2011 Colts Media Guide - Nfl

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COLLEGE: Two-year starter who opened 22 of 39 career games at RDE…ranked second in school history with 34 sacks
(Tim Green, 45.5)…totaled 104 career stops, 68 solo, 14 FF, three FR, 51 stops for losses, 43 QB pressures and six
passes defensed…holds NCAA seasonal record for FF and FR (11, eight forced, three recovered, 2001)…had string of
17 consecutive games with at least one sack end in 2001 Pittsburgh contest…started every game as senior, leading
nation with 17.5 sacks…sack total broke Green’s prior seasonal school mark of 15…had 50 stops, 33 solo, eight FF,
26 stops for losses, three FR and 26 pressures…was consensus All-America and All-Big East Conference First-
Team…named Big East co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year…was finalist for Lombardi (best lineman), Bednarik (top defensive
player) and Nagurski (outstanding defensive player) Awards...eight FF set conference record…earned Big East Player-ofthe-Week
honors four times, matching conference seasonal record…started first seven games as junior…had 32 stops,
23 solo, 13 sacks, 18 stops for losses, three FF and eight pressures…was BCSfootball.com All-America Second-Team,
All-ECAC and All-Big East Conference First-Team selection, despite missing final four games with spleen disorder…started
two of 10 games as sophomore…had 19 stops, nine solo, 3.5 sacks, five tackles for losses, three pressures and
one FF…started one of 10 games as freshman…had three stops, two stops for losses, two FF and six pressures.
PERSONAL: Full name is Dwight Jason Freeney…born in Bloomfield, Conn….attended Bloomfield High School…was
SuperPrep, Prep Football Report, USA Today, Hartford Courant and Blue Chip Illustrated All-America selection…also lettered
at TE…was All-Central Connecticut West pick and served as team captain…was four-sport letterman, including
three letters in football, four in basketball and baseball and one in soccer…participated in “Shop with a Colt” program,
leading group of underprivileged children on shopping spree for sports equipment and apparel…established annual
Dwight Freeney Full-Contact Football Camp in 2005 with proceeds benefiting various charities...also launched Dwight
Freeney Foundation…single…resides in Bloomfield, Conn.
CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR ST/PL SOLO AST TOT SKS PD FF FR INTS YDS AVG LG TD
2002 8/ 16 43 4 47 13.0 0 9 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
2003 13/ 15 38 3 41 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
2004 16/ 16 39 8 47 16.0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2005 13/ 16 37 2 39 11.0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2006 16/ 16 35 10 45 5.5 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2007 9/ 9 29 5 34 3.5 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2008 14/ 15 23 7 30 10.5 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2009 9/ 14 24 7 31 13.5 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2010 16/ 16 21 4 25 10.0 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
TOTAL 114/133 289 50 339 94.0 5 41 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS
Had 19t FR return at New Orleans 9/23/03.
Had sack for safety at Jacksonville 10/22/07.
POST-SEASON STATISTICS
YEAR ST/PL SOLO AST TOT SKS PD FF FR INTS YDS AVG LG TD
2002 1/ 1 7 0 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2003 3/ 3 8 0 8 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2004 2/ 2 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2005 1/ 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2006 4/ 4 4 1 5 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
2007 0/ 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2008 1/ 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2009 3/ 3 4 4 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2010 1/ 1 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
TOTAL 16/16 31 6 37 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
MOST FORCED FUMBLES
IN NFL SINCE 2002
Dwight Freeney 41
Jason Taylor 36
Robert Mathis 34
Julius Peppers 33
MOST SACKS
IN NFL SINCE 2002
Dwight Freeney 94.0
Jason Taylor 93.0
Julius Peppers 89.0
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