Chris Long (football player)

Chris Long
Long in the 2013 Rams jersey
Position (s): Defensive Ends	Jersey numbers: 72, 91, 95, 56
born on March 28, 1985 in Santa Monica , California
Career information
Active : 2008 - 2018
NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd
College : Virginia
Teams
St. Louis Rams ( 2008 - 2015 ) New England Patriots ( 2016 ) Philadelphia Eagles ( 2017 - 2018 )
Career statistics
Tackles	332
Sacks	70.0
Forced fumbles	15th
Touchdowns	1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
NFL NFL Alumni Lineman of the Year (2011) NFL All-Rookie Team (2008) 2 × Super Bowl Champion ( LI , LII ) AFC Champion ( 2016 ) NFC Champion ( 2017 ) Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2018) college All-American (2007) Ted Hendricks Award (2007) Dudley Award (2007) ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2007) First-Team All-ACC (2007) Second-Team All-ACC (2006)

Christopher Howard Long (* 28. March 1985 in Santa Monica , California ) is a former a US American football poker players on the position of the defensive ends , which for the St. Louis Rams , New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Virginia and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft . His father is Hall of Fame Defensive End Howie Long .

Career

Beginnings

Long attended St. Anne's-Belfield School in Charlottesville , Virginia . In his senior year of high school in 2003, he got 91 tackles and 15 sacks , which was a crucial part of the fact that his team remained undefeated and won the State Championship for private schools . As a result, his jersey number was withdrawn from St. Anne's-Belfield School and has not been awarded since. The platform Rivals.com rated him with four out of five possible stars and led him in the high school rankings as the sixth best defensive end of his senior year. In 2004 he also took part in the US Army All-American Bowl . In addition to football, he also played baseball , basketball and lacrosse in high school .

college

Long at the Gator Bowl in January 2008

Long played college football at the University of Virginia under coach Al Groh and was pursuing a degree in sociology . As a freshman in 2004, he was initially only a substitute on the defensive line and missed five games due to glandular fever . He finished his first season with five tackles and one sack. As a sophomore , he led his team in 2005 with an average of 3.8 tackles per game. He had a total of 46 tackles and two sacks in the 2005 season. In the 2006 season, Long was captain of the team and was the All- ACC Second Team appointed. This honored the fact that he was a starter in all games during the season and recorded 57 tackles and four sacks. With an average of 4.8 tackles per game, he was ranked fourth in the ACC. In addition, he was appointed to the All-State selection and was one of the finalists for the Dudley Award , which is presented annually to the most outstanding football player in Virginia.

In his final season for Virginia, he was unanimously voted into the All-American First Team . Long was also the nation's fourth best defensive lineman with an average of 8.3 tackles per game. Before the start of the season he was already a promising contender for the Outland Trophy , the Bronko Nagurski Trophy , the Chuck Bednarik Award , the Lombardi Award , the Ted Hendricks Award and the Lott Trophy . At the end of the season he was a finalist in the battle for the Lombardi, Lott and Nagurski Trophy. On December 5th, he finally won the Ted Hendricks Award, which is given annually to the nation's best defensive end. He received 60 percent of the vote, which is the highest voting result to date in the award of the award. In the Heisman Trophy for the nation's best college football player, he was ranked tenth. On November 24th, his jersey number, number 91, was withdrawn from the University of Virginia and has not been awarded since. This makes him the only player whose shirt number was withdrawn while he was still active for the team.

NFL

St. Louis Rams

Long during a game against the Denver Broncos in 2010.

Long was drafted second overall in the 2008 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams . This made him, after Kellen Winslow II , only the second son of a Hall of Famer to be drafted in the first round, the fifth to be drafted at all and one of two players to be drafted in 2008. He signed with the Rams on June 19, 2008, a six-year contract, which was endowed with 56.5 million US dollars and guaranteed him at least 29 million US dollars. On September 14, 2008, he managed his first sack in the NFL against the New York Giants when he brought down Eli Manning . Just a month later, he got two sacks in one game for the first time against the New England Patriots . He was used as a starter in all 16 games of the season and recorded a total of four sacks. The Pro Football Writers Association and Sporting News magazine then voted him into their respective all- rookie team .

In the 2009 season he got five sacks and thus the second most in the Rams team. He also led the team with a total of 43 tackles. At the beginning of the 2010 season he got two sacks in the game against the San Diego Chargers , after which he was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week by the NFL . In the 2011 season he recorded three sacks in the game against the New Orleans Saints for the first time and was subsequently named NFC Defensive Player of the Week by Sports Illustrated . After the season ended, he was named Defensive Lineman of the Year by the NFL Alumni Association . On July 29, 2012, he extended his contract with the Rams for four years to 2016. In the 2012 season , he led his team again with 11.5 sacks, and he got in the game against the Seattle Seahawks for the second time in his career three Sacks in one game.

