PRO: Durable defensive lineman has emerged as an elite player…Named a Pro Bowl alternate in each of the last two seasons…Has played in 113 games with 101 starts in eight seasons since joining the Silver and Black as an undrafted rookie free agent…Career totals include 374 tackles (264 solo), 33.0 sacks for losses of 213 yards, nine forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and 14 passes defensed…
PRO: Durable defensive lineman has emerged as an elite player…Named a Pro Bowl alternate in each of the last two seasons…Has played in 113 games with 101 starts in eight seasons since joining the Silver and Black as an undrafted rookie free agent…Career totals include 374 tackles (264 solo), 33.0 sacks for losses of 213 yards, nine forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and 14 passes defensed…
2011: Started all 16 games for the fourth straight season and the fifth time in career…Named a Pro Bowl alternate for second straight campaign…Led team with 7.5 sacks for 33.5 yards in losses…Also recorded first career interception…Posted 41 tackles (27), five passes defensed, two forced fumbles and nine quarterback hurries…(9/12) @ DEN: Posted two solo tackles including a sack for a four-yard loss…(9/18) @ BUF: Posted three tackles (one)…(9/25) vs. NYJ: Played in 100th career game…Had four tackles (one)…Credited with a half-sack…(10/2) vs. NE: Notched three tackle assists…(10/9) @ HOU: Had four tackles (three) including a sack…(10/16) vs. CLE: Had one solo stop…Recovered a fumble…(10/23) vs. KC: Tied a season-high with four tackles (two)…(11/6) vs. DEN: Recorded three tackles (one)…(11/10) @ SD: Posted three solo tackles and one pass defensed…Also credited with a forced fumble and a three-yard sack…(11/20) @ MIN: Recorded first career interception to set up a Raiders third quarter field goal…Also racked up two sacks for eight yards in losses…Credited with three solo tackles and two passes defensed…(11/27) vs. CHI: Had one solo tackle and one pass defensed…(12/4) @ MIA: Recorded three tackles (two) and notched a pass defensed for the fourth straight game…(12/11) @ GB: Had two tackles (one) and one sack…(12/18) vs. DET: Notched second straight game with a sack, getting to QB for an eight-yard loss and forcing a fumble…(12/24) @ KC: Made 100th career start…Posted two solo tackles…(1/1/12) vs. SD: Credited with two solo tackles…
2010: Started all 16 games…An alternate for the AFC Pro Bowl squad…Established a career high with seven sacks for 38.5 yards in losses…Added 60 total tackles (38)…(9/12) @ TEN: Posted three tackles (one)…(9/19) vs. STL: Recorded three solo tackles…(9/26) @ AZ: Recorded three tackles (one)…(10/3) vs. HOU: Registered five tackles (four)…(10/10) vs. SD: Made four tackles (two)…Credited with a half-sack…(10/17) @ SF: Dropped QB for a three-yard loss…Totaled six tackles (five)…(10/24) @ DEN: Had an eight-yard sack…Posted two solo tackles…(10/31) vs. SEA: Credited with 1.5 sacks for losses totaling 5.5 yards…Recorded three tackles (one)…(11/7) vs. KC: Recorded a sack for the fifth straight game, getting to the QB for a loss of nine yards…Totaled three solo tackles…(11/21) @ PIT: Posted four tackles (three) and a pass defensed…(11/28) vs. MIA: Recorded a season-high seven tackles (five)…Credited with a half-sack…(12/5) @ SD: Registered two tackles (one)…(12/12) @ JAX: Recorded two tackles (one)…(12/19) vs. DEN: Notched five tackles (two) and a half-sack…(12/26) vs. IND: Recorded five tackles (three)…(1/2/11) @ KC: Posted three solo tackles…
