Orlando Pace
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Position (s): Tackle |
Jersey number (s): 76 |
| born on November 4, 1975 in Sandusky , Ohio | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1997 - 2009 | |
| NFL Draft : 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : Ohio State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 169 |
| Play as a starter | 165 |
| Conquered Fumble | 7th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Orlando Lamar Pace (* 4. November 1975 in Sandusky , Ohio ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of offensive tackles . He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and then for thirteen years in the National Football League (NFL), mostly for the St. Louis Rams . For twelve years, Pace was the fixture on the St. Louis offensive line, which enabled the Rams Offensive to gain more space than any other team during that period (50,770). In his career, he has played 154 games in a row, blocked for three consecutive NFL MVPs ( Kurt Warner in 1999 and 2001 and Marshall Faulk in 2000 ), was elected to the Pro Bowl seven times and won Super Bowl XXXIV .
Early years and college
At Sandusky High School, he played on the football team as an offensive and defensive lineman . He also scored an average of 18 points per game as a center on the basketball team.
Pace attended Ohio State University and played with the Buckeyes from 1993 to 1996 . He was only the second freshman to appear as a starter for the opening game and was voted All-American twice . In addition to numerous other awards, he was also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy 1996. He played so dominantly that the term pancake block became popular because it literally rolled his opponents to the ground and so he was nicknamed "The Pancake Man ".
In 2013, Pace was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .
NFL
NFL Draft 1997
After Peyton Manning decided to skip the draft to play college football for another year, it was certain that Pace would be chosen as the first player. The New York Jets traded their prerogative of the first pick to the St. Louis Rams, who selected Pace as the first offensive lineman since Ron Vary in 1986 as the first overall player in the draft.
St. Louis Rams
On August 15, 1997 Pace signed a seven-year contract for 29.4 million US dollars . He made his first game from the start against the Oakland Raiders on September 28 and stayed on the grid from then on. In 1998 he played all 16 games from the start and was chosen as the Pro Bowl alternative. In 1999 he won Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams and was the first Rams offensive tackle since Jackie Slater in 1990 to be elected to the Pro Bowl. In the 2000 season he was part of the offensive line which enabled his offensive to throw the most pass yards in NFL history. Until 2005 he was elected to the Pro Bowl every year, seven times, which puts him in fourth place at the Rams, behind Merlin Olsen (14), Tom Mack (11) and Les Richter (8). In the further course of his career, Pace had to struggle with injuries and when the Rams could only win two games of the season in 2008, Pace was released on March 10, 2009.
Chicago Bears
Pace signed a three-year $ 15 million deal with the Chicago Bears on April 2, 2009 and played in the first eleven games of the season until he sustained a groin injury. He ended the season as a reserve player and was fired after the season.
In total, Orlando Pace has earned over $ 75 million in salaries and bonuses over his thirteen year NFL career. In 2016 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
Individual evidence
- ↑ orlando pace pancake man (English) athlonsports.com, accessed October 10, 2015
- ↑ ohio states orlando pace now hall of famer sportingnews.com, accessed October 10, 2015
- ↑ with manning out the running pace is the jets man (English) nytimes.com, Retrieved October 10, 2015
- ↑ bears release veteran tackle pace NFL.com, accessed October 10, 2015
- ↑ osu legend orlando pace selected for pfhof (English) 247sports.com, accessed on February 7, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pace, Orlando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pace, Orlando Lamar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandusky , Ohio , United States |