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Selected by Oakland Raiders as first of two selections in fourth round (100th overall) of 2008 NFL Draft, April 27, 2008…Signed first contract, July 16, 2008…Placed on reserve/injured (shoulder), Nov. 5, 2008…Designated franchise player, March 2, 2012…Signed franchise-player contract, May 7, 2012…Signed long-term contract with Raiders, July 14, 2012.

At a glance

• First name is pronounced ty-VAHN.
• Oakland is 6-1 when he has a takeaway (four interceptions, three fumble recoveries). The team is 5-1 when he records a sack.
• Led Raiders in tackles in both 2010 and ’11, and topped the 100-tackle mark for a fourth straight year in 2012.
• Has started 62 of the past 64 games.
• Ranks among NFL leaders in tackles (255) over the past two seasons.
• In 2010, tied for NFL lead among defensive backs with a career-high four sacks.
• Was the first UConn player ever to return two kickoffs for TDs in the same season.

CAREER: Talented safety has topped the 100-tackle mark in each of the last four seasons, including a career-high 146 in 2012…Named an alternate for the Pro Bowl in 2011…Has started 62 of the last 64 games at SS over the past four seasons, since a shoulder injury cut short his rookie campaign…Pivotal to the Raiders, has helped Oakland to a 6-1 record when he registers a takeaway (four INT, three fumble recoveries), and a 5-1 mark when he sacks the quarterback…Career totals include 493 tackles (357 solo), four interceptions, six sacks, 23 passes defensed and three forced fumbles…Also has returned eight kickoffs for 120 yards.

2012: Played and started 14 games, missing one due to a neck injury and the other due to a badly sprained ankle…In 835 snaps, finished second on the team with a career-high 146 tackles (90 solo); also had three tackles for loss, one interception, eight QB hurries, two QB hits and seven passes defensed…Signed a long-term contract over the offseason, after the team designated him its franchise player… (9/10) vs. SD: Credited by coaches with two big hits and a pass broken up…(9/16) at Mia.: Posted at the time a career-best 16 tackles (11 solo), including two big hits; twisted an ankle in the third quarter, but returned to action…(9/23) vs. Pit.: In 34-31 win, eclipsed his career high from the previous week with 17 tackles, two of which came on crushing hits…Also hurried Ben Roethlisberger to force a first-quarter incompletion, and broke up a second-quarter pass to force a punt…(9/30) at Den.: Made a TD-saving tackle of Willis McGahee in first quarter, on a drive ending in a FG…(10/14) at Atl.: In second quarter of heartbreaking loss to undefeated Falcons, registered his first INT since 9/25/11, picking off Matt Ryan to set up a touchdown…(10/21) vs. Jac.: Nearly intercepted a second-quarter pass, unable to corral the throw at his feet…(10/28) at KC: In key road win, broke up a sure go-ahead touchdown in the end zone, a pass intended for Tony Moeaki, to force a field goal in the second quarter; then delivered a big hit on QB Matt Cassel to force an incompletion just before half…(11/4) vs. TB: Dropped Doug Martin for a 1-yard loss with Oakland down 35-32 late in game, then two plays later made a third-down stop to force a punt…(11/11) at Bal.: Delivered a marrow-jarring hit on Jacoby Jones’ third-quarter end-around run…(11/18) vs. NO: Inactive with a neck injury, sustained in Ravens contest; missed his first since the end of the 2008 season, snapping a string of 57 games, all starts…(11/25) at Cin.: Returned to the lineup and helped force a first-quarter punt with his QB pressure on third down; later, in a 27-10 game with seven minutes left in the game, had what would’ve been a 22-yard fumble-return TD taken away after an inadvertent whistle by rule forced a replay of the down…(12/2) vs. Cle.: Slowed in fourth quarter by stinger…(12/06) vs. Den.: Injured an ankle early in game, then returned in the second quarter…Drew a holding penalty in the second half…(12/16) vs. KC: Missed most of the practice week (ankle), but still played every snap in 15-0 win, Oakland’s first shutout in 10 years; helped limit Chiefs to 119 total yards, fewest by a Raiders defense since 1975…Stuffed AFC’s leading rusher, Jamaal Charles, for no gain on third-and-1 in fourth quarter, helping Oakland match its franchise record by allowing just 10 rushing yards…(12/23) at Car.: Again missed most of practice but still started; drew a first-quarter holding penalty that nullified a 76-yard TD run, then left later in the first quarter with a foot injury, related to his ankle issue, and did not return…(12/30) at SD: Inactive with ankle injury.

2011: Started all 16 games for the third straight season…Led the team and ranked second among NFL defensive backs with 109 tackles (80 solo), including eight-or-more stops in six contests…Added one sack, four passes defensed and one interception…Also returned two kickoffs for 31 yards…(9/12) at Den.: Recovered a second-quarter Knowshon Moreno fumble at the Broncos’ 23-yard line, setting up a field goal in an eventual 23-20 win …(9/19) at Buf.: Blocked Rian Lindell’s 39-yard field-goal attempt on the final play of the first half…(9/25) vs. NYJ: Posted a season-high 10 tackles (five solo)…Picked off Mark Sanchez in the end zone during a 7-7 game, preventing a first-quarter score in an eventual 34-24 win…(11/27) vs. Chi.: Picked up his sixth career sack, dropping Caleb Hanie to force a third-and-20 in the third quarter of a 25-20 win…(12/18) vs. Det.: Returned a kickoff for the first time since his rookie season…(1/1/12) vs. SD: Returned one kickoff for 16 yards.

