…2001 Draft: Selected after his junior season by
St. Louis Rams as the third of three first-round selections
(29th overall).
college
A three-year starter at Ohio State (1998-
2000), he played both defensive tackle
positions…Totaled 109 tackles (72 solo), eight sacks and
20 stops for loss in 37 career games…Majored in general
studies…Junior season (2000): Played left defensive
tackle and had 39 tackles (21 solo), three sacks and
two forced fumbles…
Sophomore season
(1999): Started every
game at right defensive
tackle and was named
All-Big Ten honorable
mention with a careerhigh
48 tackles (34 solo)
and three sacks…Freshman
season (1998):
Played in every game and
started the final nine contests
at right defensive
tackle, with 22 stops (17
solo), two sacks, and five
tackles for loss.
personal
Given name Ryan Lamont
Pickett…Nicknamed ‘Big
Grease’…Born in Zephyrhills,
Fla. …Married to
Jennifer, the couple has
three daughters, Jill, 5,
Abigail, 3, and Lydia, 1,
and a son, Ryan Jr., 2…
Older brother, Booker,
played football at the University of Miami (Fla.)…High
school: A consensus All-America selection and all-state
player at Zephyrhills (Fla.) High School, he recorded 119
tackles and seven sacks as a senior…Named one of top 25
players in the nation by the National Recruiting Advisor…
Community involvement: With his wife, partnered
with Acts 1:8 Ministries to start the Tackle a Tower program
in 2008, donating resources with each tackle he records
to help build water towers in Ugandan villages and spread
word of the gospel to the local people. Thus far the program
has helped build more than 50 water towers in Uganda,
with a goal of more than 100…Also spoke to a group of
military troops in San Diego before their deployment to
Afghanistan…Participated in the All-Pro Dad program,
sharing pointers with other fathers, and the annual Families
of Children with Cancer holiday party, playing games and
singing songs with kids…Also served as a celebrity chef for
the Big Brothers Big Sisters annual Taste of the Town event
and has participated in dinners to benefit the Donald Driver
Foundation…Hobbies/interests: Enjoys fishing, fourwheeling
and watching movies…Residence: De Pere, Wis.
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