(regular season, playoffs) 2003 (15/15, 2/1-Ind.), 2004 (10/9, 2/0-Ind.), 2005 (15/14, 1/1-Ind.), 2006 (6/4-Ind.). Total- 46/42, 5/2 (46/42, 5/2-Ind.).
Veteran defender is reunited in Minnesota with his former Colts position coach and current Vikings Defensive Coordinator Leslie Frazier...Regular starter during his Colts tenure, averaged 99 tackles per year in 2003 and 2005 when he played 15 games each season...During his Indy career the Colts went 38-13 including playoffs in the 51 career games he played...Indy won the AFC South in each of his 4 seasons with the team...Colts were 8-0 in the games Doss had an INT during his career...Snared his 1st career pick in a Monday Night Football game at Tampa Bay as a rookie in 2003 off Brad Johnson...As a rookie he stepped into a starter’s role and started the AFC Championship game at New England...Vikings LB coach Fred Pagac was the defensive coordinator at Ohio State when Doss played for the Buckeyes...Teamates at OSU with Vikings DE Darrion Scott...Joins Vikings DE Erasmus James as a former Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year.
2006 Started 4 of the opening 6 games of the season before knee injury vs. Washington (10/22) landed him on injured reserve...Placed on IR on 10/25...Matched careerhigh with 2 INTs in only 6 games...Had 2nd-longest INT return of his career vs. Tennessee (10/8) on a 31-yard runback of a Vince Young pass...Picked off Byron Leftwich vs. Jacksonville (9/24) for 1st INT of the season...Started vs. Jacksonville (9/24), at NY Jets (10/1), vs. Tennessee (10/8) and vs. Washington (10/22)...Supported his Coltsteammates from the sideline throughout their run to Super Bowl XLI title.
2005 Started 14 of the 15 regular season games he played at SS and the AFC Divisional Playoff game vs.Pittsburgh (1/15/06)...Notched 97 tackles, the 2nd-best total of his career and matched career-high with 2INTs...Had season-high 9 tackles in a pair of games, vs. Cleveland (9/25) and vs. St. Louis (10/17)...Missed season opener at Baltimore (9/11) and did not start vs. Houston (11/13).
2004 Played in 10 games with 9 starts in a season hampered by injuries...Snared his career-long INT return with a 32-yarder vs. Baltimore (12/19)...Snared 1st INT of the season at Chicago (11/21)...Had lone career playoff pick vs. Denver (1/9/05)...Notched season-high 11 tackles vs. Baltimore (12/19)...Posted 3 forced fumbles on the season, including 2 at Kansas City (10/31). 2003 Stepped into starting role as a rookie as team advanced to AFC Championship game at New England...Opened all 15 regular-season games he played and started Championship game...Posted career-high 101 tackles and career-best 4 forced fumbles...Had seasonhigh 11 tackles at Buffalo (11/23)...Forced 2 fumbles at Tennessee (12/7).
Started 40 of his 50 career collegiate games...Helped OSU to the national title as a senior in 2002...Consensus All-America choice as a senior and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year...Semi-finalist for Thorpe Award as a junior and senior...Was a 1st-Team All- Big Ten choice his final 3 seasons.
Working on completion of his bachelor’s degree in communications at Ohio State during the offseason...Supports education initiatives through his Mike Doss Foundation...Sponsored an art contest for studentsduring his career with the Colts...Took part in an NFL Films production focused on the history of football in Canton, Ohio...Played his prep football for Canton McKinley on Fawcett Field, site of the annual Hall of Fame Game in conjuction with the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction...Aspires to a career in sportscasting after his footballplaying days.
Has been a part of a winning tradition throughout his collegiate and pro career, winning a national championship at Ohio State, 4 AFC South titles in his Colts career and was part of the Super Bowl XLI winners in 2006.
Indianapolis was 8-0 in the 8 games that Doss had aninterception during his tenure with the Colts.
Has several connections on the Vikings with his almamater, Ohio State, where he played under LB coach FredPagac and was defensive teammates on the Buckeyesnational championship team with DE Darrion Scott.