PRO CAREER: Enters his 11th NFL season, all with the Bears, standing as the second-longest tenured player among active NFL long snappers with their current club… His 157 games with Chicago leads all current Bears, and includes 89 straight which ranks second to Alex Brown (95 straight)… Stands alongside Olin Kreutz as Chicago's longest tenured players with 10 NFL seasons under their belts… Has handled the snapping duties in all but 3 games during his NFL career… Contributed to Bears setting an NFL record for most consecutive unblocked punts (920) and games without a blocked punt (180) that covered 13 years and was snapped in 2003… Snapped every punt and kick (PAT and FG) attempt for Chicago from 1998-2000 and 2003-07… Has played in all 16 games 8 times in his career while pulling the trigger on 1,448 of 1,468 long-snap attempts during that time… One of the league's top coverage long snappers, notching 69 career special teams tackles, third-most by a Bear since 1995 (Brendon Ayanbadejo, 82; Adrian Peterson, 84).

HOW ACQUIRED: Entered NFL as a sixth-round selection (189th overall) by Chicago in the 1998 NFL Draft.

PERSONAL NOTES: Atlanta area Lineman-of-the-Year at Marist H.S. in Marrietta, GA where he earned 3 letters in football and 2 in basketball… Played in Georgia-Florida all-star game… Began his instruction in the art of long-snapping at the age of 13 from veteran NFL coach and family friend Rod Dowhower (then of the Atlanta Falcons) whose son also attended Marist… Created personal website, www.longsnapper.com, to provide personal information on himself and instruction on how to become a successful long snapper… The youngest of 2 sons of Jay and Patty… Brother, Bernard, played football at Notre Dame from 1988-92… He and wife, Tamara, the daughter of former Major League pitcher Tommy John, have 1 daughter… State spokesman for American Lung Association's Athletes and Asthma program.