Dwight Freeney
Dwight Freeney | |
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Dwight Freeney 2016 | |
Positions: Defensive End / Linebacker |
Jersey numbers: 93, 54 |
born February 19, 1980 in Hartford , Connecticut | |
Career information | |
Active : 2002 - 2017 | |
NFL Draft : 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | |
College : Syracuse University | |
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Career statistics | |
Tackles | 329 |
Sacks | 122.5 |
Fumbles caused | 47 |
Stats at NFL.com | |
Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Dwight Freeney Jason (* 19th February 1980 in Hartford , Connecticut ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the defensive ends and linebackers . He played with the Indianapolis Colts , the San Diego Chargers , the Arizona Cardinals , the Atlanta Falcons , the Seattle Seahawks and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). With the Indianapolis Colts he won the Super Bowl XLI .
Career
college
Freeney began his football career in college football at Syracuse University . There he set the school record of 17.5 sacks in his last season . He managed a total of 34 sacks and thus took second place in the ranking.
NFL
Indianapolis Colts
Dwight Freeney was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2002 NFL Draft . He set a record in his first season with nine forced fumbles . No rookie has managed this before. Two years later, in the 2004 season , he got the most in the NFL with 16 sacks.
When his rookie contract expired in 2007, the Colts extended Freeney's long-term contract, negotiating a total of 72 million US dollars . That made him the highest-paid defense player in the NFL. The following year he was replaced by Jared Allen as the most expensive defender.
San Diego Chargers
On May 18, 2013, he signed a two-year contract with the San Diego Chargers .
Arizona Cardinals
After the contract was not renewed, he signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on October 12, 2015 .
Atlanta Falcons
On August 2, 2016, he was signed by the Atlanta Falcons . He reached the Super Bowl ( Super Bowl LI ) with the Falcons for the third time in his career , which was lost to the New England Patriots at 28:34 .
After the 2016 season he was released into the Free Agency by the Falcons , but was willing to return to them.
Seattle Seahawks
Freeney signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent on October 24, 2017 .
Detroit Lions
On November 21, 2017, Freeney was released from the Seahawks and taken over by the Detroit Lions via the waiver system the next day .
resignation
On April 19, 2018, he announced his retirement from active sports. He had previously signed a one-day contract with the Colts to be able to resign as a member of the team he had played with for eleven seasons.
At the end of May it was announced that Freeney would work as a TV analyst for the league's own TV station NFL Network .
Web links
- ESPN player card (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dwight Freeney, San Diego Chargers agree on contract (NFL.com), Retrieved November 4, 2014
- ↑ cardinals add freeney (English) espn.com, accessed on October 18, 2015
- ^ Report ( memento of August 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the Falcons homepage of August 2, 2016, accessed on September 6, 2016
- ↑ Former Falcons defensive end Dwight Freeney among top free agents on market AJC.com, accessed June 21, 2017
- ↑ Source: DE Dwight Freeney agrees to 1-year deal with Seahawks (English) espn.com, accessed on October 25, 2017
- ↑ Lions awarded DE Dwight Freeney via waivers from Seattle. (No longer available online.) In: detroitlions.com. September 22, 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on September 25, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from April 20, 2018, accessed June 1, 2018
- ↑ Report on the Colts homepage of May 31, 2018, accessed June 1, 2018
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Freeney, Dwight |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freeney, Dwight Jason (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford , Connecticut , United States |