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PRO: Veteran spent eight seasons as a defensive end before moving to linebacker in 2006…Named 2007 NFL Comeback Player of the Year…Selected to the 2007 Pro Bowl after tallying a career-high 12.5 sacks…Led or tied for team lead in sacks every year from 2001-05…Has recorded 77 career sacks, 10th among active players…Tallied 505 total tackles, 21 forced fumbles and scored two defensive touchdowns in career…Has played in 162 games with 156 starts.

2008: Started all 16 games in his final season with the Dallas Cowboys…Finished season with 36 tackles, eight sacks and one interception…(9/15) vs. PHI: Had four tackles and two sacks…(10/5) vs. CIN: Recorded an interception and returned it 11 yards…(10/19) @ STL: Recorded a season-high five solo tackles…Also had a sack…(12/14) vs. NYG: Recorded a season-high six tackles and 2.5 sacks.

2007: Selected to first Pro Bowl…Named NFL Comeback Player of the Year…Set a career high with 12.5 sacks…(10/14) vs. NE: Forced a fumble on a sack that was recovered by Dallas and returned for a touchdown…(10/21) vs. MIN: Made first start of the season…Recorded two sacks, five tackles and two QB pressures…(11/11) @ NYG: Sacked Giants QB, forcing a fumble on the final drive to preserve victory…Marked his fourth consecutive game with a sack…(11/22) vs. NYJ: Had season highs in tackles with six and sacks with two on Thanksgiving Day…(11/29) vs. GB: Had two sacks for the second straight week…Postseason: (1/13/08) vs. NYG: Totaled three solo tackles in NFC Divisional Playoff Game.

2006: Moved from DE to LB before the season…Was tied for team lead in sacks and tackles for a loss before suffering a season-ending injury (11/12) @ AZ…(9/10) @ JAX: Recorded a season-high seven tackles…(10/1) vs. TEN: Finished with five tackles and a forced fumble…(10/8) @ PHI: Forced a fumble that was returned 69 yards for a touchdown…(10/15) vs. HOU: Had third career interception…(10/29) @ CAR: Tallied a season-high two sacks…Forced a fumble.

2005: (10/16) vs. NYG: Sacked QB and recovered a fumble, returning it 37 yards to set up a field goal at the end of regulation…(10/30) vs. AZ: Finished with 1.5 sacks, his only multi-sack game of the season…(11/20) vs. DET: Forced a fumble on his seventh sack of the season…(11/24) vs. DEN: Recorded a sack for the fourth consecutive game…(12/4) @ NYG: Did not start, snapping a streak of 121 consecutive start.

2004: Finished the year with nine sacks and 12 passes defensed, second- most in the league…Led the team in sacks for the fourth straight season…(9/19) vs. CLE: Led the team with seven tackles and five quarterback pressures, including one that led to a safety…Also had a sack…(9/27) @ WAS: Registered two sacks…(10/10) vs. NYG: Tipped two passes along with his two sacks…(12/19) @ PHI: Blocked an extra point…Set up a touchdown with his sack and forced fumble in the second quarter.

2003: Led the team with eight sacks, the most by a Cowboy since 1996…(12/21) vs. NYG: Tallied two sacks for first multi-sack game of the season…Postseason: (1/3/04) @ CAR: Had team’s only sack in NFC Wild Card Game.

2002: Finished with a career-high 87 tackles…His 7.5 sacks led Dallas…(9/15) vs. TEN: Finished the game with two sacks…(9/22) @ PHI: Recorded two sacks in back-to-back games, becoming the first Dallas player since 1996 to accomplish the feat…(9/29) @ STL: Ended a drive with his second career interception…Sacked Rams QB on third down late to force a long field goal…(11/24) vs. JAX: Had a season-high 10 tackles…Also added a sack.

2001: Started all 16 regular season games…Led Dallas with six sacks, 26 quarterback pressures and four forced fumbles…His 83 tackles were the most among the team’s defensive linemen.

2000: Moved from left to right end before the season…(9/18) @ WAS: Recorded a sack on the game’s final play to preserve a win on “Monday Night Football”…(10/29) vs. JAX: Blocked first field goal of his career (49-yarder).

1999: Led the team with 7.5 sacks despite playing just 13 games…(10/3) vs. AZ: Returned a fumble 98 yards, the longest return by a defensive lineman in team history…(9/20) vs. ATL: Returned an interception 87 yards for a touchdown…(12/12) vs. PHI: Fractured his tibia and fibula in the first quarter.

1998: Became first Cowboy rookie to start a season opener at defensive end since Bob Lilly in 1961…Was the first Cowboy rookie to lead the team’s defensive linemen in tackles… Finished rookie season with three sacks, 63 tackles and a forced fumble…Postseason: (1/2/99) vs. AZ: Made first career postseason start in NFC Wild Card Game…Selected by the Cowboys with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE: Left North Carolina as the school’s all-time sack leader (32.5)…A three-time All-ACC selection…Was a finalist for the Lombardi Award as a senior…Posted 87 tackles, nine sacks and 32 pressures…As a junior, was named second team All-America by The Sporting News…Recorded 62 tackles and 12.5 sacks, the second-most sacks in a season in school history…Also recorded school-record 38 quarterback pressures…Named first team All-ACC as a sophomore...Communications major.

PERSONAL: Attended East Wake (Wendell, N.C.) High School where he was an all-state selection as a tight end and defensive end…Returned all five career interceptions for touchdowns…Voted Male High School Athlete of the Year by the Greensboro News as a senior.