13JaxSeasonInReview

AUSTIN PASZTOR / PAUL POSLUSZNY
GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2012 (3/3), 2013 (15/12)
NFL TOTALS: 18 games, 15 starts
POSTSEASON TOTALS: 0 games, 0 starts
TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed by Minnesota as an undrafted free agent on
5/4/12 … Waived on 8/31/12 … Signed by Jacksonville to practice squad on
9/17/12 … Signed to 53-man roster on 12/14/12.
PRO: First-year guard has ability to play G and OT, starting 12 games at RT in
second season… Has played in 18 games with 15 starts (3 at LG, 12 at RT)
... Started three games at LG as a rookie in 2012 after spending majority of
the season on Jaguars’ practice squad … Was selected fourth overall by the
Edmonton Eskimos in 2012 CFL Draft but opted to sign with Minnesota as a
rookie free agent … Four-year starter at Virginia ...
2013: Played in a career-high 15 games with 12 starts at RT ... Was inactive
on 9/29 vs. IND ... 10/6 at STL: Started at RT, his first start of the season
and first career start at RT ... 10/27 vs. SF: Started at RT and part of an offensive
line that did not allow a sack for the first time in a span of 51 games
... 12/15 vs. BUF: Started at RT and paved the way for a season-high 159
rushing yards ...
2012: Started three games at LG as a rookie … Spent preseason with Minnesota
before being waived on final cuts … Spent 12 weeks on Jaguars practice
squad before he was signed to 53-man roster on Dec. 14 ... Made first NFL start
on 12/16 at MIA and played every snap at LG ... Started and played every snap
at LG on 12/23 vs. NE and 12/30 at TEN ...
COLLEGE: Four-year starter … Started all 13 games as a senior and earned
second-team Associated Press All-America honors and was first-team All-ACC
selection … Named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week following the
Maryland game … One of seven players to start all 12 games as a junior …
Appeared on 922 total plays … Helped anchor an offensive line that allowed
only two sacks over a 22-quarter period … Part of an offensive line that boasted
the ACC’s fourth-ranked pass offense … Selected by the UVA coaches as
the team’s offensive player of the week following the VMI and Boston College
games … Started all 12 games as a sophomore and saw time on 787 offensive
plays … Appeared in every game on special teams … Broke into the starting
lineup as a true freshman, starting the final eight games at LG … Helped team
lead the ACC in fewest sacks allowed (16) … Did not turn 18 until the week of
the regular season … Became first true freshman to play on the UVA offensive
line since Branden Albert in 2005.
PERSONAL: Born in Tillonsburg, Ontario … Moved south as a senior to play at
Fork Union Military Academy … Named to the Junior Ontario Varsity Football
League all-star team in his final season in Canada … Also named the athlete
of the year at his school … Full name: Austin William Pasztor.
GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2007 (3/3), 2008 (16/16), 2009 (12/12), 2010
(14/14), 2011 (16/16), 2012 (16/16), 2013 (15/15)
NFL TOTALS: 92 games, 92 starts
JAGUARS TOTALS: 47 games, 47 starts
POSTSEASON TOTALS: 0 games, 0 starts
TRANSACTIONS: Originally drafted by Buffalo in the second round (34th overall)
of the 2007 draft … Signed by Jacksonville as an unrestricted free agent
on 7/29/11.
PRO: Seventh-year LB completed his third season with the Jaguars by going to
the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career … Has started 92 games since he
was a second-round pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2007 … Career totals include
994 tackles (702 solo), 11 INTs, 9.5 sacks, eight forced fumbles, two fumble
recoveries and 29 passes defensed ... Has six straight seasons with 100-plus
tackles including a career-high and single-season franchise record 231 stops
in 2012 … Owns two of the four highest tackle totals in Jaguars history as he
compiled 192 tackles in 2011, the fourth-most for a season … Posted double-digit
tackles in 36 of 47 games with the Jaguars including 15 of 16 games
in 2012 ... Has missed only one game in his three seasons with the Jaguars
... Led Bills in tackles his final two seasons including a then career-high 140
in 2010 … Had then career-best three INTs in 2009 … Missed 13 games as a
rookie with forearm injury … Was first Bills rookie to start the season-opener
since 1987 … Was first player ever to record 100-plus tackles three times in a
college career … Two-time winner of Bednarik Award for best defensive player
in the nation ...
