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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS ADDITIONAL BIOS<br />

Vontae Davis<br />

Cornerback<br />

5-11, 205 pounds<br />

Illinois<br />

TR – 2012 (Miami)<br />

1 st Year with Colts/4 th Year in NFL<br />

Born: May 27, 1988<br />

Career Transactions:<br />

• Acquired by the Colts in a trade with the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a second-round pick and<br />

a conditional late-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.<br />

• Originally selected by Miami in the first round (25 th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft.<br />

2011 (DOLPHINS):<br />

• Started all 12 games in which he played, finishing the season with 43 tackles (39 solo) and a<br />

team-leading four interceptions for 60 yards.<br />

• Tied for first on the team with eight passes defensed and had one sack.<br />

• Finished tied for second on the team in tackles with six stops vs. Houston (9/18) despite missing<br />

some of the game with a hamstring injury.<br />

• Finished tied for second on the team in tackles with six stops vs. N.Y. Jets (10/17).<br />

• Had four tackles and one interception vs. Washington (11/13), picking off a Rex Grossman pass<br />

and returning it 28 yards.<br />

• Finished second on the team in tackles with five stops and had one interception at Dallas (11/23),<br />

picking off a Tony Romo pass and returning it 25 yards.<br />

• Had four tackles including his first career sack vs. Oakland (12/4), tackling Raiders quarterback<br />

Carson Palmer for a seven-yard loss.<br />

• Had five tackles and two interceptions at Buffalo (12/18), picking off Bills quarterback Ryan<br />

Fitzpatrick twice for a total of seven yards in returns, marking his first career game of two-or-more<br />

interceptions.<br />

• Inactive four games, with three of those due to a hamstring injury.<br />

2010 (DOLPHINS):<br />

• Started 15-of-16 games, finishing the season with 51 tackles, a team-leading 12 passes defensed<br />

and one interception.<br />

• Had six tackles and two passes defensed at Minnesota (9/19), including an interception, picking<br />

off a Brett Favre pass.<br />

• Matched against the Patriots' Randy Moss the majority of the game vs. New England (10/4) and<br />

helped hold Moss without a catch for only the fifth time in his career.<br />

• Had seven tackles and one pass defensed at Baltimore (11/7).<br />

• Matched against the Titans' Randy Moss the majority of the game vs. Tennessee (11/14) and<br />

helped hold Moss to one catch for 26 yards.<br />

• Finished tied for second on the team in tackles with four stops vs. Cleveland (12/5).<br />

2009 (DOLPHINS):<br />

• Started nine games and finished the season with 48 tackles (44 solo) to go along with 11 passes<br />

defensed and a team-leading four interceptions that he returned for a total of 64 yards with one<br />

touchdown.<br />

• Became the first Dolphin rookie to lead the team in interceptions since safety Louis Oliver had<br />

four in 1989.<br />

• One of only two rookie cornerbacks ever to lead the Dolphins in interceptions, along with Lloyd<br />

Mumphord, who had five in his rookie season in 1969.<br />

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