On October 24, 2013, he was punished with a fine of 15,750 US dollars, as it in the game against the Carolina Panthers their offensive lineman Chris Scott had beaten in the third quarter. In the game against the Indianapolis Colts , he secured a fumble from Andrew Luck and then scored his first touchdown in the NFL. Sports Illustrated named him NFC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time . He finished the 2013 season with 8.5 sacks. He missed the start of the 2014 season because he had to undergo an operation so that he could only play six games. In the 2015 season he was used twelve times, but was only five times starter and could only record five sacks. The Rams released Long on February 19, 2016, after the season ended.

New England Patriots

Long signed a one-year deal worth $ 2 million with the New England Patriots on March 18, 2016 . In the regular season Long lost only two games with the Patriots and was able to move into the play-offs for the first time with his team . There the team became champions of the AFC and moved into the Super Bowl LI , which the New England Patriots won after extra time with 34:28.

Philadelphia Eagles

On March 28, 2017, Long signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles before announcing his resignation on May 18, 2019.

Personal

Long is the son of Hall of Fame Defensive End Howie Long and the great-nephew of film director Irvin Kershner . He has two younger brothers, the offensive lineman of the Chicago Bears Kyle Long and Howie Long Jr., who as a scout for the Oakland Raiders works.

On June 22, 2013, he married his wife in his hometown of Charlottesville. This also attended the University of Virginia and was part of the women's lacrosse team there. Their son was born on March 2, 2016.

In May 2015, he founded The Chris Long Foundation , which provides donations for the Waterboys Foundation , which in turn finances the development of water sources in East Africa .

During the 2016 US presidential campaign , Long supported Libertarian Party candidate Gary E. Johnson .

Web links

Commons : Chris Long  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Chris Long Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chris Long Biography. In: virginiasports.com. University of Virginia , July 19, 2007, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; Retrieved June 19, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Chris Long. In: nfl.com. NFL Enterprises LLC, May 30, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Chris Long. In: stlouisrams.com. St. Louis Rams, May 6, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Kan Lawrence: Talib Officially Named Consensus All-America By NCAA. In: kuathletics.cstv.com. University of Kansas December 18, 2007, archived from the original December 24, 2007 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
5. ^ Long Wins Hendricks Award as Nation's Top DE. In: virginiasports.com. University of Virginia December 5, 2007, archived from the original July 9, 2012 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
6. ↑ 2007 Heisman Voting. In: fantasysportsoutlook.com. Fantasy Sports Outlook, December 8, 2007, archived from the original on June 22, 2008 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
7. ^ Virginia Honors Tiki Barber and Chris Long by Retiring Jerseys. In: virginiasports.com. University of Virginia November 25, 2007, archived from the original July 9, 2012 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Bruce Owens: For NFL Rookies, The Real Father's Day Comes This September. In: tmrzoo.com. TMR Entertainment LLC, June 14, 2008, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
9. ^ John Clayton: Rams first-round pick Long agrees to six-year deal. In: espn.com. ESPN , July 21, 2008, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Jim Thomas: Long makes short work of Rams' foes. In: stltoday.com. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4, 2011, retrieved January 31, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Justin Rogers: Detroit Lions' Matthew Stafford named Quarterback of the Year by the NFL Alumni. In: mlive.com. Booth Newspapers, February 6, 2012, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Mike Sando: Rapid Reaction: Seahawks 20, Rams 13. In: espn.com. ESPN, December 31, 2012, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Jesse Collin: Chippy Game Between Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams Draws $ 47,250 in Fines. (No longer available online.) In: sportsmedia101.com. Sports Media 101, October 27, 2013, archived from the original on January 31, 2017 ; accessed on January 31, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Marc Sessler: Chris Long (ankle) placed on Rams' IR recall list. In: nfl.com. NFL Enterprises LLC, September 10, 2014, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
15. ^ Marc Sessler: Rams cut Chris Long, James Laurinaitis, Jared Cook. In: nfl.com. NFL Enterprises LLC, February 19, 2016; accessed January 31, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Patriots sign DE Chris Long and LB Shea McClellin. In: patriots.com. New England Patriots, March 18, 2016, accessed April 30, 2019 . 
17. ↑ DE Chris Long Added On Two-Year Deal. In: philadelphiaeagles.com. Philadelphia Eagles March 28, 2017, archived from the original on January 25, 2018 ; accessed on April 30, 2019 . 
18. ^ Adam Maya: Chris Long announces retirement after 11 seasons. nfl.com, May 18, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Patrick Finley: Long story: Bears' Kyle welcomes little bro, Raiders. In: suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times , October 2, 2015, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Chris Long announces he's a father with an adorable photo. In: foxsports.com. 21st Century Fox , March 4, 2016, accessed January 31, 2017 . 
21. ↑ Kayla Brandon: Republicans Who've Jumped Ship to Support Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. In: ijr.com. Independent Journal Review, July 27, 2016, accessed January 31, 2017 .