Selected by Oakland Raiders in second round (44th overall) of 2010 NFL Draft, April 23, 2010…Signed first contract, July 29, 2010.
Selected by Oakland Raiders in second round (44th overall) of 2010 NFL Draft, April 23, 2010…Signed first contract, July 29, 2010.
CAREER: Aggressive defensive lineman, has played in 32 games with 28 starts in two NFL seasons…Career totals include 90 tackles (66 solo), six sacks, three passes defensed, four fumble recoveries and one interception.
2011: Played in all 16 games with 13 starts…Totaled 51 tackles (36), one sack, three passes defensed and one interception…Also tied for fifth in the AFC with two fumble recoveries…(9/12) at DEN: Recovered a fourth-quarter fumble by Kyle Orton that set up a Raiders touchdown drive in a 23-20 win…(10/9) at HOU: Registered first career interception, picking off Matt Schaub and returning it for 15 yards to set up a Raiders field goal in first game after the passing of owner Al Davis…Also deflected another pass…(10/16) vs. CLE: Recorded sixth career sack, dropping Colt McCoy in first home game since Davis’ passing…(11/6) vs. DEN: Tied a career high with seven tackles (six solo)…(11/10) at SD: Recovered a fumble by Philip Rivers on the game’s final play, preserving a 24-17 victory.
2010: Saw action in all 16 games and made 15 starts in first NFL season…Named to The Sporting News’ All-Rookie Team…Tied for fifth on the team with five sacks …Added 39 tackles (30 solo), one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries…(9/12) at TEN: Made NFL debut, starting at DE…(9/19) vs. STL: Recorded first career sack, dropping Sam Bradford for a 13-yard loss…(10/10) vs. SD: Recovered a fumble on a first-quarter sack deep in Raiders territory to halt a potential scoring drive…(10/24) at DEN: Recovered a first-quarter fumble at Denver’s 21-yard line, setting up a Raiders touchdown…(10/31) vs. SEA: Sacked Matt Hasselbeck, forcing a fumble on the play…(11/21) at PIT: Set a career high with seven tackles (five solo), including a Ben Roethlisberger sack…(12/5) at SD: Again sacked Rivers, this time late in the third quarter to force the Chargers to settle for a field goal in a 28-13 Oakland win…(1/2/11) at KC: Totaled five tackles (four)…Notched his fifth sack of the season, getting to QB Matt Cassel late in the game, forcing an unsuccessful fourth-and-12 in a 31-10 win.
COLLEGE: Played in 50 games with 33 starts at Texas…Started 20 games at defensive tackle and 13 at defensive end…Totaled 160 stops, 14 sacks, 41 tackles for loss, 13 passes defensed, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble…Started 13 games at defensive tackle as a senior…Named second-team All-Big 12 by the Associated Press, conference coaches, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram…Helped Texas rank eighth nationally in scoring defense (15.2 points per game), third in total defense (251.1 yards per game), first in rushing defense (62.2), 11th in pass-efficiency defense (101.3 rating) and 23rd in pass defense (188.9)…In 2009, posted 58 stops, 20 tackles for loss, 28 hurries, seven sacks, four passes defensed and two fumble recoveries…Appeared in 12 games as a junior, making eight starts at defensive tackle…Also garnered second-team academic All-Big 12 recognition…Helped Texas lead the Big 12 in scoring defense (18.8) and total defense (342.9), in addition to rushing defense (83.5), which also ranked third in the nation …Tallied 22 stops, 1½ sacks, seven tackles for loss, 11 hurries and five passes defensed…Registered two tackles against Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl…As a sophomore, appeared in all 13 games, starting 11 at defensive end …Helped Longhorns give up just 93.4 rushing yards per game, sixth in the nation…Led the team in 2007 with 12 tackles for loss and 24 hurries, to go along with 66 tackles, 4½ sacks, four passes defensed and a forced fumble…Earned the first start of his career and notched six tackles, a sack and a pass defensed, against TCU… Appeared in 11 games at defensive end and on special teams as a true freshman…Posted 14 tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and two hurries…Was a three-time member of UT’s Athletics Director’s Honor Roll…Corporate communications major.
PERSONAL: Attended Thomas B. Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. …A prep All-American and two-time all-state selection as a running back and linebacker…Earned Parade All-America honors as a linebacker…Also named second-team All-American by EA Sports…Finished career with 3,325 yards rushing and 49 TDs, along with 239 tackles and 13 sacks in three seasons…Posted more than 100 tackles in each of his final two prep campaigns…Averaged 8.1 yards on 411 carries during his career…Named the Rocky Mountain News Colorado Defensive Player of the Year as a senior…Also earned Gatorade’s Player of the Year in Colorado…Named first-team all-state as a junior, one of only three juniors to earn that distinction …As a sophomore, earned first-team all-conference, second-team all-area and first-team all-city honors while playing fullback and defensive end…Also competed in basketball and track and field…Born in San Francisco and lived in Sacramento until he was 5…Cousin, Stan Gill, played tailback at Stanford…Represented team at Madden-Marriucci Battle of the Bay in June 2012…Spent time volunteering with the children of Frick Middle School of Oakland in December 2011…Volunteered at the November 2011 G-Fit Gatorade Clinic at the Google campus in San Francisco.
