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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
CULLEN<br />
JENKINS<br />
DEFENSIVE END<br />
CENTRAL MICHIGAN<br />
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 305<br />
Sixth <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Sixth Packers Season<br />
Born: January 20, 1981<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 66/42<br />
Acquired: FA-04<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
JENKINS COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Quiet but steady defensive<br />
lineman enters<br />
his sixth <strong>NFL</strong> season<br />
hoping to stay fully healthy after injury issues the past<br />
two years…Missed 12 games last season due to a torn<br />
pectoral muscle that required surgery and placement on<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
injured reserve, this after getting off to a<br />
strong start in 2008 following several nagging<br />
injuries in 2007 that didn’t keep him<br />
from playing but limited the productivity<br />
he’s displayed when healthy…Seen as a strong fit at<br />
defensive end in the Packers’ new 3-4 scheme, with the<br />
bulk to occupy blockers and stop the run but also the versatility<br />
to provide pass rush from the inside, a role he has<br />
excelled at in the past when shifting to defensive tackle<br />
from his defensive end spot on passing downs…Had 18<br />
tackles and 2½ sacks in four games last season before getting<br />
hurt, raising his five-year career totals to 192 tackles<br />
(118 solo), 17½ sacks, two forced fumbles, four fumble<br />
recoveries and 20 passes defensed…Had nine of those<br />
batted passes in 2007 (including four in one game), the<br />
most by a Packers defensive lineman in one season since<br />
the team began keeping the stat in 1980…Helped make<br />
the Packers a different defense down the stretch in 2006,<br />
taking over as a starting defensive end in his first true<br />
every-down role…Switch was made primarily to provide<br />
stouter run defense on early downs, but Jenkins’ passrush<br />
skills began to flourish as well…Finished the season<br />
with a career-high 6½ sacks, including a three-sack effort<br />
in his first ’06 start at end…Played so well in helping the<br />
Packers finish the season with a four-game winning streak<br />
that the team locked him up with a multi-year contract just<br />
days before he was scheduled to be<strong>com</strong>e a restricted free<br />
agent…The contract was a monumental step in the career<br />
of a humble, undrafted player from a non-major college<br />
program who was cut during his first training camp, sent<br />
to <strong>NFL</strong> Europe the following spring, and always playing<br />
with a one-year deal…Ability to adapt so well at defensive<br />
end traces back to his college days at Central Michigan,<br />
where he played end at around 245 pounds before bulking<br />
up to take his shot at the pros as an interior lineman…<br />
Began to <strong>com</strong>e into his own in 2005 as a starting defensive<br />
tackle, blocking a league-best three kicks and piling<br />
up seven passes defensed…In 2004, tied for second on<br />
the team with 4½ sacks in his first pro season, <strong>com</strong>ing<br />
off a stint in <strong>NFL</strong> Europe that helped him win a roster spot<br />
in his second attempt… Started all 10 games for the Cologne<br />
Centurions in 2004, and posted 24 tackles (12 solo)<br />
with 1½ sacks and seven quarterback pressures, adding<br />
five passes defensed...Originally signed with the Packers<br />
as a non-drafted free agent, May 2, 2003, but was waived<br />
during training camp that year.<br />
2008 season<br />
►►First name is pronounced<br />
KULL-en.<br />
►►Missed final 12 games of 2008<br />
with torn pectoral muscle,<br />
which required surgery.<br />
►►Batted down nine passes in<br />
2007, the most by a Packers<br />
defensive lineman since the at a glance…<br />
team began recording the statistic<br />
in 1980.<br />
►►Took over as starting defensive end in final month of 2006<br />
season, and parlayed impressive work into his first long-term<br />
contract. Recorded a career-high 6½ sacks that year, including<br />
his first three-sack game, vs. Detroit (Dec. 17).<br />
►►Led the <strong>NFL</strong> in 2005 with three blocked kicks, joining<br />
Chicago’s Alfonso Boone (2) as one of just two players with<br />
multiple blocks that year.<br />
►►In his 2004 <strong>NFL</strong> debut, played against older brother, Kris, a<br />
former DT for the Panthers (now N.Y. Jets).<br />
►►Now a 300-pound lineman, ran the 100-meter dash and 300-<br />
meter hurdles as an all-conference high school athlete.<br />
on 10 carries in the second half...At Detroit (Sept. 14):<br />
Sacked QB Jon Kitna in the third quarter among three tackles,<br />
two QB hits and two pressures...Vs. Dallas (Sept.<br />
21): Led defensive line and tied career high with seven<br />
tackles and tied for team lead with 1.5 sacks. Among three<br />
QB hits, forced a fumble by QB Tony Romo on sack toward<br />
end of first half that was recovered by Dallas, and burst<br />
into backfield to stop RB Felix Jones for a 5-yard loss in<br />
third quarter…At Tampa Bay (Sept. 28): Recorded<br />
three tackles, batted down a pass, and posted three QB<br />
hits and one pressure, but left game early in the fourth<br />
quarter after injuring his pectoral attempting to bring down<br />
QB Brian Griese for a sack.<br />
2007<br />
Started 15 of 16 games despite several nagging<br />
injuries and tied his career high with 49 tackles<br />
(31 solo) plus one sack and nine passes defensed…His<br />
nine batted passes marked the most by a Green Bay defensive<br />
lineman since the team began recording the statistic<br />
in 1980…Also started both playoff games, posting 10 total<br />
tackles (seven solo) with 1½ sacks and one pass defensed…At<br />
Minnesota (Sept. 30): Came off the bench<br />
and was credited with four batted passes…Vs. Washington<br />
(Oct. 14): Made his lone sack of the season, among<br />
four solo tackles. After earlier forcing QB Jason Campbell<br />
into an intentional grounding penalty, sacked Campbell for<br />
a 2-yard loss, but left the game following the next play and<br />
had X-rays on his knee and ankle; returned to play at start<br />
of second half…Vs. Seattle (Jan. 12): In NFC Divisional<br />
playoff, made five tackles (three solo), including 1½ sacks.<br />
In the first quarter, sacked Matt Hasselbeck for a 10-yard<br />
loss on third-and-5, forcing a punt. In the fourth quarter,<br />
split a sack with Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, taking down Hasselbeck<br />
for a loss of 12…Vs. N.Y. Giants (Jan. 20): In<br />
NFC Championship Game, Made five tackles (four solo),<br />
and batted an Eli Manning pass on third-and-10, leading<br />
to a field goal.<br />
Was off to the best start of his career<br />
statistically, posting 18 tackles<br />
and 2½ sacks in the first four games, before sustaining<br />
a pectoral injury at Tampa Bay in Week 4...Placed on<br />
injured reserve Oct. 1 and had surgery the next day…Vs.<br />
Minnesota (Sept. 8): Led defensive linemen with five<br />
2006<br />
Played in 14 games with five starts, including the<br />
tackles, adding four QB pressures and three QB hits, and<br />
season’s final three weeks at right defensive end,<br />
helped limit Pro Bowl RB Adrian Peterson to just 28 yards where he excelled…Beginning in Week 14 at San Fran-<br />
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