GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2008 (1/0-Chi), 2009 (16/12-Chi), 2010 (13/3, 2/0-Chi), 2011 (16/1-Chi). Total- 46/16, 2/0 (46/16, 2/0-Chi).
- Hade memorable NFL debut vs. Minnesota (10/19/08), posting an INT and jumping on a fumble in the end zone for his 1st career TD.
- Played high school basketball at Bartlett High in Anchorage with future Final Four star and NBA player Mario Chalmers.
OFF THE FIELD Grew up on Eielson Air Force Base in Anchorage...Holds degree in sociology...Married to Alicia...Earned Alaska Player of the Year honors as a senior and was a 3-time All-State honoree...High school hoops teamamtes with NBA player and Final Four star Mario Chalmers...Teammates in Chicago with Vikings WR Devin Aromashodu.
HONORS Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Minnesota (10/19/08).
GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2008 (1/0-Chi), 2009 (16/12-Chi), 2010 (13/3, 2/0-Chi), 2011 (16/1-Chi). Total- 46/16, 2/0 (46/16, 2/0-Chi).
- Hade memorable NFL debut vs. Minnesota (10/19/08), posting an INT and jumping on a fumble in the end zone for his 1st career TD.
- Played high school basketball at Bartlett High in Anchorage with future Final Four star and NBA player Mario Chalmers.
OFF THE FIELD Grew up on Eielson Air Force Base in Anchorage...Holds degree in sociology...Married to Alicia...Earned Alaska Player of the Year honors as a senior and was a 3-time All-State honoree...High school hoops teamamtes with NBA player and Final Four star Mario Chalmers...Teammates in Chicago with Vikings WR Devin Aromashodu.
HONORS Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Minnesota (10/19/08).
PRO Joined Vikings as a free agent on 3/27/12...Enjoyed career-best 6 INTs and 75 tackles in 2009 when he started 12 games...Led Chicago and ranked 4th in NFC with 6 picks in 2009...Helped NFC North Champion Bears advance to NFC Championship game following 2010 season, falling to Green Bay...Played 1 game as a rookie but made the most of it, notching an INT and pouncing on a fumble in the end zone on special teams for his lone career TD vs. Minnesota (10/19/08), but was injured in the game and placed on injured reserve for remainder of 2008 on 10/22/08...Originally entered NFL as a 5th-round (142nd overall) draft pick by Chicago in 2008.
2011 Started lone game of season at Green Bay (12/25)...Saw action in all 16 games.
2010 Started opening 3 games of season and played in 13...Saw time in both playoff games, the NFC Divisional Round game vs. Seattle (1/16/11) and NFC Championship Game vs. Green Bay (1/23/11)...Team won NFC North title with 11-5 regular season mark...Notched career-high 13 tackles with 8 solos at Dallas (9/19)...Had 20 tackles in opening 3 games of the season...Was inactive for 3-game span at mid-season...Had a FF and a FR in game at NY Giants (10/3).
2009 Started career-best 12 games and saw time in all 16...Led Bears with 6 INTs and ranked 4th in the NFC...Notched career-long 39-yard INT return vs. Arizona (11/8)...Had an INT in 3 consecutive games vs. Arizona (11/8), at San Francisco (11/12) and vs. Philadelphia (11/22)...Started 1st career game vs. Pittsburgh (9/20)...Posted season-best 8 tackles at Seattle (9/27) and vs. Minnesota (12/28).
2008 Played in only 1 game as a rookie, vs. Minnesota (10/19/08), but it was a memorable outing...Snared 1st career INT vs. Minnesota, grabbing a Gus Frerotte pass, and jumped on a fumble in the Vikings end zone for his lone career TD...Was recognized as NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for game vs. Minnesota.
COLLEGE Started 9 of his 22 games at Nebraska...Began collegiate career at New Mexico Military Institute where he was a junior college All-America...Snared 3 career INTs for Cornhuskers...Was a 2007 team captain for the Huskers...Sidelined for 2006 with knee injury, redshirting and coming back in 2007 for senior year...
PREP Standout in football and basketball at Bartlett High in Anchorage...Was a 3-time All-State honoree in football and named Player of the Year as a senior.
