16 games/5 starts
Became the 5th DE the Vikings have selected in the top 4 rounds of the draft in the past 4 seasons...Was the only Viking to sack Packers QB Brett Favre during his farewell season in 2007.
2007Earned spot on Pro Football Weekly’s All-Rookie Team and started 5 games...Opened the final 4 straight games at RDE and started 1st career game at Detroit (9/16) at LDE...Ranked 3rd in the NFL for sacks among rookies with 4.5...Burst onto the scene with 2.0 sacks in the regular season opener vs. Atlanta (9/9)...Sacked Packers QB Brett Favre (9/30) on the day he broke the NFL TD passes record...Sacked former Vikings QB Daunte Culpepper vs. Oakland (11/18) and forced a fumble that was recovered by LB Chad Greenway...Had 5 tackles at San Francisco (12/9), his season-high.
Etched his name throughout the Texas football and track record books...His 6 career blocked kicks set a UT record and his 4 blocks in 2003 tied a single-season record...2006 NCAA runner-up in shot put as a junior and won Big 12 shot put title in 2005 and 2006...Won Big 12 shot and discus titles in 2006...Holds the school record in the shot put at 68-4.25 and ranks 3rd in UT history with a discus mark of 195-10...Helped Longhorns win 2005 national championship with Rose Bowl win over USC...UT was 44-7 overall and 28-4 in conference play during his 4 years...Earned consensus 2nd-Team All-Big 12 honors as a junior in 2005.
Majored in liberal arts at Texas...Father played collegiate football on the Ranger (TX) Junior College team that won a national title...Wife, Jayme Miller, is an accomplished rodeo barrel racer.