GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2009 (10/1, 2/0), 2010 (14/11), 2011 (13/9). Total- 37/21, 2/0.
- Snared INTs in consecutive games in 2010 vs. NY Giants and vs. Chicago and led team with 10 passes defensed on season.
- Had a sack and forced fumble in his 1st career game played at the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers in 2009.
- Started career-high 11 games in 2010.
OFF THE FIELD Took up golf in 2010 offseason, playing regularly with fellow DBs...Regularly works with teammates at community outreach events...Active in community outreach projects centering on healthy living and diet...Spoke to elementary school students in Prior Lake about healthy eating and exercise during 2011 offseason...Majored in health promotion...Cousin of Pro Football Hall of Fame WR Michael Irvin.
GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2009 (10/1, 2/0), 2010 (14/11), 2011 (13/9). Total- 37/21, 2/0.
- Snared INTs in consecutive games in 2010 vs. NY Giants and vs. Chicago and led team with 10 passes defensed on season.
- Had a sack and forced fumble in his 1st career game played at the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers in 2009.
- Started career-high 11 games in 2010.
OFF THE FIELD Took up golf in 2010 offseason, playing regularly with fellow DBs...Regularly works with teammates at community outreach events...Active in community outreach projects centering on healthy living and diet...Spoke to elementary school students in Prior Lake about healthy eating and exercise during 2011 offseason...Majored in health promotion...Cousin of Pro Football Hall of Fame WR Michael Irvin.
PRO Has started 20 games over the past 2 seasons...Has provided depth in secondary and has started at LCB, RCB and as nickel back...Started 11 games in 2010 and snared a pair of INTs...Started 1st career game on Sunday Night Football at Arizona (12/6/09)...Made impact in his 1st career game, forcing a fumble on a sack of QB Ben Roethlisberger at Pittsburgh (10/25/09)...Part of impressive performance by rookie class in 2009 as all 5 players started a game during the 2009 season...The Vikings 3rd round selection in 2009, taken with the 86th overall pick...Declared for the NFL Draft after junior season.
2011 Stared 9 games, taking over primarily at LCB when Antoine Winfield was lost for the season...All 9 starts came in final 12 games of season...Started 1st game of season in win vs. Arizona (10/9) at RCB opposite Chris Cook at LCB...Snared lone INT of season vs. Arizona off Kevin Kolb...Notched season-high and tied career-best with 12 tackles vs. Green Bay (10/23).
2010 Stepped into starters role for career-high 11 games, replacing injured Cedric Griffin at RCB...Led team with 10 passes defensed and snared 2 INTs...Had career-high 11 tackles vs. NY Giants (12/13) and grabbed an INT in game played at Detroit’s Ford Field following the Metordome roof collapse...Notched 27-yard INT return off Bears QB Jay Cutler in Monday Night Football game at TCF Bank Stadium, his career-long.
2009 Played in the final 10 games of the regular season and both playoff contests...Inactive for the opening 6 games of the season before earning his way onto the field...Started 1st career game at Arizona (12/6), a prime-time game on NBC’s Sunday Night Football...Made most of his 1st career action at Pittsburgh (10/25), catching QB Ben Roethlisberger and forcing a fumble on the sack...Posted 1st career INT vs. Seattle (11/22) when he snared a pass off Matt Hasselbeck...Had career-best 5 tackles in 3 games during the season- vs. Detroit (11/15), at Arizona (12/6) and vs. NY Giants (1/3/10).
COLLEGE Started 24-of-39 games played in 3-year career...Played with a fractured right hand for 5 games, nearly half his junior season and was still a semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and quarter-finalist for the Lott Trophy in 2008, which honors the nation’s top collegiate defensive backs...Had 53 tackles and 7 pass breakups despite his hand injury in 2008...Started 11 games as a sophomore and had a career-best 64 tackles with 2 sacks and 3 INTs...Tied UGA record with 28 kickoff returns for a single-season record 690 yards...Named UGA’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year as a freshman...Started the team’s final 11 games as a sophomore...Enrolled at Georgia in January, 2006, competing during spring drills.
PREP Earned Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 and Super Southern 100 honors in football at Tucker HS in Atlanta...Member of the Fox Sports Net All-South 3rd-team, Super Prep All-American and Prep Star Top 200 squads...Earned Coaches Choice All-State honors as a junior PR/KR, with 7 punt returns and 2 kickoffs for TDs...Played basketball and ran track.
