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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
COLLEDGE<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
high 1,203 rushing yards, which ranks as the seventhhighest<br />
single-season rushing mark in franchise history…<br />
Also protected Rodgers on his way to 4,038 passing yards<br />
to give the Packers a 4,000-yard passer and a 1,200-yard<br />
rusher in the same season for the first time in team history…Vs.<br />
Minnesota (Sept. 8): Part of a line that did not<br />
allow a sack of Rodgers and cleared the way for 139 yards<br />
on the ground. Provided a key block on Grant’s 57-yard run<br />
in the fourth quarter, taking out DT Pat Williams…At Detroit<br />
(Sept. 14): Helped team rush for 123 yards, and also<br />
saw time at RG in the second half when Allen Barbre came<br />
in at LG…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Started at LG but moved<br />
over to LT in the third quarter for an injured Clifton (hamstring),<br />
where he played the rest of the game…At Tennessee<br />
(Nov. 2): Started at LT for first time since Oct.<br />
22, 2006, at Miami in place of Clifton, who missed the game<br />
due to illness…Vs. Chicago (Nov. 16): Part of line that<br />
paved the way for team’s 200 rushing yards, including a<br />
season-high 145 from<br />
Grant. Line did not allow<br />
a sack or pressure of<br />
Rodgers all afternoon…<br />
Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28):<br />
Started first game of his<br />
career at RT, but moved<br />
over to customary LG<br />
spot in the third quarter<br />
when injuries to C Scott<br />
Wells and Barbre forced<br />
the line to re-shuffle.<br />
Blocked for team’s season-high<br />
211 rushing<br />
yards. Helped pave the<br />
way for Grant and RB<br />
DeShawn Wynn to each<br />
post 100-plus yards rushing, only the second time since<br />
1985 that the Packers ac<strong>com</strong>plished that feat. Provided<br />
several key blocks down the field on Wynn’s 73-yard touchdown<br />
run in the first quarter, the longest run by the Packers<br />
on the season.<br />
2007<br />
Started 13 games, played in all 16, and started<br />
at LG in both playoff contests…Filled in at both<br />
tackle spots when needed…At New York Giants (Sept.<br />
16): Moved to LT in the fourth quarter for a series when<br />
Clifton went out temporarily with an ankle injury; on another<br />
fourth-quarter series, pinned DE Justin Tuck inside,<br />
allowing Wynn to burst ahead for a 38-yard touchdown…<br />
At Denver (Oct. 29): Was part of an offensive line that<br />
helped Grant rush for 104 yards in 19-13 overtime win,<br />
giving Green Bay its first 100-yard rusher of the season…<br />
Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11): Started the game at left guard<br />
and shifted to right tackle in the third quarter after Mark<br />
Tauscher left the game with an ankle injury; Colledge noted<br />
it marked the first time since high school he played at right<br />
tackle. Helped Green Bay amass a season-high 488 yards,<br />
and held the Vikings without a sack; Grant collected 119<br />
yards rushing…At Dallas (Nov. 29): Started, but Spitz<br />
replaced him in the second quarter (coach’s decision), with<br />
Junius Coston filling in at Spitz’s RG spot…Vs. Detroit<br />
(Dec. 30): Regained starting spot at LG and shifted to LT<br />
for Clifton in the second half. Helped the team rush for 217<br />
yards, 113 <strong>com</strong>ing from Brandon Jackson, the first 100-<br />
yard rushing performance of his career…Vs. Seattle<br />
(Jan. 12): Was part of an offensive line that assisted Grant<br />
to 201 yards and three touchdowns in Divisional playoff<br />
contest, both Packers playoff records. On Grant’s 24-yard<br />
run in the third quarter, took out LB Lofa Tatupu.<br />
2006<br />
rest of the preseason…Made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut in the season<br />
opener, on special teams, then started the final 15 games<br />
— 14 at left guard and one at left tackle…Started in Week<br />
2 vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17) for an injured Spitz and never<br />
relinquished the role, even after Spitz returned to health<br />
and was re-inserted at right guard…Wound up on the field<br />
for 1,060 offensive plays (94.9 percent), third on the team<br />
behind Brett Favre and Wells…Played every snap on an offensive<br />
line that didn’t allow a sack from the fourth quarter<br />
vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17) to the second quarter vs. St.<br />
Louis (Oct. 8); the streak covered 108 passing plays and included<br />
a shutout at Philadelphia (Oct. 2) against the Eagles’<br />
attacking defense…At season’s end, called the team’s most<br />
improved player by McCarthy…Named to the prestigious<br />
Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association All-<br />
Rookie Team…Vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17): Made his<br />
first <strong>NFL</strong> start, at left guard for Spitz (thigh bruise)…At<br />
Miami (Oct. 22): Shifted from left guard to left tackle with<br />
Clifton inactive (illness)<br />
as the Packers started<br />
three rookies on the offensive<br />
line for the first<br />
time since at least the<br />
1970 merger, according<br />
to Elias Sports Bureau;<br />
was part of an offensive<br />
line that blocked for 155<br />
yards rushing, including<br />
118 from Ahman<br />
Green…Vs. Arizona<br />
(Oct. 29): Helped the<br />
offense amass 203 yards<br />
on the ground (383 total)<br />
including 100-yard<br />
performances from both<br />
Green (106) and Vernand Morency (101), which was the<br />
first time the Packers had a pair of 100-yard rushers in<br />
the same game since Dec. 1, 1985, vs. Tampa Bay (Eddie<br />
Lee Ivery, Gerry Ellis)…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 17): Shifted<br />
to left tackle for a series with Clifton temporarily out with<br />
a shoulder stinger…2006 Draft: Selected in the second<br />
round (47th overall), and was the sixth offensive lineman<br />
picked…Was the first of two second-round choices by<br />
Green Bay; the Packers utilized a pick obtained from Atlanta<br />
in a draft-day trade down 10 spots that included the 37th<br />
overall selection received from Denver for Javon Walker…<br />
Became only the second player in Boise State history to be<br />
selected in the top 50 of the draft (DE Markus Koch, 30th<br />
overall in 1986).<br />
college<br />
A four-year starter and a three-time All-<br />
Western Athletic Conference selection for<br />
the Broncos, earning first-team honors in 2004 and 2005 after<br />
receiving second-team recognition in 2003…Highly durable<br />
at Boise State, holds the school record in consecutive<br />
games played and started (both 52)…At Boise State during<br />
a period of remarkable success, the school posted a 45-7<br />
record (.865) during his four seasons as a starter, including<br />
a 31-1 conference mark en route to four straight WAC<br />
championships…Also contributed to three consecutive top-<br />
20 rankings from 2002-04 and to a 31-game home winning<br />
streak that stood as the nation’s longest active string until<br />
it was ended in his final collegiate game…Three times he<br />
was named as the school’s ‘Outstanding Offensive Lineman’<br />
(2003-05)…Also set several records in the BSU weight<br />
room during the spring of 2005, including 438 pounds<br />
in the power clean and 665 pounds in the back squat…<br />
Earned B.A. degree in <strong>com</strong>munications…Senior season<br />
(2005): Was one of only four senior starters on a team that<br />
finished 9-4, including a 7-1 conference mark that allowed it<br />
to capture the WAC title…Started all 13 games at left tackle,<br />
stretching his personal starting streak to a school-record<br />
52 games when he lined up against Boston College in the<br />
MPC Computers Bowl (Dec. 28) in his final game as a col-<br />
Played in all 16 games during his rookie season…Spent<br />
the offseason and first portion of<br />
training camp as the starter at LG, but after the preseason<br />
opener at San Diego (Aug. 12), fellow rookie Spitz was<br />
moved to LG and Tony Moll was promoted to start at RG…<br />
Played primarily at his college position, left tackle, the legian…Garnered first-team all-conference honors and was<br />
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