2009: Started all 16 games…Totaled 55 tackles (37), one sack, six tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and two passes defensed…(9/14) vs. SD: Made one solo tackle and registered a quarterback hurry…(9/20) @ KC: Had four total tackles (three)…(9/27) vs. DEN: Totaled three tackles (one)…(10/4) @ HOU: Set a career high with 13 total tackles (nine)…(10/11) @ NYG: Had one solo tackle and assisted on five stops…(10/18) vs. PHI: Had three solo tackles, including one for loss…(10/25) vs. NYJ: Posted five total tackles (three)…(11/1) @ SD: Recorded four solo tackles…(11/15) vs. KC: Recorded a sack, dropping QB for an eight-yard loss…Totaled three tackles…(11/22) vs. CIN: Registered two solo tackles…(11/26) @ DAL: Notched two tackles (one)…(12/6) @ PIT: Had three total tackles, including one for loss…(12/13) vs. WAS: Had one solo tackle and assisted on another stop…(12/20) @ DEN: Had a solo tackle for loss…(12/27) @ CLE: Posted one tackle for loss…(1/3/10) vs. BAL: Recorded two tackles…
2008: One of six Raiders to start all 16 games…Ranked third on the team with 4.5 sacks for losses totaling 26 yards…Accumulated 55 tackles (31)…Added eight quarterback hurries…(9/8) vs. DEN: Had three solo tackles and an assist…(9/14) @ KC: Had one solo tackle and an assist…(9/21) @ BUF: Recorded three tackles…(9/28) vs. SD: Racked up three tackles…(10/12) @ NO: Tallied four total tackles…Credited with one quarterback hurry…(10/19) vs. NYJ: Recorded his first sack of the season, tackling QB for an eight-yard loss…Notched four tackles…(10/26) @ BAL: Tallied four total tackles…(11/2) vs. ATL: Racked up four solo tackles and three assists…(11/9) vs. CAR: Sacked QB for seven-yard loss…Tallied four tackles…(11/16) @ MIA: Credited with 1.5 sacks for losses totaling five yards…Made five solo tackles and an assist…Had two quarterback hurries…(11/23) @ DEN: Started at DT…(11/30) vs. KC: Collected four total tackles and a sack for a six-yard loss…Credited with one quarterback hurry…(12/4) @ SD: Had two solo tackles and an assist…(12/14) vs. NE: Assisted on two tackles…(12/21) vs. HOU: Made three solo tackles…(12/28) @ TB: Had two solo tackles and an assist…
2007: Played in seven games, starting six before suffering season ending injury…Recorded one sack and one pass defensed…Missed the final nine games of the season after being placed on Injured Reserve with a right knee injury…(9/9) vs. DET: Made two solo tackles…(9/16) @ DEN: Recorded six solo tackles and an assist…(9/23) vs. CLE: Had four solo tackles and a pass defensed…Blocked game-winning field goal attempt as time expired to preserve Oakland’s first win…(9/30) @ MIA: Recorded three solo tackles and one sack…(10/14) @ SD: Recorded two solo tackles…(10/21) vs. KC: Saw time on the defensive line…Recorded six solo tackles and an assist…(10/28) @ TEN: Had four solo tackles and an assist…(11/4) vs. HOU: Placed on Injured Reserve for the remainder of the season…
2006: Started all 16 games at both DT and DE, logged 3.5 sacks, forced one fumble and defensed three passes…(9/11) vs. SD: Recorded three tackles…(9/17) @ BAL: Recorded one tackle…(10/1) vs. CLE: Recorded one tackle…(10/8) @ SF: Registered four tackles…(10/15) @ DEN: Started at defensive tackle, led team with seven tackles and defensed one pass…(10/22) vs. AZ: Tallied three tackles…(10/29) vs. PIT: Collected six tackles and two sacks…(11/6) @ SEA: Recorded 10 tackles…(11/12) vs. DEN: Logged two tackles…(11/19) @ KC: Collected three tackles…(11/26) @ SD: Recorded four tackles and a half-sack…(12/3) vs. HOU: Recorded seven tackles, one sack and one pass defensed…(12/10) @ CIN: Registered six tackles…(12/17) vs. STL: Tallied four tackles…(12/23) vs. KC: Recorded three tackles…(12/31) @ NYJ: Recorded four tackles…
