13JaxSeasonInReview

PAUL POSLUSZNY
2011: Started all 16 games at MLB in his first season with the Jaguars …
Led club with 192 tackles (132 solo) and ranked second with nine tackles for
loss … The 192 tackles ranked as second-most in franchise history and
marked his fourth straight season with 100-plus tackles … Tied for the teamlead
with two INTSs … Added seven QB pressures, one forced fumble, two
passes defensed and two sacks … Played major role on defense that ranked
sixth in the NFL (313.0-yard average), the highest ranking for the club since
2006 (2nd) … Recorded double-digit tackles in 11 of 16 games … 9/11 vs.
TEN: Did not miss a snap and had four tackles and one pass defensed in his
Jaguars debut … 9/18 at NYJ: Led team with 14 tackles … 9/25 at CAR:
Totaled 12 tackles and one tackle for loss … 10/2 vs. NO: Posted a teamhigh
16 tackles (13 solo) along with one sack, one tackle for loss and one
pass defensed … 10/9 vs. CIN: Tallied a team-high 15 tackles while not
missing a snap … 10/16 at PIT: Returned to home state and registered a
career-high 19 tackles and one tackle for loss … 10/30 at HOU: Paced team
with 15 tackles (eight solo), one tackle for loss and one QB pressure …
11/13 at IND: Intercepted QB Curtis Painter in the fourth quarter and split
a sack with John Chick of Painter in the second quarter. Totaled 11 tackles
(eight solo) and one tackle for loss … 11/20 at CLE: Split a sack with Matt
Roth in the third quarter. Led team with 13 tackles (six solo) … 11/27 vs.
HOU: Forced a fumble by RB Arian Foster in the first quarter that was
scooped up by Ashton Youboty and returned 38 yards for a TD. Finished with
a team-high 14 tackles (eight solo) and two tackles for loss … 12/11 vs.
TB: Intercepted Josh Freeman in the third quarter. Paced team with 12
tackles … 1/1 vs. IND: Compiled six tackles before leaving game with a
shoulder injury …
2010: Started 13 games at MLB … Led team with career-high 140 tackles
(95 solo) along with a career-high two sacks, five QB pressures and three
passes defensed … Had eight double-digit tackle games … Opened season
with eight tackles, one tackle for loss and second career sack on 9/12 vs.
MIA … Was inactive on 9/19 at GB and 9/26 at NE … Returned to the
lineup on 10/3 vs. NYJ and collected 12 tackles … Led team with 13 tackles
on 10/10 vs. JAX … Registered a career-high 18 tackles along with one QB
hit and one pass defensed on 10/31 at KC … Paced team with 15 tackles
including two tackles for loss and a sack on 12/5 at MIN … DNP on 1/2 at
NYJ …
2009: Started 12 games at MLB … Voted team captain … Totaled 115 tackles
(92 solo), one sack, three INTs, four passes defensed and three forced
fumbles … Tied for second among NFL LBs with three INTs and was first Bills
LB with three INTs in a season since 2006 … Had six tackles in the first half
on 9/14 at NE before leaving game in second quarter with an arm injury …
Inactive for next four games … Returned to starting lineup on 10/18 at NYJ
and recorded nine tackles, one tackle for loss, one QB hit and an INT.
Intercepted Mark Sanchez in overtime which led to the game-winning FG …
Forced a fumble and accumulated nine tackles on 11/1 vs. HOU … Recorded
first career sack which included a forced fumble on 12/3 vs. NYJ …
Recorded an INT on 12/3 at KC … Tied for a team-high with nine tackles on
12/20 vs. NE and had an INT in the 1st quarter. Became first Bills LB to
post INTs in consecutive games since Bryce Paup in 1995 …
2008: Started all 16 games … Led team with 129 tackles (90 solo) … Added
four QB pressures, one INT, seven passes defensed, one forced fumble and
one fumble recovery … Opened season on 9/7 vs. SEA and had seven tackles
… Recovered first career fumble on 9/14 vs. OAK … Led the team in tackles
with 12 on 9/28 at STL … Got first career forced fumble on 10/26 at MIA
… Established a career-high with 13 tackles on 11/2 vs. NYJ and registered
first career INT on 12/14 at NYJ …
2007: Started three games as a rookie before suffering a season-ending
forearm injury in week three … Became first Bills rookie MLB to start the
season-opener since Shane Conlan in 1987 … Started first career game on
9/9 vs. DEN and tied for team lead with 11 tackles … Led team in tackles
with 12 on 9/16 at PIT … Totaled three tackles on 9/23 at NE before leaving
game with an arm injury.
