PRO: Veteran safety joined Raiders in training camp and excelled in the secondary last season…Has played in 84 career games over seven NFL seasons with four different teams…Career totals include 155 tackles (124 solo), one sack, 12 passes defensed and eight interceptions…
PRO: Veteran safety joined Raiders in training camp and excelled in the secondary last season…Has played in 84 career games over seven NFL seasons with four different teams…Career totals include 155 tackles (124 solo), one sack, 12 passes defensed and eight interceptions…
2011: Played in 15 games with nine starts, leading team with five interceptions…Established career highs in tackles (70), sacks (one), passes defensed (five), interceptions (five) and interceptions return yards (130)…Ranked fifth in the NFL with 130 interception return yards…(9/12) @ DEN: Made Raiders debut on “Monday Night Football”…Recorded an interception prior to halftime that helped set up K Sebastian Janikowski’s NFL record-tying 63-yard field goal…Also credited with a forced fumble…(9/18) @ BUF: Made first start with Silver and Black…Registered seven tackles (four)…(9/25) vs. NYJ: Started at S and posted six tackles (three)…(10/2) vs. NE: Started at S and recorded five tackles (three)…(10/16) vs. CLE: Posted first career sack, getting to QB for a 10-yard loss…(11/10) @ SD: Picked off a fourth quarter pass in the end zone and returned it 26 yards…(11/20) @ MIN: Intercepted a pass for the second straight game…Picked off pass at the five-yard line and returned it 42 yards to help set up a Raiders touchdown drive…(12/18) vs. DET: Posted eight tackles (seven)…(12/24) @ KC: Established a career high with 10 tackles (nine)…Intercepted a second quarter pass in the end zone and returned it 62 yards to halt a potential scoring drive…Also recovered a blocked field goal at the end of the first half and advanced the ball 19 yards…(1/1/12) vs. SD: Recorded his fifth interception of the season…
2010: In training camp with the Atlanta Falcons…Waived on 8/31…Signed by New Orleans on 10/12…Played in nine games for the Saints…Totaled three tackles (two)…(10/17) @ TB: Made Saints debut on special teams…Fielded a Buccaneers onside kick attempt…(11/7) @ CAR: Posted one solo tackle…Postseason: (11/8/11) @ SEA: Inactive for NFC Wild Card Game…
2009: In training camp with Indianapolis…Waived on 9/6…Signed by Green Bay on 9/23…Played in five games, posting two solo tackles…(9/27) @ STL: Recorded a solo tackle in Packers debut…Postseason: (1/10/10) @ AZ: Recorded one solo tackle in NFC Wild Card Game…
2008: Saw action in 16 games with one start in final season with Colts… Recorded 23 tackles (19) and one pass defensed...(9/21) vs. JAX: Posted a season-high four assisted tackles…(11/23) @ SD: Recorded three solo stops…(12/14) vs. DET: Credited with a pass defensed…(12/28) vs. TEN: Started at S and recorded three tackles (two)…Postseason: (1/3/09) @ SD: Saw action on special teams in AFC Wild Card Game…
2007: Played in 12 games with four starts…Recorded 20 tackles (15) and four passes defensed…Registered two interceptions, returning one 83 yards for a touchdown…(9/6) vs. NO: Picked off a pass and returned it 83 yards for a touchdown…Added two solo tackles…(12/16) @ OAK: Started at S and posted a season high four tackles (three)…Credited with a pass defensed…(12/23) vs. HOU: Recorded second interception of the season, returning it six yards…(12/30) vs. TEN: Started at S and posted three tackles (two)…Postseason: (1/13/08) vs. SD: Saw action in AFC Divisional Playoff Game…
2006: Played in 12 games with one start…Had 25 tackles (20) and one interception…(12/10) @ JAX: Recorded nine tackles (eight) and first career interception…(12/18) vs. CIN: Made first career start…Had five tackles and credited with a pass defensed…Postseason: (1/6/07) vs. KC: Recorded one tackle in AFC Wild Card Game…(1/13/07) @ BAL: Posted a solo tackle in AFC Divisional Playoff Game…(1/21/07) vs. NE: Posted four tackles (one) in AFC Championship Game…Super Bowl XLI (2/4/07) vs. CHI: Credited with a pass defensed…
2005: Saw action in 15 games as a rookie…Totaled 12 tackles (10) and one pass defensed…(9/11) @ BAL: Made NFL debut…(9/18) vs. JAX: Recorded first career tackle…(12/4) vs. TEN: Posted three solo tackles…(1/1/06) vs. AZ: Posted three solo stops and one pass defensed…Selected by the Colts in the fourth round (134th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.
COLLEGE: Played two years at California after transferring from Fresno City College…Started 14 of 25 games at S...Posted 111 career tackles (73 solo), four tackles for a loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, six passes defensed and two interceptions…Started 10 of 12 games as senior…An All-America honorable mention by The NFL Draft Report and Pro Football Weekly…An All-Pac-10 first-team selection…Totaled 61 tackles (41), 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, six passes defensed and one interception…Had 11 tackles and one interception against Air Force…Posted eight solo stops, one forced fumble and one pass defensed against New Mexico State…Had six stops (four), 1.5 tackles for loss and one pass defensed against Oregon State…Posted six solo stops and one forced fumble against Arizona State…Had five tackles and two passes defensed in Holiday Bowl against Texas Tech…Started four of 13 games as junior…Had 50 tackles (32), 2.5 stops for loss, one fumble recovery and one interception…Had 12 stops in debut against Kansas State…Recorded an interception against USC…A two-time all-conference choice at Fresno City College…Voted Defensive MVP in Northern California championship game…Earned all-state honors at SS as a freshman…Had 62 stops (26), four fumble recoveries and one interception…American Studies major.
PERSONAL: Attended Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.) High School…Set school records for the longest punt return for a touchdown, most blocked kicks and most interceptions in a single game…Two-time all conference first team choice…Named Defensive Player of the Year by the Clovis Exchange Club and Buchanan High's Most Outstanding Player in football and track in 2001…Also crowned individual league champion in the 400 meters in 1999…Great-grandfather, Ralph Giordano, was world welterweight boxing champion in 1933.
