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SIDELINES HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON DOUG
RECORDS
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2008:
• Played in all four preseason games, earning the starting nod in the final game at left tackle.
• Was inactive the first 13 weeks of the season and was active but did not play against the N.Y. Giants (12/14).
• Was again active but did not play against Baltimore (12/20) and at Philadelphia (12/28).
2007:
• Started at left tackle for Adams in the first preseason game against the Colts.
• Suffered a knee sprain during the Indianapolis game and missed the rest of the preseason rehabbing.
• Inactive for the first 15 games of the season.
• Made his NFL debut at Washington (12/30) at right tackle during the fourth quarter.
• Was inactive in the Divisional Playoff Game against the N.Y. Giants (1/13/08).
COLLEGE:
• Started all 49 games at Northern Illinois and was a semifinalist for the Draddy Award - which recognizes
academic success, football performance, and exemplary community service.
• Earned first-team All-Mid American Conference and Academic All-MAC honors as a senior, was a member
of the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award Watch List.
• Started 13 games for the Huskies, helping them go 7-6 and play in the Poinsettia Bowl against Texas
Christian as a senior.
• Started 12 games at left tackle and earned first-team All-Mid American Conference honors. Helped the team
gain 206.7 rushing yards-per-game, which ranked 16th in the nation, and 441.1 total yards-per-game.
• Was also nominated for MAC All-Academic honors and CoSIDA District V All-Academic honors after earning
a 3.24 grade point average in industrial technology.
• Earned Sophomore All-American third-team honors from College Sports Report and was named secondteam
All-Mid American Conference by the league’s coaches.
• Started 12 games at left tackle, helping the team gain 438.8 total yards-per-game. Played a season-high
99 snaps against Eastern Michigan.
• Following his redshirt season, was named to the Freshman All-America third-team by The Sporting News.
Started all 12 games, the first two at right tackle, the next nine at left tackle, and the last at tight end.
PERSONAL:
• Lettered three times in football at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wis., where he was an honor student.
• Was a team captain as a senior and was named defensive lineman of the year. Also earned first-team All-
Fox Valley Conference honors on offense and defense, first-team Herald Times Reporter all-area honors,
and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel all-state honors.
• As a defensive tackle in 2002, led the team to a 7-3 record and a playoff berth, recording 64 tackles, 8.0
sacks, seven blocked kicks, six forced fumbles, five pass deflections, and two fumble recoveries.
• Also had six receptions for 141 yards and a touchdown as a tight end.
• Earned a degree in industrial technology from Northern Illinois.
• He and his wife, Dorothy, were married February 25, 2012.
COMMUNITY:
• 2007 Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club.
• 2008 Poker for Pets for SPCA of Texas.
• 2009 Dallas Cowboys Komen Race For the Cure Corporate Race Team.
• 2009 Chopsticks for Cowboys benefitting the Rich Behm Family Trust.
• 2010 Dairy Max/Fuel Up to Play 60 Event.
• 2012, 2014-15 Stars of Texas Racing Against the Odds for American Diabetes Association.
• 2012 Reliant Home Run Derby benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters.
• 2012-15 Dallas Cowboys U High School Camp Head Coach.
• 2014-15 Draft Day/Fan Appreciation Party.
• 2013-14 Reliant Home Run Derby benefitting The Salvation Army.
• 2014 NFL Play 60 clinic, London, England.
• 2014 Fan Appreciation Pep Rally, London, England.
• 2015 Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Cowboys Tailgate Party host benefitting the North Texas Food Bank.
• Annual Team Holiday Hospital Visits.
• Salvation Army Angel Tree Christmas Program.
• Kickoff Luncheon and Dallas Cowboys Family Cookbook benefitting Happy Hill Farm.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.
FREE’S COWBOYS TOTALS
Games/Starts (regular season/playoffs): 2007 (1/0, 0/0), 2008 (0/0), 2009 (16/7, 2/0), 2010 (16/16), 2011 (16/16), 2012 (16/16);
2013 (16/16), 2014 (11/11). Total: 92/82, 2/0.
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