Games Played/Started:
2000 (0/0); 2001 (0/0); 2002 (16/16); 2003 (16/0); 2004 (14/14); 2005 (13/2); 2006 (16/2); 2007 (16/5); 2008 (16/16); 2009 (14/14)
Career Totals
121 games, 69 starts
Career Transactions
Originally drafted by St. Louis in the third round (94th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft…Signed as an unrestricted free agent by Miami on March 12, 2004…Released by Miami on September 7, 2005… Signed as a free agent with Chicago on September 14, 2005…Signed as an unrestricted free agent with Cleveland on March 17, 2009.
Games Played/Started:
2000 (0/0); 2001 (0/0); 2002 (16/16); 2003 (16/0); 2004 (14/14); 2005 (13/2); 2006 (16/2); 2007 (16/5); 2008 (16/16); 2009 (14/14)
Career Totals
121 games, 69 starts
Career Transactions
Originally drafted by St. Louis in the third round (94th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft…Signed as an unrestricted free agent by Miami on March 12, 2004…Released by Miami on September 7, 2005… Signed as a free agent with Chicago on September 14, 2005…Signed as an unrestricted free agent with Cleveland on March 17, 2009.
2009
Started 14 games at right tackle… Was inactive for the final two games with an ankle injury. Game 1 vs. Minnesota 9/13: Made his Browns debut starting at right tackle… Game 2 at Denver 9/20: Started at right tackle… Game 3 at Baltimore 9/27: Opened at right tackle… Game 4 vs. Cincinnati 10/4: Opened at right tackle… Game 5 at Buffalo 10/11: Started at right tackle… Part of a line that led a running game which racked up 171 yards rushing (4.2 avg.) and allowed only one sack… Game 6 at Pittsburgh 10/18: Opened at right tackle… Game 7 vs. Green Bay 10/25: Started at right tackle… Game 8 at Chicago 11/1: Started at right tackle… Game 9 vs. Baltimore 11/16: Opened at right tackle… Game 10 at Detroit 11/22: Started at right tackle… Game 11 at Cincinnati 11/29: Started at right tackle… Game 12 vs. San Diego 12/6: Opened at right tackle and helped lead a running game that averaged a season-high 5.2 yards per rush attempt… Game 13 vs. Pittsburgh 12/10: Started at right tackle and helped to lead a running game that racked up 171 yards, tied for a season high, while the unit allowed only one sack… Game 14 at Kansas City 12/20: Started at right tackle but left game early in the first quarter with an ankle injury and did not return… Game 15 vs. Oakland 12/27: Was inactive with an ankle injury sustained the previous week… Game 16 vs. Jacksonville 1/3: Was inactive with an ankle injury.
College Highlights
Four-year letterman at Virginia (1996-99) who started at center his final two years…Named first-team All- America by College Football news and CNN/SI as a senior, becoming the first center in school history to earn All-America accolades…Also tabbed to the All-ACC first team…Won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy for the best blocker in the ACC in 1999…As a junior, started 10 games and was named second-team All-ACC…Moved to the offensive line as a sophomore after playing as a reserve tight end during redshirt freshman season…Graduated with degree in anthropology.
Personal
Honored as an All-America by Super Prep following senior season at William Fleming High School in Roanoke, Va.…Earned four letters at tight end and defensive tackle and was also named to the all-regional team by Blue Chip Illustrated and was rated as one of the top 25 players in Virginia…Advanced to state finals in discus all four years and lettered twice in basketball…Honor roll student and member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society…Married (Shannon).
