INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

ANTOINE BETHEA
Safety 5-11 206 Howard
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NFL Exp: 8 (8th Year with Colts)
How Acquired: D6 – 2006 (207th overall)
Born: 7/27/84
GP/GS (Postseason): 112/112 (11/11)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Colts in the sixth-round of the 2006 NFL Draft (207th overall).
PRO CAREER:
• Has started 85 consecutive games which is the longest active streak by an NFL safety.
• A two-time Pro Bowl selection in 2007 and 2009.
• Has topped 100 tackles in each of the last five seasons.
• Has started every contest he has participated in over the course of his career.
2013 (COLTS):
• Made his 81st career start at safety in the regular season opener against Oakland (9/8). Recorded 11 tackles (six solo) and made the
game-saving interception on the six-yard line with 31 seconds remaining in the game. The interception was his first since December
19, 2010 in a win against Jacksonville.
• Started at strong safety in Week 2 against Miami (9/15) and totaled eight tackles (five solo) and one pass defensed.
• Started at strong safety in the team’s Week 3 victory at San Francisco (9/22) and ranked third on the defensive unit with six tackles.
Was part of a secondary that limited 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to two completions in the first half and 139 total net passing
yards.
• Started at strong safety and made five tackles (four solo) in a 37-3 victory at Jacksonville (9/29). Was part of a defensive unit that
limited the Jaguars to 165 net passing yards and 2-of-11 third down conversions (18 percent).
• Compiled 10 tackles (seven solo) while adding one tackle for loss in the team’s victory against Seattle (10/6). Started at strong safety
and improved his streak of consecutive starts to 85, which leads all active safeties.
2012 (COLTS):
• Started all 16 games at free safety and finished second on the team with 123 tackles (83 solo). Added a career-high 2.0 sacks and
seven passes defensed.
• Posted 12 tackles (eight solo) while contributing with two passes defensed against Chicago (9/9).
• Tallied 13 tackles (nine solo) and one pass defensed against Minnesota (9/16).
• Led the secondary with 11 tackles (seven solo) against Tennessee (10/28).
• Started his 100th career game on a Thursday night meeting at Jacksonville (11/8). Led the team with 11 tackles (eight solo) while
contributing with the first full sack of his career.
• Added the team’s third sack of the game when he brought down Matt Schaub for a seven-yard loss at Houston (12/16).
• Totaled 10 tackles (five solo) against Houston (12/30).
• Led the team with 10 tackles (six solo) in the team’s AFC Wild Card Playoff contest at Baltimore (1/6).
2011 (COLTS):
• Started all 16 games at free safety and ranked second on the team with a career-high 139 tackles (80 solo) while adding a careerhigh
seven passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
• Posted eight tackles (five solo), one fumble recovery and one pass defensed against Cleveland (9/18).
• Finished second on the team with 12 tackles (six solo) against Kansas City (10/9).
• Led the team with 11 stops (seven solo) and added one pass defensed at New Orleans (10/23).
• Tallied nine tackles (four solo) at New England and topped the 100-tackle mark for the fourth consecutive season and fifth in six
career campaigns.
• Led the team in tackles and added one forced fumble and one pass defensed at Baltimore (12/11).
• Tied for the team lead with 10 stops (eight solo) at Jacksonville (1/1), finishing the season with a career-high 139 tackles.
2010 (COLTS):
• Started all 16 games at free safety and totaled his fourth career and third consecutive 100-plus tackle season, leading the team with
106 (77 solo). Also contributed with half of a sack, one interception, five passes defensed and one forced fumble.
• Had a team-leading 13 tackles and one pass defensed at Houston (9/12).
• Totaled eight tackles at New England (11/21).
• Posted six tackles and a half of a sack, the first of his career, against San Diego (11/28).
• Notched a team-leading and career-high 15 tackles against Dallas (12/5).
• Contributed with five tackles, one interception and two passes defensed against Jacksonville (12/19).
• Started in the team’s AFC Wild Card Playoff game against the New York Jets (1/8) and finished with seven tackles and one forced
fumble.
2009 (COLTS):
• Started all 16 games at free safety and earned his second career Pro Bowl nomination.
• Led the team with 120 tackles (75 solo), four interceptions, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four passes defensed.
• Started three games at free safety in the postseason and totaled 12 tackles, two passes defensed and one interception.
• Tied for the team lead with eight tackles at Miami (9/21) and clinched the victory with an interception on the final play of the game.
• Led the team with eight tackles (six solo) while adding one interception, one fumble recovery and one pass defensed at Arizona
(9/27).
• Led the team with 12 tackles (nine solo) at St. Louis (10/25).
• Posted 11 tackles and one forced fumble against Houston (11/8).
• Finished with eight tackles and one interception against New England (11/15).
• Tallied 10 tackles and one interception at Houston (11/29).
• Recorded three tackles, one interception and two passes defensed against
Baltimore (1/16/10) in the AFC Divisional Playoffs. His interception was the
BETHEA SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 15 vs. DAL (12/5/10)
Int: 1, 13 times (Last: vs. OAK 9/8/13)
PD: 3 at CAR (10/28/07)