2013: Replaced injured NaVarro Bowman on the Pro Bowl roster ... Started 15
games at LB and led the Jaguars for the third consecutive season with 161
tackles (121 solo) and tied for team-lead with two INTs ... The 161 tackles
ranked second in the NFL ... Added a career-high three sacks and 10 passes
defensed along with six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery
and seven QB pressures ... Played on 1,038 snaps, the second-most on the
team ... 9/15 at OAK: Posted nine tackles, one sack, one QB hit and one pass
defensed. Sacked Terrelle Pryor in the fourth quarter ... 9/22 at SEA: Registered
a game-high 12 tackles (five solo) along with an INT, one tackle for loss
and one pass defensed. Intercepted Russell Wilson in the third quarter to set
up a Jaguars TD ... 10/13 at DEN: Intercepted Peyton Manning with 36 seconds
remaining in the first half and returned it 59 yards for his first career TD.
Marked the fourth-longest return in team history and longest by a LB. Totaled
seven solo tackles and one pass defensed ... Totaled a season-high 14 tackles
(13 solo) on 10/20 vs. SD and a team-high 12 tackles (10 solo) on 10/27 vs.
SF ... 11/10 at TEN: Forced a fumble of RB Chris Johnson on the first play
from scrimmage and recovered it to set up a Jaguars TD ... 11/17 vs. ARI: Inactive
(concussion). Marked first missed game as a Jaguar ... 11/24 at HOU:
Returned to the lineup and posted a game-high 14 tackles (11 solo) along with
two tackles for loss, one QB hit and one pass defensed ... 12/1 at CLE: Paced
team with 11 tackles (7 solo), two tackles for loss, a half sack, one QB hit and
one pass defensed. Split a sack with Jason Babin in the third quarter ... 12/5
vs. HOU: Posted double-digit tackles for the third straight game, finishing with
a team-high 13 stops (10 solo) along with one tackle for loss and one QB hit
... 12/15 vs. BUF: Led team with 13 tackles (nine solo) including a sack of
E.J. Manuel in the first quarter. Set single-season career-high for sacks (2.5)
... 12/22 vs. TEN: Tallied a game-high 13 tackles (10 solo), his fifth straight
game with double-digit tackles. Split a sack of Ryan Fitzpatrick with DT Abry
Jones in the first quarter ...
2012: Started all 16 games for the second consecutive season and third time
overall … Led team with a single-season franchise record 231 tackles, surpassing
the previous mark of 230 set by Hardy Nickerson in 2001 … Matched
his career-high two sacks and three INTs … Added two forced fumbles and
four passes defensed … Had double-digit tackles in 15 of 16 games … 9/9
at MIN: Registered 16 tackles (10 solo) with one tackle for loss ... 9/16 vs.
HOU: Logged 17 tackles (10 solo) with one tackle for loss ... 9/23 at IND:
Intercepted an Andrew Luck pass in the third quarter and returned it 13 yards
before a lateral to Dawan Landry added nine yards ... Led team with 17 tackles
(12 solo) on 11/4 vs. DET and 15 tackles on 11/8 vs. IND ... 11/18 at HOU:
Forced an Arian Foster fumble in the third quarter. Intercepted Matt Schaub in
the fourth quarter. Finished with a team-high 18 tackles ... 11/25 vs. TEN:
Caused a Chris Johnson fumble in the fourth quarter ... 12/2 at BUF: Intercepted
Ryan Fitzpatrick in the second quarter. Made a team-high 13 tackles
(five solo) with two QB pressures … 12/9 vs. NYJ: Totaled a team-high 17
tackles (10 solo) ... 12/16 at MIA: Registered a team-high 21 tackles (15
solo), tied for the fifth-most in franchise history ... 12/23 vs. NE: Had 11
tackles (eight solo) with two QB pressures. Missed snaps with cramping in the
third and fourth quarter ... 12/30 at TEN: Totaled 13 tackles (nine solo) with
a career-high two sacks, two tackles for loss and one pass defensed ...