Brian Cushing

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Brian Cushing
Brian Cushing 2014.JPG
Brian Cushing 2014
Position (s):
Linebacker
Jersey number (s):
56
born on January 24, 1987 in Park Ridge , New Jersey , USA
Career information
Active : 2009 - 2017
NFL Draft : 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
College : Southern California (USC)
Teams
Career statistics
Tackles     664
Sacks     13.5
Interceptions     8th
forced fumbles     9
Touchdowns     1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Brian Cushing (* 24. January 1987 , Park Ridge , New Jersey ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of Inside linebackers . He plays for the Houston Texans in the National Football League (NFL).

college

Cushing celebrates a victory over Stanford in 2006.

Cushing played from 2005 to 2008 college football for the USC Trojans the University of Southern California (USC) under head coach Pete Carroll and linebackers trainer Ken Norton Jr . He shared the number 10 jersey with his team's starting quarterback , John David Booty , from 2005 to 2007. Cushing and his two linebacker colleagues, Clay Matthews and Rey Maualuga , played as their peers for the Trojans and were auditioned the 2009 NFL Draft , traded as potential first-round picks .

NFL

Cushing was then selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft as the fifteenth player by the Houston Texans . He had a very successful rookie season, at the end of which he was voted Pro Bowl and Defensive Rookie of the Year . In 2012 he was seriously injured in a game against the New York Jets after a peel-back block and was out the rest of the season. This tackle to Cushing led, among other things, to a stricter interpretation of the rules . 2013 season was again terminated early when he was on the seventh matchday against him Kansas City Chiefs , after a deep ball to Jamaal Charles , the fibula broke broke and the outer band.

Web links

Profile with the Houston Texans

Individual evidence

  1. USC's Maualuga, Cushing and Matthews grace Sports Illustrated cover Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Cushing seventh straight LB named top defensive rookie CBSSports.com January 5, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  3. Cushings season believed to be over NFL.com, accessed November 1, 2014.