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Selected by Jacksonville Jaguars in second round (52nd overall) of 2005 NFL Draft, April 23, 2005…Signed first contract, July 21, 2005…Signed as unrestricted free agent with Oakland Raiders, March 16, 2009…Re-signed with Raiders as free agent, March 9, 2010…Re-signed with Raiders as unrestricted free agent, Aug. 1, 2011…Re-signed with Raiders as unrestricted free agent, March 22, 2012.

At a glance

• First name is pronounced kuh-LEEF.
• Has started all or parts of the past four seasons for the Raiders at tackle.
• In 107 NFL games over eight seasons, has 87 career starts with Oakland and Jacksonville.
• Began as a defensive lineman at the University of Washington and didn’t move to offense until the last week of practice his freshman year.
• Sister, Ijlal, played basketball at San Diego State, and brother, Ahmad, played football at Texas Southern.

CAREER: Veteran tackle has played in 107 career games with 87 starts in eight combined seasons with the Raiders and Jaguars…Emerged as a full-time starter at tackle in third season with the Silver and Black, 2011, starting all 16 games that year…Started three games as an eligible tackle in 2010, making first two career receptions, including a 2-yard TD catch…With Jacksonville, played in 60 games with 57 starts at left tackle over four seasons…Helped the Jaguars to playoff berths in 2005 and 2007, starting all three games.

2012: Played in nine games, all starts, sandwiched around a seven-game absence due to a groin injury…Saw action on 557 offensive snaps…Sustained a groin injury in Week 2 and underwent surgery Sept. 21 (Dr. Warren King, Fremont Surgery Center), then battled a triceps injury over the season’s final four weeks…(9/10) vs. SD: Elected by his team as a game-week captain…(9/16) at Mia.: Strained a groin with two minutes left in first half and did not return…(9/23) vs. Pit.: Inactive with groin injury, missing his first game since the end of the 2009 season (34 straight)…Also inactive for contests at Denver (9/30), at Atlanta (10/14), vs. Jacksonville (10/21), at Kansas City (10/28) and vs. Tampa Bay (11/4)…(11/11) at Bal.: After returning to practice Nov. 7, was inactive for game…(11/18) vs. NO: Returned to starting lineup in his first game since leaving with groin injury in Week 2; helped Marcel Reece to 103 rushing yards…(12/2) vs. Cle.: Sustained a triceps injury but finished the game…(12/16) vs. KC: Held Chiefs without a sack for only the third time all year and helped pave path for 203 rushing yards, including 110 from Darren McFadden, in 15-0 win…Sealed off the right side to open hole for Mike Goodson’s 43-yard run on last play of third quarter…Earlier, battled at the bottom of a pile to recover a fumble and preserve a second-quarter FG drive…(12/30) at SD: Helped protect Terrelle Pryor in his first NFL start, shutting out a Chargers defense that had piled up 11 sacks the week before.

2011: Started all 16 games at RT…Helped Raiders rank seventh in the NFL in rushing (131.9 avg.)…Part of a line that aided RB Michael Bush in rushing for 977 yards…Also protected Raiders QBs, who threw for 4,119 yards …Part of a unit that surrendered just 25 sacks, lowest in franchise annals…(9/12) at Den.: Blocked for RB Darren McFadden, who totaled 150 rushing yards in a 23-20 victory…(9/18) at Buf: Helped produce 454 yards of total offense, on a line that did not surrender a sack…(9/25) vs. NYJ: Helped team produce a season-high 234 yards rushing, including McFadden’s career-high 171…(10/2) vs. NE: Part of an offense that racked up a season-high 504 total yards and offense that did not surrender a sack…(11/10) at SD: Helped offense total 489 yards, including 191 rushing…(12/18) vs. Det.: Protected QB Carson Palmer, who passed for 345 yards…Part of an offense that totaled 477 yards…(12/24) at KC: Part of a line that did not surrender a sack…(1/1/12) vs. SD: Helped Palmer pass for 417 yards, the third-highest total in franchise history…Part of a line that did not allow a sack for the second straight game.

2010: Saw action in all 16 games, making three starts as an eligible tackle…Totaled 8 yards on two receptions, including his first career TD catch…(9/19) vs. StL: Saw action at tackle in a reserve role…(10/31) vs. Sea.: Posted first career reception, for 6 yards as an eligible tackle …(11/7) vs. KC: Started as an extra lineman…Caught a 2-yard TD pass from Jason Campbell in the third quarter, giving Raiders a 14-13 lead en route to 23-20 overtime triumph…(12/5) at SD: Started as an extra offensive lineman.

2009: Saw action in six games with two starts in first season with Raiders…Inactive for nine contests…(9/27) vs. Den.: Made Raiders debut, playing on special teams…(10/25) vs. NYJ: Made first Raiders start, at RT…(11/1) at SD: Started at RT…Blocked on a drive that included six straight runs and culminated in a 3-yard touchdown by RB Justin Fargas.

2008: Started all 16 games at LT in final season with Jacksonville…Helped both Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor rank among the AFC’s top 20 rushers…(9/21) at Ind.: Part of an offensive line that allowed no sacks…Helped both Taylor and Jones-Drew top 100 yards in 23-21 win…(10/12) at Den.: Helped Jones-Drew rush for 125 yards and two touchdowns in 24-17 triumph…Pass blocking helped David Garrard throw for 276 yards and a TD…(11/9) at Det.: Blocking allowed RBs to rush for a combined 150 yards and three TDs in 38-14 victory …(11/23) vs. Min.: Pass blocking helped Garrard throw for a career-high 317 yards.

2007: Played in a then-career-high 16 games, with 14 starts…Was only Jacksonville offensive lineman to play in all 16 games…Part of an offensive line that allowed only 31 sacks…Helped Garrard set single-season franchise records in passer rating (102.2) and completion percentage (64.0), while the Jaguars ranked second in the NFL with 2,391 rushing yards (149.4 per game), second-most in team history…Helped Jacksonville average 4.7 yards per carry, first in the AFC and third in the NFL…Team also led the NFL with six rushes of 50-plus yards, and ranked second with 68 rushes of 10-plus yards…(9/23) at Den: Suffered ankle injury in the second quarter…(10/7) at KC: Played only on FG/PAT unit due to ankle injury…(10/14) vs. HOU: Blocked for running game that produced 244 yards on 26 carries (9.4 avg.), the highest single-game average in franchise history…Part of an offensive line that didn’t allow a sack in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history, before Jacksonville also accomplished the feat vs. Carolina (12/9) and at Pittsburgh (12/16)…Postseason: (1/5/08) at Pit.: Started AFC Wild Card game at left tackle, a 31-29 win…(1/12/08) at NE: Started in AFC Divisional playoff game.

2006: Started 15 games at left tackle…Helped Jaguars set a single-season franchise record with 2,541 rushing yards (158.8 per game)…Helped pave the way for a franchise-record 5.0-yard rushing average…Part of an offensive line that allowed only 30 sacks, the second-fewest in team history…(11/12) vs. Hou.: Inactive, ending a streak of 20 consecutive starts…(12/10) vs. Ind.: Part of an offensive line that led Jaguars to a franchise-record 375 rushing yards, in 44-17 triumph over eventual Super Bowl winner.

2005: Played in 13 games with 12 starts at LT as a rookie…Did not allow a sack in his first 11 starts…Started 12 straight games to close the season…(10/2) vs. Den.: Made NFL debut…(10/9) vs. Cin.: Made first career start…Postseason: (1/7/06) at NE: Started in AFC Wild Card game…Played the entire second half with a broken leg.

COLLEGE: Started at both right and left tackle in four seasons at Washington…Moved from defensive tackle as a redshirt freshman…Allowed just three sacks in final two seasons…Anchored offensive line at left tackle for the first five games of senior season before fracturing his wrist…An All-Pac-10 honorable-mention selection as a junior at left tackle…Criminal justice major.

PERSONAL: Attended Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley, Calif. …Recorded 120 tackles and nine sacks as a defensive lineman his senior year…First-team all-academic selection (San Diego Union-Tribune)…Named all-league and all-CIF in 1998 and 1999…Voted the conference’s most valuable defensive player…Also lettered in basketball…Sister, Ijlal, played basketball at San Diego State, and brother, Ahmad, played football at Texas Southern…Volunteered in December 2011 with the Live 105 Belvedere Red, benefiting AIDS Foundation at the Home of Chicken and Waffles…In December 2012, assisted with food distribution at Oakland’s Laurel Elementary School to benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank.