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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
DARYN<br />
COLLEDGE<br />
GUARD<br />
BOISE STATE<br />
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 308<br />
Fourth <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Fourth Packers Season<br />
Born: February 11, 1982<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 48/44<br />
Acquired: D2a-06<br />
A resilient fouryear<br />
pro who has gone<br />
through ups and downs<br />
as a young offensive lineman but has established himself<br />
as a consistent, versatile performer…Has started 44 of 48<br />
games (including a stretch of 27 in a row, and 46 of 50<br />
overall including playoffs) in three seasons, with all but<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
three of the starts <strong>com</strong>ing at left guard…<br />
Since his rookie season in ’06, line has allowed<br />
just 77 sacks, which is tied for fifthfewest<br />
in the <strong>NFL</strong>…One of only two players,<br />
along with Jason Spitz, to take every snap on offense<br />
in 2008…Also joined Spitz as the only linemen to start<br />
at three different spots on the line during the season…<br />
Helped block for QB Aaron Rodgers on his way to 4,038<br />
passing yards and RB Ryan Grant on his way to 1,203<br />
rushing yards in ‘08, the first time in franchise history that<br />
the Packers had a 4,000-yard passer and 1,200-yard rusher<br />
in the same season…Continued to improve during his<br />
second season, starting the first 12 games, losing his spot<br />
for three weeks, and then getting it back for the regularseason<br />
finale and playoffs…Began his rookie season as a<br />
backup, after losing his starting LG spot following the preseason<br />
opener, but was thrust back into the starting lineup<br />
in Week 2 due to an injury to fellow rookie Spitz, started 15<br />
straight games (including one as an emergency fill-in for<br />
Chad Clifton at left tackle) and earned All-Rookie honors…<br />
Head Coach Mike McCarthy called him the team’s most<br />
improved player following the 2006 season, when he was<br />
named to the midseason All-Rookie Team of Sports Illustrated’s<br />
Peter King and the postseason All-Rookie Team<br />
of Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association…<br />
Was a four-year starter (2002-05) at left tackle for Boise<br />
State, though the Green Bay coaching staff immediately<br />
penciled him in as the designated starter at left guard…<br />
Highly durable at Boise State, holds the school record in<br />
consecutive games played and started (both 52)…Was<br />
a three-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection<br />
for the Broncos, earning first-team honors in 2004 and<br />
2005 after receiving second-team recognition in 2003…<br />
Arguably stands as the best offensive lineman in school<br />
history…At Boise State during a period of remarkable<br />
success, the school posted a 45-7 record (.865) during<br />
his four seasons as a starter, including a 31-1 conference<br />
Ed Block Courage Award<br />
►►Was one of only two players on<br />
offense (Jason Spitz) to take<br />
every snap in 2008, and also<br />
joined Spitz as the only linemen<br />
to start at three different spots<br />
on the season.<br />
►►Blocked for QB Aaron Rodgers<br />
(4,038 passing yards) and RB at a glance…<br />
Ryan Grant (1,203 rushing yards)<br />
in ’08, the first time in franchise history that the Packers had<br />
a 4,000-yard passer and a 1,200-yard rusher in the same<br />
season.<br />
►►Has shown his durability by never missing a game in the <strong>NFL</strong><br />
or in college, a <strong>com</strong>bined total of 100 games.<br />
►►Named to the Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers<br />
Association All-Rookie Team in 2006, when he started every<br />
game except Week 1.<br />
►►Played at Boise State during a period of tremendous success<br />
as the Broncos posted a 45-7 record from 2002-05, including<br />
a 31-1 conference mark en route to four straight Western<br />
Athletic Conference championships.<br />
►►Became the highest-ever <strong>NFL</strong> draft choice from the state of<br />
Alaska – and the eighth overall – when he was picked 47th<br />
overall in 2006 by Green Bay, topping Reggie Tongue, who<br />
went 58th to Kansas City in 1996.<br />
►►Grew up in North Pole, Alaska, a town populated by just over<br />
1,600 that is located 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks. His<br />
boyhood home was located on S. Santa Claus Lane and the<br />
city was known for its candy cane-themed light poles.<br />
mark en route to four straight WAC championships…Upon<br />
being chosen by the Packers with the 47th overall pick, he<br />
became the eighth Alaskan to be drafted by an <strong>NFL</strong> team<br />
– and the highest ever, topping Reggie Tongue, who went<br />
58th overall to Kansas City in 1996…Interestingly, lived<br />
on S. Santa Claus Lane while growing up in North Pole,<br />
Alaska, a city located 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks that<br />
has a population of just over 1,600 people and features<br />
candy cane-themed light poles.<br />
2008 season<br />
Started all 16 games for the first<br />
time in his career, and was one<br />
of only two players (Spitz) to take every offensive snap…<br />
Joined Spitz as the only linemen to start at three different<br />
spots on the offensive line…Opened up 14 games at LG<br />
and one each at LT and RT…Blocked for Grant’s career-<br />
T Mark Tauscher earned the Packers’ 2008 Ed Block Courage Award, in a vote of his teammates.<br />
In 1978, the Baltimore Colts started an effort to raise funds for abused children and conceived an award they named after their<br />
longtime trainer, the late Ed Block. In 1984, the award was taken league-wide to honor one player from each team who, in the eyes of<br />
his teammates, best exemplifies and displays courage. Annual Packers winners, 1984-2008:<br />
1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Cassidy<br />
1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . Ezra Johnson<br />
1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Swanke<br />
1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Uecker<br />
1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Murphy<br />
1989 . . . . . . . . . Herman Fontenot<br />
1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Perry Kemp<br />
1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . Vai Sikahema<br />
1992 . . . . . . . . . . . Tootie Robbins<br />
1993 . . . . . . . . . . .Johnny Holland<br />
1994 . . . . . . . . . . . George Teague<br />
1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . Reggie White<br />
1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Favre<br />
1997 . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Brooks<br />
1998 . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Newsome<br />
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl Dotson<br />
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Bidwell<br />
2001 . . . . . . . . . . Santana Dotson<br />
2002 . . . . . . Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila<br />
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilbert Brown<br />
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . Marco Rivera<br />
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald Driver<br />
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jon Ryan<br />
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Francies<br />
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Tauscher<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES COLLEDGE FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.<br />
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