Bjorn Werner

Bjorn Werner
Björn Werner in September 2014
Position (s): Defensive End	Jersey number (s): 92
born on August 30, 1990 in Berlin , Germany
Career information
Active : 2013 - 2015
NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24
College : Florida State
Teams
Indianapolis Colts ( 2013 - 2015 )
Career statistics
Tackles	81
Sacks	6.5
forced fumble	1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
No notable successes

Björn Werner (born August 30, 1990 in Berlin ) is a former German American football player on the position of defensive end . He played for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League (NFL).

After his active career, Werner became known as a co-producer of the series The American Football Dream , in which German football talents talk about their dreams, and as an expert on ran football . He can also be heard on the weekly podcast “Football Bromance” since the 2018/2019 football season.

Career

youth

Werner began his career in the youth of the Berlin Adler and also played for the High School of Salisbury , Connecticut . He was appointed to the world selection "The World", which played in the run-up to the Pro Bowl on January 30, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale against a selection of American high school players.

college

Björn Werner has been rated four out of five stars by Scout.com and has received offers from 13 universities that play college football at the highest level. Werner decided in February 2010 to play for the " Seminoles " at Florida State University .

In his first year at university, as a so-called “ freshman ”, he played in all 14 games, scored 20 tackles , six of which were for loss of space, and 3.5 sacks . He also received an award for his good grade point average and was named the most important defender on his team in the spring of 2011.

At the beginning of the 2011 season, Werner, who wore the shirt number 95 in college, caused a fumble on his opponent . On the third day of play his Seminoles, which were classified as the fifth best college team after two wins, played against the No. 1 seeded Oklahoma Sooners . Werner was one of the best defense players on his team, leading the "Tackles for Loss" rating, among others. a. by a sack to Landry Jones , last restricted to less than 200 yards of space gain in 2009 . The Seminoles defense was able to keep the game open for a long time despite injuries to important attacking players, but lost in the end 23:13. In his team's match report, Werner's performance was highlighted as well as by TV commentators who compared the role of the German as a top performer with that of Dirk Nowitzki . In the fourth game, the Seminoles lost to the Clemson Tigers of Clemson University , with Werner intercepting a ball and returning 25 yards for a touchdown . Since the ball had not been thrown forward, this was later classified in the statistics as a captured fumble instead of an interception . In the 38: 7 win in Boston on November 5, Werner captured a lost ball and intercepted a pass, whereupon he was voted the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP) by fans of Florida State University as the first defensive player .

NFL

Indianapolis Colts

On April 25, 2013 Björn Werner was selected in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft as the 24th player by the Indianapolis Colts . This makes him the first German American football player to be signed in the first round of the selection process. Despite a foot injury and a switch to the position of outside linebacker, he played 13 of the 16 games of the regular season and contributed with 18 tackles and 2.5 sacks to the fact that the Indianapolis Colts won their division with 11: 5 wins and the Play- offs reached.

In the following season he moved into the starting line-up for the injured Robert Mathis , had two sacks in one game for the first time in the game against the Baltimore Ravens and sealed the win against the Houston Texans with a sack, which led to the decisive loss of the ball by the Texans quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick , led. With the Colts, Werner made it back into the play-offs. However, after the victories against the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos , in which he was both in the starting line-up of the defense , he was surprisingly eliminated from the squad before the 7:45 loss to the New England Patriots . After the 2015 season, he was fired from the Colts.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On May 11, 2016, Werner signed a contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars . There he switched back to the position of the defensive end . On August 30, 2016, the Jacksonville Jaguars released Björn Werner.

resignation

On January 15, 2017, Werner announced during the live NFL broadcast of ran Football for the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons on Sat.1 that he would end his playing career. As a reason for retiring from active sport, he gave his knees, which could no longer withstand the stresses of the sport. Björn Werner also announced that he would enable high school talents to make the leap to college with his company Gridiron Imports.

Private life

Werner is married, the couple lives with two daughters in Brandenburg.

Web links

• Profile on seminoles.com (English)
• TMBDraft: Bjoern Werner NFL Draft Analysis - Oklahoma on YouTube , September 22, 2011, accessed March 5, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Björn Werner »Team USA vs The World! January 30, 2010. January 11, 2010, accessed August 24, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Scout.com: Bjoern Werner Profile. January 2, 2014, accessed August 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ video clip. (No longer available online.) ESPN, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 5, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ↑ Top: Good start for Björn Werner. In: football-aktuell.de. September 8, 2011, accessed March 5, 2018 . 
5. ^ Werner makes career-best six tackles. seminoles.com, September 11, 2011, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: match report )
7. ^ Werner Is MVP - Florida State University Official Athletes. Florida State University, September 9, 2012, accessed August 24, 2020 . 
8. ↑ American Football: Björn Werner signed by Indianapolis Colts . In: FAZ.NET . April 26, 2013, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 5, 2018]).
9. ↑ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WAIVE OLB-BJOERN WERNER. Indianapolis Colts, March 8, 2016, accessed March 8, 2016 . 
10. ↑ John Oehser: Jaguars sign DE Bjöern Werner. Jacksonville Jaguars, May 11, 2016, accessed May 21, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Josh Alper: Bjoern Werner excited to be a defensive end again. May 17, 2016, accessed June 9, 2016 . 
12. ^ NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars dismiss the German Björn Werner. Sport1, August 30, 2016, accessed August 31, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Exclusively on SAT.1: Björn Werner announces the end of his career. ran.de, January 15, 2017, accessed January 15, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Björn's Pass-Rush - the Björn-Werner column: My knees can no longer. spox.de, January 19, 2017, accessed on January 21, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Gridiron Imports - What we do. In: http://gridironimports.com/page/what-we-do . Retrieved April 25, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Vis à vis: Ex-footballer Björn Werner: "I just wanted to go to the NFL". (No longer available online.) January 9, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 5, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )