PRO CAREER: Ranks 10th in NFL with 55 sacks since 2002, registering at least 9.0 sacks in 4 of those 6 seasons… Has garnered 0.53 sacks per game as a member of the Bears (30.5 sacks in 57 contests), 3rd highest average for a Chicago player since 1982… His 30.5 sacks with Chicago are also the most over a 4-year span by a Bears defensive lineman since Jim Flanigan recorded 30.5 sacks from 1995-1998… Led Chicago with 9 sacks and 6 forced fumbles in 2007… Named to USA Today’s “2007 All-Joe Team”, which pays tribute to hard workers who deserve more recognition than they receive for a job well done… Owner of 15 multiple-sack games in which his team has a 12-3 record (7-1 with Chicago)… Has registered 8 fumble recoveries since coming to Chicago in 2004, the most by an active Bear over that span… Registered 6 total fumble recoveries in 2006 and 2007, tied with Jared Allen and Elvis Dumervil for most in the NFL during that span… Started 89-of-96 career games played, including all 57 in Chicago, totaling 393 career tackles, 18 PBUs, 17 forced fumbles and 11 fumble recoveries… Has 18 tackles and 3 TFLs while leading all active Bears with 3 sacks in 4 career postseason starts… Led Chicago with 10 sacks in 2005, becoming first Bears DE to record double-digit sacks in a season since Richard Dent in 1993… Earned Pro Bowl appearance in 2003 by leading AFC with career-high 15 sacks… Became sixth Dolphins DE voted to Pro Bowl after recording the 5th-highest single-season sack total in franchise history… Two-time AFC Defensive Player of the Week (11/17/02, 9/21/03).

HOW ACQUIRED: Acquired by Chicago (8/21/04) via trade with Miami for WR Marty Booker and a conditional 2005 draft pick.

PERSONAL NOTES: An all-city selection as a senior at Tottenville H.S. in Staten Island, N.Y… Created “Goal Power: Alternative Careers in Sports” in 2005, a yearly program to teach kids from the Chicago Urban League about careers that exist in professional sports outside of being an athlete… Has done work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Read Across America… Has assisted in building houses for Habitat for Humanity… Goes by the nickname "Wale."