Larry Foote
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey numbers: 50, 55 |
| born June 12, 1980 in Detroit , Michigan | |
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| Active : 2002 - 2014 | |
| NFL Draft : 2002 / Round: 4 / Pick: 128 | |
| College : Michigan | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Tackles | 802 |
| Sacks | 25th |
| Forced fumbles | 10 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Larry Edward Foote Jr. (* 12. June 1980 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American American football trainer and former poker players on the position of the linebackers . He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers , Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL). Foote won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers : ( Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII ). He currently serves on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff.
college
Foote attended the University of Michigan and played for the college team, the Michigan Wolverines , football and studied movement science . Foote played 28 of a total of 48 games for the Wolverines. During this time he managed 212 tackles , 145 of them solo, and he managed eleven sacks . He also made 44 stops with which he lost the opponents a total of 153 yards of space. He started three interceptions on the line of scrimmage and prevented another 18 passes. With this achievement he ranks fourth in university history. He was nominated twice for the First Team Big Ten selection and once for the First Team of the All-American selection during his college years . He received the Roger Zatkoff Award for Best Linebacker in 2001 and was awarded the Defense Player of the Year Award by the sports newspaper The Sporting News .
Draft
He was selected in the fourth round in 2002 in 128th place by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL Draft .
Professional career
In his rookie year, Foote played 14 games and reached 44 tackles. In his second year he played a bigger role in the special teams than in the previous year, but not in his regular position of linebacker. He only managed six tackles that season. In his third year he returned to the linebacker position, making 69 tackles and three quarterback sacks. In the 2005 season , the Steelers, led by the young quarterback Ben Roethlisberger , played strong and moved into the NFL play-offs with a score of 11: 5 . Foote played well and his good performances had helped the Steelers win the Super Bowl that year . In the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos he managed an important interception . He intercepted the pass of Denver's quarterback Jake Plummer right on the line of scrimmage and the game tipped in favor of the Steelers, who got possession of the ball through this interception and the then strong Broncos got out of step. The Steelers won the game in the end with 34:17 and thus moved into the Super Bowl XL . Footes Interception is seen as a key move that brought the game the hitherto unexpected turnaround. In the following season, Foote improved again and had set a new personal record with four sacks. He also got 90 tackles.
In the 2008 season Foote reached his second final with the Steelers, the Super Bowl XLIII , which he was able to win with the Steelers against the Arizona Cardinals with 27:23. During the season he got 81 tackles and three sacks, and he also caught an interception. Although he played well with the Steelers, he got fewer and fewer game shares as the Steelers bet on the 2007 drafted Lawrence Timmons .
He left the Steelers on May 4, 2009 and signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions two days later on May 6, 2009 . So Foote is playing for the Lions for the first time in his native Detroit .
On March 15, 2010, Foote signed a three-year contract with his former team, the Steelers.
On May 6, 2014, Foote signed with the Arizona Cardinals.
Web links
- Larry Foote on Detroitlions.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/03/15/foote-signs-three-year-deal-with-steelers/
- ↑ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000347294/article/arizona-cardinals-larry-foote-strike-oneyear-contract
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Foote, Larry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foote, Larry Edward junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan |