Team

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2006 (14/7), 2007 (16/16), 2008 (16/15, 1/1), 2009 (16/16, 2/2), 2010 (2/2). Total- 64/56, 3/3.

• Named Vikings Ed Block Courage Award winner for 2010 by his teammates.

• Suffered knee injury at NY Jets in 2010, ending his season after fighting to get back on the field after knee injury in 2009 NFC Championship game.

• Scored 1st career NFL TD in his return to Texas when he took a lateral on a fumble from LB Ben Leber and returned it 28 yards for a score at Dallas (10/21/07).

• Ranks 2nd in Vikings history for forced fumbles by a defensive back with 10, trailing only legendary hitter Joey Browner and tied with teammate Antoine Winfield.

OFF THE FIELD Married with 2 children...Started his Stand Up For Kids Foundation to raise awareness and support youth education and health initiatives...Majored in youth and community studies at UT...Returned to Austin, TX, to work on his degree during 2009 offseason...College teammates with Vikings LS Cullen Loeffler and DE Brian Robison...Lived in Louisiana, California and Texas as a child…Makes off-season home in Minnesota.

HONORS Named Vikings 2010 Ed Block Courage Award winner by teammates...NFC Defensive Player of the Week at Detroit (12/10/06).

PRO Has a knack for making the big hit, ranking 2nd in Vikings history for forced fumbles by a DB with 10...Led team with career-best 4 INTs in 2009...Signed long-term contract extension during 2009 offseason...Ranked 2nd on Vikings and led DBs with career-high 100 tackles in 2008...Joined S Darren Sharper as the only DBs to start all 16 games in 2007 for the Vikings...Scored 1 of 8 defensive TDs for the Vikings in 2007...Started 7 games as a rookie at CB, the most out of the Vikings 2006 draft class…Is 1 of 6 draftees in 2006 for the Vikings who went on to start a game for the team…Was the 6th CB drafted in 2006 and had the 2nd-most INTs in the group with 2 behind only Tennessee Titan Tye Hill, the 1st CB selected (#15 overall) with 3…Drafted in the 2nd round of the 2006 NFL Draft (#48).

2010 Has endured a trying 2-year span fighting injuries...Recognized by teammates as the Vikings Ed Block Courage Award winner for his approach to rehabbing from injuries...Battled back from knee injury in 2009 NFC Championship game to return to starting lineup in Week 3 vs. Detroit (9/26)...Started both games he played, vs. Detroit and at NY Jets (10/11) on Monday Night Football...Suffered season-ending knee injury at Jets and was placed on injured reserve the following week.

2009 Had team-high and career-best 4 INTs...Key element of the Vikings ranking #6 in total defense in the NFL for the 2nd straight season and ranking #2 in the NFL in run defense after ranking #1 in rush defense the previous 3 seasons...Moved into 2nd place in Vikings history for FFs by a DB with 10 for his career...Injured knee in NFC Championship game and underwent off-season surgery...Had season-high 9 tackles in a pair of games, vs. Baltimore (10/18) and vs. Detroit (11/15)...Snared 2 of his 4 INTs during the season off Chicago’s Jay Cutler.

2008 Led Vikings DBs in tackles for the 2nd consecutive year with 100 stops, 19 over his previous career high...Ranked 2nd on team with 13 passes defensed…Started 15 games and Wild Card playoff game at RCB…Added 1 INT, 4 FF (1 on special teams), and 3 TFL to his 100 tackles…Snared the Vikings only INT in the Wild Card Playoff vs. Philadelphia (1/4/09) off Donovan McNabb and added 4 tackles…Recorded 8+ tackles in 6 games and career-high 10 at Tampa Bay (11/16)…Tied for 4th among NFL DBs with 4 FFs…Grabbed his lone regular season INT off Kurt Warner at Arizona (12/14) and had a career-best 4 passes defensed…Part of a defensive backfield that held the NFL’s top 4 receivers in yardage to a combined average of 4 catches for 52 yards per game...Helped Vikings defense rank #6 in the NFL, the highest finish since 1994.

2007 Led the Vikings DBs with 81 tackles...Joined Darren Sharper as the only Vikings DBs to start all 16 games...Scored 1st career TD when he took a lateral of a fumble recovery by LB Ben Leber and returned it a total of 50 yards for the score, returning the ball 22 yards, fumbling and then recovering his own fumble and continuing the final 28 yards for the TD at Dallas (10/21)...Recovered a Donald Lee fumble vs. Green Bay (9/30)...Notched career-high 9 tackles vs. Atlanta (9/9)...Had career-best 3 passes defensed vs. San Diego (11/4) and at San Francisco (12/9)...Forced fumbles at Detroit (9/16) and at San Francisco (12/9).

2006 Led the Vikings rookie class with 7 starts…Earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for performance at Detroit (12/10) when he had an INT, forced a fumble on the opening kickoff and had a FR…Was the only Viking to earn Defensive Player of the Week honors for the season and was the 1st DB to earn the award since Brian Williams in 2003…Finished season on injured reserve with neck injury, missing the final regular-season game vs. St. Louis (12/31)…Started 1st career game at RCB vs. Chicago (9/24)…Recorded 1st career INT when he picked off Seneca Wallace at Seattle (10/22) and notched his 2nd when he grabbed a Jon Kitna pass at Detroit (12/10).

COLLEGE Started 38 consecutive games at CB over his final 3 seasons…Played in 51 career games, including 44 starts, during his college career…Key member of a Longhorns’ pass defense that ranked in the top 10 in the nation 3 times during his 4 seasons…Named 1st-team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches and the Associated Press as a senior…Helped the Longhorns to a 41-38 victory over USC for the National Championship in final college game…Played in the Rose Bowl twice vs. USC and Michigan and the Holiday Bowl vs. Washington State…Tabbed Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the coaches in 2004…Shared the UT Most Improved Defensive Player award as a redshirt freshman in 2002…Returned a blocked FG 56 yards for TD at Tulane, the 1st blocked FG returned for a TD in UT history…Had career-high 15 tackles against Oklahoma in 2002…Redshirted in 2001.

PREP All-state DB at Holmes High in San Antonio...Played in US Army All-America game as a senior…Lettered 3 times as a sprinter/hurdler in track, winning the District 26-5A title in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior.