Games Played/Started:

2006 (14/0); 2007 (13/8); 2008 (16/9)

Career Totals

43 games, 17 starts

Career Transactions

Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Miami on May 16, 2005…Waived by Miami on July 28, 2005… Signed by Dallas on February 2, 2006…Waived by Dallas on September 2, 2007…Signed by the New York Jets on September 12, 2007…Traded along with Kenyon Coleman, Brett Ratliff and the Jets’ first and second round draft picks of the 2009 NFL Draft to Cleveland for the Browns’ first round selection on April 25, 2009.

College Highlights

Attended Palm Beach Community College and played at Notre Dame before finishing at Kent State…Started 11 games and totaled 64 tackles and three interceptions as a senior at KSU in 2004…Recorded 29 tackles and two interceptions in 11 games at Notre Dame in 2001… Graduated with a degree in marketing from Kent State and earned an associate’s degree from West Palm Beach Community College.

Personal

Attended Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach, Fla.) High School…Played quarterback and defensive back in high school…Was an All-State selection as a senior…Played in both the Florida-Georgia and Florida-California all-star games…Also lettered in basketball and helped his team to two state titles…Worked at a dentist’s office in West Palm Beach before receiving a scholarship from Kent State in 2004…Attended the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University in 2006 as part of the NFL’s Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program…Started the Team Elam Foundation which conducts annual fun days in hometown of Riviera Beach, Fla. and takes inner-city kids to area NFL games…Enjoys refurbishing old cars.