| 2003 SEASON: Started career-high 16 games at RT in his first season with Chicago. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-16
2002 -- Began campaign with Dallas before joining Chicago for the season's final month.
2001 -- Split time between Detroit and Dallas, playing a total of 7 games while finishing the year with the Cowboys
2000 -- Started first 10 games of the year at RT for Detroit before suffering season-ending right shoulder separation.
1999 -- Spent rookie season on Detroit's injured reserve after dislocating his left shoulder in mini-camp.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a first-round selection (27th overall) by Detroit in the 1999 NFL Draft ... Placed on reserve/injured on (9/2/99) ... Placed on reserve/injured on (12/4/00) ... Placed on waivers on (10/30/01) and claimed by Dallas on (10/31/01) ... Waived by Cowboys on (10/4/02) ... Signed with Chicago on (11/26/02). SIGNED through 2004.
COLLEGE: Spent two of 4 years at Wisconsin (1995-98) blocking for Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne, the all-time NCAA Div. 1 leader in rushing yards (6,397) ... Earned first-team All-America, first-team All-Big Ten and team co-MVP honors as a senior while the Badger offense averaged 240.3 rushing yards per game ... First Badger named as a finalist for the Lombardi Award and Outland trophy ... Named All-America honorable mention and first-team All-Big Ten as a junior ... Reserve RT as a sophomore and a blocking TE during the 2nd half of the season ... Did not play as a freshman under the guidelines of NCAA Proposition 48 ... Majored in Afro-American studies.
PERSONAL: Lettered 3 times in football and 4 times in track and field at Decatur Central H.S. in Indianapolis ... Earned All-America and first-team All-State honors while playing on both sides of the ball as a senior ... Playing on the D-line, recovered 8 fumbles and recorded 11 PDs ... Wife is Lucie. |