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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
HAWK<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
three preseason games with chest injury suffered in preseason<br />
opener vs. Cincinnati (Aug. 11). Wore a shoulder<br />
harness to help protect the injury...At Detroit (Sept. 14):<br />
Posted first two-sack game of his career and tied for team<br />
lead with seven tackles. On second sack, leaped over attempted<br />
block by RB Kevin Smith and brought down QB<br />
Jon Kitna…Vs. Dallas (Sept. 21): Finished second on<br />
the team with 11 tackles. Combined with S Aaron Rouse to<br />
stop RB Marion Barber for a 1-yard loss in third quarter…<br />
At Tampa Bay (Sept. 28): Posted four tackles and broke<br />
up a pass intended for TE Jerramy Stevens in the end zone<br />
on third down to limit the Bucs to a field goal. Left game<br />
briefly in second half with groin injury but continued to start<br />
despite being limited in practice the next two weeks…Vs.<br />
Indianapolis (Oct. 19): Saw limited time and did not<br />
post any tackles for first time in career as team primarily<br />
used nickel package...Vs. Chicago (Nov. 16): Started<br />
first career game at MLB in place of an injured Barnett and<br />
led team with 12 tackles, matching his season high…At<br />
Jacksonville (Dec. 14): Started at MLB and tied for<br />
team high with 10 tackles, including sack of David Garrard<br />
for an 8-yard loss early in the fourth quarter...Vs. Detroit<br />
(Dec. 28): Started seventh straight game at MLB and surpassed<br />
400-tackle mark for his career with eight stops.<br />
2007<br />
Started all 16 games (plus both playoff contests)<br />
at WLB and finished second on the team with<br />
129 tackles (81 solo), adding one sack, one fumble recovery,<br />
one forced fumble, one interception and four passes<br />
defensed…Played 92.2 percent of the defensive snaps…<br />
Vs. Washington (Oct. 14): Made nine tackles (six<br />
solo), plus one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. In<br />
the first quarter, stripped the ball away from tight end Chris<br />
Cooley (recovered by Cooley), and in the fourth quarter,<br />
dove on a Clinton Portis fumble that was knocked out by<br />
Atari Bigby…At Kansas City (Nov. 4): Made his first<br />
interception of the year and third of his career, stepping<br />
in front of a pass intended for RB Priest Holmes and then<br />
fighting for 10 return yards…At Dallas (Nov. 29): Had<br />
a team- and season-high 14 tackles (eight solo), with three<br />
tackles for loss. In the second quarter, stuffed RB Barber<br />
for minus-1 yard. On consecutive pass plays in the third<br />
quarter, took down TE Jason Witten for a 1-yard loss and<br />
Barber for a loss of 3…Vs. N.Y. Giants (Jan. 20): In the<br />
NFC Championship Game, made nine tackles (four solo),<br />
with one sack, bringing down Eli Manning on fourth-and-8<br />
near the end of the first half.<br />
At Seattle (Nov. 27): Had a career-best 20 tackles (16<br />
solo)…At San Francisco (Dec. 10): Made his first career<br />
interception, stepping in front of an Alex Smith throw<br />
to TE Vernon Davis in the end zone, returning it 25 yards…<br />
At Chicago (Dec. 31): Snared a third-down Brian Griese<br />
pass in the third quarter for his second INT…2006 Draft:<br />
Selected fifth overall in the first round and joined Vinnie<br />
Clark (1991) and John Brockington (1971) in Packers history<br />
as first-round selections from Ohio State…Became the<br />
first linebacker taken in the top five by the Packers since<br />
Fred Carr (5th) in 1968.<br />
GREEN BAY PACKERS<br />
Most tackles, rookie, season<br />
The Packers began keeping defensive statistics<br />
in 1975. Since, only seven rookies<br />
have reached 100 tackles (* — led team):<br />
166 *Rich Wingo, 1979<br />
155 *A.J. Hawk, 2006<br />
134 *Nick Barnett, 2003<br />
123 *Johnnie Gray, 1975<br />
111 Michael Hunt, 1978<br />
104 Brian Noble, 1985<br />
102 John Anderson, 1978<br />
Most tackles, overall, season<br />
194 Nick Barnett, 2005<br />
180 Mike Douglass, 1981<br />
166 Rich Wingo, 1979<br />
165 Mike Douglass, 1980<br />
Nick Barnett, 2007<br />
162 Mike Douglass, 1983<br />
Nick Barnett, 2004<br />
157 Jim Carter, 1977<br />
155 A.J. Hawk, 2006<br />
151 Gary Scott, 1985<br />
150 Steve Luke, 1978<br />
John Anderson, 1981<br />
146 John Anderson, 1983<br />
143 Johnnie Gray, 1977<br />
141 Nick Barnett, 2006<br />
college<br />
139 George Cumby, 1981<br />
Rich Wingo, 1981<br />
138 Brian Noble, 1989<br />
137 Gary Weaver, 1978<br />
136 Johnnie Gray, 1978<br />
134 Johnnie Gray, 1980<br />
Johnny Holland, 1993<br />
Nick Barnett, 2003<br />
132 Mike Douglass, 1979<br />
Bernardo Harris, 2000<br />
Nate Wayne, 2002<br />
131 George Cumby, 1983<br />
130 Bernardo Harris, 2001<br />
129 A.J. Hawk, 2007<br />
Played in 51 games at Ohio State with<br />
38 starts, collecting 394 tackles (196<br />
solo), 41 stops for loss, 15½ sacks, seven interceptions,<br />
13 passes broken up, two fumbles recovered and three<br />
forced fumbles; also returned both a blocked punt and interception<br />
for TDs…A three-year starter (2003-05), earned<br />
Started all 16 games and led the team with 155 first-team All-Big Ten honors each of those seasons…<br />
2006<br />
tackles (112 solo), second most ever recorded Available for every play during his college career, started<br />
by a Packers rookie (Rich Wingo, 166 tackles in 1979), and his final 37 contests in consecutive fashion…Earned B.A.<br />
led linebackers with 3½ sacks…Among all <strong>NFL</strong> players, degree in criminology…Senior season (2005): Earned<br />
only Houston’s DeMeco Ryans (126) and Chicago’s Lance consensus All-America honors for the second straight<br />
Briggs (117) had more solo stops…Also notched a pair of year and won the Lombardi Award, given annually to college<br />
INTs among nine passes defensed, forced a fumble and<br />
football’s most outstanding lineman or linebacker…<br />
recovered two others…Was on the field for 995 snaps, or Also finished as a finalist for the Bednarik, Lott and Butkus<br />
95.3 percent; the Packers thus utilized the nickel package awards…The Big Ten’s preseason and postseason defensive<br />
more than dime…Finished third in The Associated Press<br />
player of the year and without question college foot-<br />
Defensive Rookie of the Year voting…Named to the prestigious<br />
ball’s premier linebacker, also garnered defensive MVP at<br />
Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl…Started all 12 games and led the<br />
All-Rookie team and won Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week team in tackles for a third consecutive year, racking up 121<br />
honors twice (Weeks 7 and 10)…At Detroit (Sept. 24): stops (69 solo); also posted team-leading totals in tackles<br />
Recorded his first <strong>NFL</strong> sack, dropping Kitna in the fourth for loss (16½) and sacks (9½) while adding one interception,<br />
quarter…At Philadelphia (Oct. 2): Teamed with Aaron<br />
three passes broken up, one fumble recovery and two<br />
Kampman to sack Donovan McNabb; earlier, recovered a forced fumbles…Paced a unit that led the nation in rushing<br />
fumble inside the Packers’ 5-yard line (forced by Charles defense (73.42 yards per game) and finished fifth in total<br />
Woodson)…At Miami (Oct. 22): Made a team-high 16 defense (281.73)…In heartbreaking, early-season home<br />
tackles (13 solo), plus broke up a pass and sacked Joey loss to No. 2 Texas (Sept. 10), posted 12 tackles, picked off<br />
Harrington, forcing the Dolphins to settle for a field goal… a third-down pass by Young to set up a field goal, recovered<br />
At Minnesota (Nov. 12): Assisted on two sacks (1.0 Young’s fumble on the ensuing drive, and forced a lategame<br />
total) and posted 17 tackles (11 solo), plus his first career<br />
fumble from Young which the QB recovered; recalls<br />
forced fumble. With Cullen Jenkins, sacked Brad Johnson the 25-22 setback as one of his most disappointing college<br />
for a 10-yard loss, getting to Johnson first by shedding memories…Notched season-high 19 tackles, one short of<br />
two blocks by Vikings RBs. In the fourth quarter, sacked his collegiate best, vs. No. 16 Michigan State (Oct. 15) and<br />
Johnson again with Barnett, leading to another punt… posted a sack and forced fumble, plus returned a blocked<br />
150<br />
Wingo
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