Derrick Pope

Games and Starts

Professional Biography

NFL History

• Notched career-high 57 tackles in 2007 to rank 4^th on Dolphins.
• Started career-high 9 games in 2007 after starting a total of 5 in his previous 3 seasons.
• Snared 1^st career INTs in 2007 in consecutive games, grabbing INTs in the final 2 regular-season games off some of the NFL’s top QBs, picking Tom Brady at New England (12/23/07) and Carson Palmer vs. Cincinnati (12/30/07).
• Grabbed 1 of only 8 INTs that Tom Brady threw in 2007 en route to being named the NFL’s MVP.
• Scored his lone NFL TD on a 1-yard FR at San Francisco (11/28/04) when he scooped up a Tim Rattay fumble forced by Jason Taylor to give the Dolphins a 24-10 lead in the eventual 24-17 win.
• Posted 1^st career sack against Rattay in game at San Francisco (11/28/04), part of an 8-sack game by the Dolphins.
• Started 3 games as a rookie at MLB in place of Zach Thomas, starting 1^st career game vs. Buffalo (12/5/04).
• Notched career-high 14 tackles as a rookie at Denver (12/12/04).
• Had a season-high 8 tackles in 4 games during 2007.
• Played against eventual Super Bowl 42 champion NY Giants in London on 10/28/07, a 13-10 Giants win.
• Played under 4 head coaches in his 4 seasons with the Dolphins, starting with Dave Wannstedt who coached the opening 9 games of his rookie season in 2004 before Jim Bates served as interim coach for the final 7 games. The team was led by Nick Saban in 2005-06 before going to Alabama and Cam Cameron coached the squad in 2007.
• Saban left the Dolphins after the 2006 season to take over at Pope’s alma mater- Alabama.
• Notched season-high 5 tackles in 2006 against the Vikings when he filled in for injured Channing Crowder.

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