2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

2006: Started all 16 games at free safety and finishedthird on team with 85 tackles and secondwith two interceptions. Led team with 10 tacklesat Indianapolis (9/24) and part of a defense thatheld Colts to under 300 yards of total offense,only team in NFL accomplish that task. Tied forteam lead with 11 tackles with a fumble recoverythe following week at Washington (10/1).Recorded first interception of the season versusN.Y. Jets (10/8) which let to a Jaguars’touchdown. Surpassed 500 career tackles in thesecond game versus Indianapolis (12/10).PRO: Signed by the Seahawks as an unrestrictedfree agent on March 13, 2007, after spendingthe previous three seasons with theJacksonville Jaguars. Took over the starting jobat free safety after signing with the Jaguars asan unrestricted free agent on March 11, 2004.Was reunited with his former defensive coordinatorfrom Carolina in Jack Del Rio after joiningthe Jaguars. Spent first four seasons with theCarolina Panthers where he was an originalsecond-round draft choice (57th overall) in the2000 NFL Draft. Durable player has started 96consecutive games after spending his entirerookie campaign on injured reserve after fracturinghis left hip. 2000: Dislocated and fracturedleft hip during seven-on-seven drills in atraining camp practice against the Detroit Lions(7/26) and was placed on injured reserve onAugust 20. 2001: After spending his rookie seasonon injured reserve, was one of threePanthers defensive players to start all 16games. Finished the season ranked second onthe team with five interceptions and 12 passesdefensed. Recorded 74 tackles, one sack andtwo special teams tackles. Helped the defensetie for third in the NFL and set a team singleseasonrecord with 24 interceptions. Team’s 36takeaways tied for the second-highest total inteam history, equaling the 1995 total. Made twointerceptions in finale versus New England(1/6/02). 2002: Started all 16 games at free safety.Produced 83 tackles in addition to finishingsecond on the team with three interceptionsand 15 passes defensed. Had one forced fumbleand one fumble recovery for a defense thatended the season without allowing an individual300-yard passer and ranked fourth in passSafety 6-2 215Tennessee8th NFL Season1st Seahawks SeasonUnrestricted FA (Jacksonville) 20072006 Games/Starts: 16/16Career Games/Starts: 96/96March 14, 1979Augusta, Georgiadefense, the highest ranking in team history.The unit also ranked second in the NFL in thirddown efficiency and fifth in opposing quarterbackrating. Earned first-career NFC DefensivePlayer of the Week recognition at Minnesota(9/22) after recording a team-record three interceptionsoff Vikings quarterback DaunteCulpepper. 2003: Started 16 games for the thirdconsecutive season, registering a career-high105 tackles in addition to 13 passes defensed,five quarterback hurries, three interceptions,one sack and one fumble recovery in final seasonin Carolina. Started at free safety versusAtlanta 9/28) and led the team with a careerhigh12 tackles in addition to two quarterbackhurries. Named AP defensive player of theweek. Accounted for five tackles, two passesdefensed and his first interception of the seasonat Dallas (11/23). Interception came offDallas quarterback Quincy Carter on a HailMary to close out the first half. At Atlanta (12/7),was second on the team with 10 tackles in additionto two passes defensed, one interceptionand first sack of the season. Sack and interceptioncame against Falcon quarterback MichaelVick. Interception came with 14 seconds left inregulation on the 3-yard line to send the gameinto overtime. In the season finale versus N.Y.Giants (12/28), led the defensive backs with sixtackles in addition to two quarterback hurries,one pass defense and third interception of theseason. Started all four postseason contestsincluding Super Bowl XXXVIII, collecting eighttackles and one pass defensed. Finished thepostseason notching 31 tackles, one quarterbackhurry, 3 passes defensed and one interception.2004: Started 16 games for the fourthconsecutive season, registering third-highestcareer tackle total with 84 to rank sixth on theteam. Recorded two interceptions, one fumblerecovery, one sack and 11 passes defensed.Recorded seven tackles and two passesdefensed in a win at Indianapolis (10/24). Setseason-highs with eight tackles against KansasCity (10/17) and at Houston (10/31). Started 60thconsecutive game against Pittsburgh (12/5) andresponded with seven tackles and a 9-yard sackof Ben Roethlisberger. Against Green Bay(12/19) at Lambeau Field made a spectacularGRANT 97