2010: Started all 16 games for second straight season, leading team with 104 tackles (81 solo)…Tied for NFL lead among defensive backs with a career-high four sacks…Added one interception, three passes defensed and one forced fumble…Also recovered two fumbles, returning one for his first career touchdown…(9/19) vs. StL: Floored QB Sam Bradford for an11-yard sack in a 16-14 win …(10/10) vs. SD: With one minute remaining and the Raiders protecting a 28-27 lead, scooped up a Philip Rivers fumble created by Michael Huff’s sack and returned the takeaway 64 yards for a touchdown to seal an Oakland win…(10/24) at Den.: Recovered a Kyle Orton fumble inside the Broncos’ 20 to set up a Darren McFadden TD during second quarter of 59-14 win…(10/31) vs. Sea.: Sacked Matt Hasselbeck in first quarter of a 3-0 game, taking Seattle out of FG position and thwarting an ominous drive that had started deep in Raiders territory; later, picked off Hasselbeck to keep Seattle out of the game, setting up an Oakland touchdown pass on the ensuing play…(11/21) at Pit.: Forced a fourth-quarter fumble that was recovered by the Raiders…(11/28) vs. Mia.: Set a season high with 11 tackles (nine solo), including a Chad Henne sack in the second quarter of a 10-7 game that forced a missed field goal, and led to a Raiders TD on the ensuing drive…(1/2/11) at KC: With the Chiefs down seven and driving early in the final stanza, sacked Matt Cassel to end a drive and help set up a key insurance touchdown.

2009: One of six Raiders defenders to start all 16 games, led NFL defensive backs and ranked 10th in the league with 124 tackles (98 solo)…Had eight passes defensed, one sack, six tackles for loss and two forced fumbles…Also notched four special-teams tackles…(9/14) vs. SD: Opened at strong safety in his first career start, and led team with eight solo tackles…(10/25) vs. NYJ: Recorded his first career forced fumble, stripping Thomas Jones on a second-quarter carry…(11/22) vs. Cin.: Recorded two tackles for loss, including his first career sack, dropping Carson Palmer for a 12-yard loss on a third down in the second quarter, one play before a missed field goal…Also forced a second-quarter fumble recovered by the Raiders…(12/20) at Den.: Preserved a 20-19 win by tackling TE Tony Scheffler after a long reception on the game’s final snap.

2008: Saw action in eight games at safety and on special teams…Missed second half of season on injured reserve (shoulder)…Collected 10 tackles and one interception, and recovered a fumble…Returned six kickoffs for 89 yards (14.8 avg.)…(9/8) at Den.: Made NFL debut, seeing action at safety...(9/14) at KC: Playing with a cast on his injured hand, recorded first career interception, returning the first-quarter pick (Damon Huard) 36 yards to set up a Raiders field goal in a 23-8 win …(9/21) at Buf.: Recorded first career tackles…(10/12) at NO: Posted first career kickoff return, for 11 yards…(10/19) vs. NYJ: Returned a season-high four kickoffs, for 62 yards …(11/2) vs. ATL: Returned one kickoff for 16 yards, but injured shoulder on runback and missed remainder of season…Placed on injured reserve 11/5.

COLLEGE: Played in 48 games with 31 starts in four years at UConn…Made 230 career tackles (133 solo) with 7½ tackles for loss, including a half-sack…Intercepted three passes…Also returned 37 kickoffs for 980 yards (26.5 avg.) and a pair of scores…Helped UConn to its first Big East championship in 2007 and berths in the 2004 Motor City and 2007 Meineke Car Care bowls…Following senior season, played in the Hula Bowl and was invited to the NFL scouting combine, where he topped all defensive backs with a 4.31-second time in the 40-yard dash…As a senior, started all 13 games, 12 at cornerback, with one start at safety…Named second-team All-Big East…Was team’s Special Teams MVP after leading the Big East in kickoff returns, averaging 28.9 yards on 27 runbacks (780 yards, two TD)…The 780 yards marked second-best total in UConn history and the 28.9 average set a school record…Became the first Husky to ever return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season…Twice named Big East Special Teams Player of the Week…Also made 89 total tackles…Returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against both Rutgers and Akron…Established a school record with184 kickoff-return yards, against Rutgers,  in UConn’s 38-19 win…As a junior, started all 12 games at cornerback and led all UConn defensive backs with 79 total tackles…Had 47 solo tackles, an interception and four pass breakups while also both forcing and recovering two fumbles…Appeared in all 11 games on defense and special teams, starting the last five contests at cornerback as a sophomore…Had 42 tackles (21 solo) and two interceptions…Appeared in all 12 games as a freshman…Earned a start at cornerback at Georgia Tech, becoming the only true freshman to start a game all season…Exploratory major.

PERSONAL: Earned second-team all-state honors at Cicero-North Syracuse (N.Y.) High School...Named second-team all-Central New York and second-team all-area...Played tailback and outside linebacker for the Northstars...Won the 2004 national indoor track championship in the 60 meters (6.82 seconds)...Gatorade New York state track Athlete of the Year...Finished first in the state in the 100 and 200 meters as a senior, setting a school record in the 100-meters (10.60)…In November 2011, volunteered time with NFL Play 60 Super School, at Longfellow Elementary in San Francisco...Volunteered at the November 2011 G-Fit Gatorade Clinic at the Google campus in San Francisco…Teamed up with United Way, the NFL, UPS, and East Bay Asian Youth Center at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland for Hometown Huddle 2012…Also, in November 2012, visited an Oakland school as part of the NFL Play 60 Super School campaign.