2005: Played in all 16 games with 12 starts, eight at DE and four at DT…Recorded 46 tackles, including 36 solo stops, along with 4.5 sacks for 39 yards in losses, three forced fumbles and a pass defensed…Tied a club single game record with a career-high three sacks in Week 9 @ KC (11/6)…Began the season playing primarily at end and moving inside on passing downs, but saw increased time at DT late in the year…Also saw action on special teams…(9/8) @ NE: Recorded one solo tackle...(9/18) vs. KC: Registered three solo tackles…(9/25) @ PHI: Played at DE and recorded one solo tackle…(10/2) vs. DAL: Contributed four solo tackles…(10/16) vs. SD: Tallied three solo tackles…(10/30) @ TEN: Lined up at DE and DT, registering three tackles (one)…(11/6) @ KC: Registered a career-high three sacks and forced a pair of fumbles…Knocked the ball out of QB’s hand on Kansas City’s opening possession, setting up a field goal…Caused another fumble in the third quarter when he again got to QB…Third sack came on Kansas City’s final drive when he dropped QB for a seven-yard loss…(11/13) vs. DEN: Made one tackle…(11/20) @ WAS: Recorded two solo tackles and an assist…Had one forced fumble in the first quarter that set up the Raiders first score…(11/27) vs. MIA: Recorded two solo tackles and two assists…Also assisted on a sack for a two-yard loss…(12/4) @ SD: Contributed three solo tackles…(12/11) @ NYJ: Registered four solo tackles and an assist…(12/18) vs. CLE: Started at DT and recorded a pair of tackles…(12/24) @ DEN: Recorded a season-high seven tackles (four)…(12/31) vs. NYG: Registered one tackle and an assist…Sacked NY QB for a nine-yard loss…Also had one pass defensed…
2004: Played in 10 games, starting three at DT…Led team with four sacks for 35 yards in losses…Three of his sacks came in the first three games of his career…Also batted down two passes, forced three fumbles and recovered another...Inactive for the first six games of the season…(10/24) vs. NO: Made his professional debut at DT and made two tackles and a two-yard sack…(10/31) @ SD: Made two tackles and had an eight-yard sack…(11/7) @ CAR: Made three tackles…Recorded his third sack in as many games, dropping Carolina QB for a 15-yard loss and forcing a fumble…(11/21) vs. SD: Made first career start at DE…Recorded three tackles, one pass defensed and forced a fumble…Also played on special teams…(11/28) @ DEN: Recorded two tackles and one pass defensed…Also played on special teams…(12/12) @ ATL: Made three tackles…Also played on special teams…(12/19) vs. TEN: Made two tackles…Recorded his fourth sack of the season, dropping Tennessee QB for a 10-yard loss and forcing a fumble on the play…(12/25) @ KC: Made four tackles…(1/2/05) vs. JAX: Recorded his first career fumble recovery…Signed by the Raiders as an undrafted rookie free agent.
COLLEGE: Played in 22 games for Mississippi State, earning 16 starts along the defensive line following his transfer from junior college…Made 82 tackles while at MSU, including 15 for loss (minus-37 yards), two of which were sacks (minus-12 yards)…As a senior, made move from DT to DE…Started nine of the 11 games in which he played during his junior campaign…Had 32 tackles, including seven for loss (minus-19 yards), one of which was a sack (minus-seven yards)…Credited with one forced fumble…Made one tackle at Memphis in the Bulldogs 29-17 victory at the Liberty Bowl…Had five tackles, including one for loss (minus-four yards) in State’s game vs. Kentucky…Played in all 11 games, starting seven, as a sophomore…Totaled 50 tackles on the year, including eight for loss (minus-18 yards), one of which was a sack…Played one year at Hinds (Miss.) Community College…Interdisciplinary Studies major.
PERSONAL: Played just one year of football at Provine (Jackson, Miss.) High School…Two-way standout, playing both TE and DE…Selected to play in the Mississippi/Alabama High School All-Star Game following his senior season…During his only full season playing high school football, made 102 total tackles, including 11 sacks.
