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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
DUKE<br />
PRESTON<br />
CENTER/GUARD<br />
ILLINOIS<br />
Ht: 6-5 Wt: 320<br />
Fifth <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
First Packers Season<br />
Born: June 12, 1982<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 59/20<br />
Acquired: UFA-09 (Buf)<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
Versatile interior lineman<br />
who joined the team<br />
as an unrestricted free<br />
agent March 30 after four seasons with Buffalo…Expected<br />
to provide depth at both guard spots and at center…Brings<br />
59 games of experience to Green Bay with 20 starts, including<br />
a career-high 11 starts in 2008…<br />
Has started games at both center and<br />
right guard during his career and has also<br />
been a valuable contributor on special<br />
teams…During his four seasons in Buffalo, the Bills had a<br />
1,000-yard rusher three of those years, with Willis McGahee’s<br />
990 yards in 2006 being the lone season when they<br />
did not…Originally a fourth-round draft choice by Buffalo<br />
out of the University of Illinois, played in 15 games during<br />
his rookie season in 2005…Saw his first significant time<br />
as a starter during his second season, opening up eight<br />
games at RG in 2006 for an injured Chris Villarrial…Was<br />
the first center drafted out of Illinois since Tim Simpson<br />
was selected by Cleveland in the 12th round in 1992…A<br />
three-year starter at Illinois, earned honorable mention<br />
All-Big Ten honors as a senior in 2004…Allowed just one<br />
sack during his final two seasons with the Illini…Came to<br />
Illinois from Mt. Carmel High in San Diego, Calif., where<br />
he was named to PrepStar’s All-West team and earned allleague<br />
honors his final two seasons.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in 15 games with a careerhigh<br />
11 starts, opening up at C for<br />
the final 11 games of the season…Dressed but did not<br />
play in season opener vs. Seattle (Sept. 7)…Helped clear<br />
the way for Marshawn Lynch’s 1,036 rushing yards…Part<br />
of an offensive line that blocked for 1,092 rushing yards<br />
(136.5 yards per game) in the second half of the season,<br />
ranking ninth in the league and fifth in the conference…<br />
Team posted 100-plus yards rushing in seven of his 11<br />
starts…Vs. San Diego (Oct. 19): Earned his first start<br />
of the season at center, filling in for an injured Melvin<br />
Fowler, and was part of a line that did not allow a sack…<br />
At Miami (Oct. 26): Played in his 50th career game and<br />
started his second straight at C; also filled in at RG…Vs.<br />
San Francisco (Nov. 30): Blocked for Lynch on his<br />
way to a season-high 134 yards rushing on just 16 carries<br />
(8.4 avg.)…At N.Y. Jets (Dec. 14): Helped clear the<br />
way for the team’s season-high 187 rushing yards.<br />
2007<br />
Served as a key contributor on special teams and<br />
a valuable reserve on the offensive line, seeing<br />
time in 13 games…Was the team’s only active reserve<br />
interior lineman for the final 13 games…Saw most of his<br />
playing time on special teams.<br />
2006<br />
Played in all 16 games with a (then) career-high<br />
eight starts, filling in for an injured Villarrial for<br />
a majority of the second half of the season…At Chicago<br />
(Oct. 8): Made first start of the season, opening at RG…<br />
At Detroit (Oct. 15): Replaced an injured Fowler at center<br />
in the fourth quarter…At Houston (Nov. 19): Started<br />
at RG and provided solid protection for QB J.P. Losman<br />
as he threw for a career-high 340 yards…Vs. San Diego<br />
(Dec. 3): Returned two kickoffs for 10 yards…At N.Y. (Nov. 3).<br />
217 25<br />
►►Versatile lineman has played in<br />
59 games with 20 starts during<br />
his first four seasons in the<br />
league, including a career-high<br />
11 starts in 2008.<br />
►►Part of a Bills offensive line that<br />
blocked for 1,092 rushing yards<br />
(136.5 yards per game) in the at a glance…<br />
second half of 2008, ranking<br />
ninth in the league and fifth in the AFC.<br />
►►Drafted by Buffalo in the fourth round in 2005 out of the<br />
University of Illinois, the first center drafted out of the school<br />
since Tom Simpson was selected by the Browns in the 12th<br />
round in 1992.<br />
►►Three-year letterman who allowed just one sack during his<br />
final two seasons with the Illini.<br />
►►Father, Raymond Jr., played linebacker for the San Diego<br />
Chargers for nine seasons (1976-84).<br />
►►An avid golfer who carries a 3 handicap.<br />
Jets (Dec. 10): Started at RG and helped clear the way<br />
for the team’s season-high 174 rushing yards.<br />
2005<br />
Played in 15 games with one start, taking snaps<br />
at both center and guard…Vs. Miami (Oct.<br />
9): Made first career start, filling in for Villarrial at RG…<br />
At Miami (Dec. 4): Replaced Villarrial at RG after the<br />
starter suffered a hamstring injury in the first quarter. Also<br />
saw action on special teams…2005 Draft: Selected in the<br />
fourth round (122nd overall), and was the fourth center<br />
picked…Was the first true center taken by the Bills in the<br />
draft since the team selected Tom Nutten in the seventh<br />
round in 1995…Was the first center drafted out of Illinois<br />
since Simpson was selected by Cleveland in the 12th<br />
round in 1992.<br />
college<br />
Three-year starter who played in 37<br />
games with 35 starts during his career…<br />
Allowed just one sack during his final two seasons…Protected<br />
Illini quarterbacks as they passed for over 2,000<br />
yards each of his final three seasons…Earned a degree in<br />
speech <strong>com</strong>munication…Senior season (2004): Started<br />
all 11 games at center and earned honorable mention<br />
All-Big Ten honors…Named the team’s captain and offensive<br />
MVP…Played 704 snaps without allowing a sack and<br />
only gave up 10 pressures…Recorded 105 knockdowns<br />
and was not called for a penalty all season…Helped the<br />
Illini to three 200-yard rushing games…Junior season<br />
(2003): Started all 12 games at center…Took every snap<br />
on the season and allowed only one sack…Registered 71<br />
knockdowns and gave up six pressures…Sophomore<br />
season (2002): Started all 12 games at center…Helped<br />
set school total-offense record with 5,356 yards, an average<br />
of 446.3 per game, topping the 5,000-yard mark for<br />
the second straight season and second time in school<br />
history…Helped clear the way for RB Antoineo Harris on<br />
his way to a single-season school rushing record of 1,330<br />
yards, including five 100-yard rushing games…Redshirt<br />
freshman season (2001): Played in two games as the<br />
backup to All-American center Luke Butkus…Saw time in<br />
the season opener at California (Sept. 1) and at Purdue<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES PRESTON<br />
DRAFT &<br />
FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.
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