COLLEGE: Finished career with a school-record 372 tackles … Started 37 of
44 games … First player ever to record 100-plus tackles three times in a
college career … Two-time winner of the Bednarik Award for best defensive
player in the nation, joining Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern as the only
players to win the award twice … Won Dick Butkus Award for nation’s top
LB as a junior … Served as first junior co-captain at Penn State since 1968
… Called “best linebacker to ever play at Penn State” by Hall of Fame LB and
PSU alum Jack Ham … Suffered knee injury in Orange Bowl as a junior but
returned to lead team with 116 tackles as a senior … Selected as first-team
All-America by the Associated Press, Walter Camp, and the NFL Draft Report
… ESPN Academic All-America for Division I football … Led team with 116
tackles as a junior and helped lead Penn State to Big Ten Conference and
Orange Bowl title as a junior … Became only seventh player in school history
to earn first-team All-America and Academic All-America honors in the
same season … Became first Big Ten student-athlete selected Football Player
of the Week for three consecutive weeks … Academic All-America selection
after earning a 3.66 GPA … Totaled 104 tackles in 2004 and became first
sophomore since 1992 to lead team in tackles … Also tied for team lead with
three sacks … Changed number to 31 during season to honor former Penn
State LB Shane Conlan … Earned Academic All-District and Academic All-Big
Ten honors … Named to the Sporting News Big Ten Conference All-Freshman
team … Named to Dean’s List five out of first six semesters … Graduated in
three and a half years with a degree in finance.
PERSONAL: Married (Elizabeth Johnson)… Attended Hopewell High (Pa.)
where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball … Led team to WPIAL
and Pennsylvania Class AAA championships as a senior … Served as team
captain … Totaled 88 tackles and six sacks at LB and set school records with
1,575 rushing yards and 15 TDs as RB … Named Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Athletic Association Player of the
Year as senior … Graduated 17th in his class of 220 with a 3.8 GPA … Went
on a 10-day trip to Iraq to visit military troops in January 2008 … Brother,
Stan, played baseball at West Virginia … Younger brother, David, played
football at Notre Dame … Interned at UBS Financial Services in Pittsburgh
during 2010 offseason … Full name: Paul Michael Posluszny, pronounced
puz-LUZ-nee.
2013 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
DATE GAME TKL SOLO ASST ST SACKS FF FR PD TFL INT
09/08 vs. Kansas City 10 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15 at Oakland 9 4 5 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
09/22 at Seattle 12 5 7 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1
09/29 vs. Indianapolis 9 8 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
10/06 at St. Louis 7 6 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0
10/13 at Denver 7 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 1
10/20 vs. San Diego 14 13 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
10/27 vs. San Francisco 12 10 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
BYE WEEK
11/10 at Tennessee 8 5 3 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0
11/17 vs. Arizona Inactive (concussion)
11/24 at Houston 14 11 3 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 0
12/01 at Cleveland 11 7 4 0 0.5 0 0 1 2 0
12/05 vs. Houston 13 10 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
12/15 vs. Buffalo 13 9 4 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
12/22 vs. Tennessee 13 10 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
12/29 at Indianapolis 9 6 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 TOTALS 161 121 40 0 3.0 1 1 9 6 2
POSLUSZNY’S REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
TACKLES GP/GS TKL SOLO ASST ST SACKS FF FR PD
2007 Buffalo 3/3 26 20 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
2008 Buffalo 16/16 129 90 39 0 0.0 1 1 7
2009 Buffalo 12/12 115 92 23 0 1.0 3 0 4
2010 Buffalo 14/14 140 95 45 0 2.0 0 0 3
2011 Jacksonville 16/16 *192 *132 *60 0 2.0 1 0 2
2012 Jacksonville 16/16 *231 *152 79 0 2.0 2 0 4
2013 Jacksonville 15/15 *161 121 40 0 3.0 1 1 9
NFL totals: 7 years 92/92 994 702 292 1 10.0 8 2 29
* Team Leader
INTERCEPTIONS GP/GS NO YDS AVG LG TD
2007 Buffalo 3/3 0 0 0.0 0 0
2008 Buffalo 16/16 1 9 9.0 9 0
2009 Buffalo 12/12 3 20 6.7 17 0
2010 Buffalo 14/14 0 0 0.0 0 0
2011 Jacksonville 16/16 2 2 1.0 2 0
2012 Jacksonville 16/16 3 20 6.7 13 0
2013 Jacksonville 15/15 2 69 34.5 59t 1
NFL totals: 7 years 92/92 11 120 10.9 59t 1