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unusual facts about defensive lineman



Adrian Clayborn

His sack on Matt Ryan also caused a fumble recovered by teammate Michael Bennett.

Art Hauser

Arthur A. "Art" Hauser (born June 19, 1929 in Rubicon, Wisconsin) is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and the American Football League.

Brandon Whiting

Brandon Renee Whiting (born July 30, 1976 in Santa Rosa, California) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.

Brooks Bollinger

Bollinger was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 2006 for defensive tackle C. J. Mosley and a draft pick where he was reunited with new head coach Brad Childress, his offensive coordinator in college.

Darrell Shropshire

Darrell Shropshire (born March 18, 1983 in Kershaw, South Carolina) is an American arena football defensive lineman who currently plays for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Dave Roller

David Euell Roller (born October 28, 1949 in Dayton, Tennessee) is a former American football defensive lineman.

Gabe Nyenhuis

Gabriel 'Gabe' Nyenhuis (born June 26, 1981 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a professional American and Canadian football defensive lineman who is currently a free agent.

George Seals

George Edward Seals (born October 2, 1942 in Higginsville, Missouri) is a former American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Joey Browner

He was an All State defensive lineman as a junior, played basketball with future NBA Hall of Fame forward Dominique Wilkins, and ran track and field, qualifying twice for the Ohio State meet.

Royce Berry

He became a starter in 1970, missing only one start between 1970 and 1973 at left defensive end as part of a formidable line along with Mike Reid, Steve Chomyszak and Ron Carpenter.

Wayne Hardin

Hardin coached numerous future professional players at Temple including New York Jets defensive lineman Joe Klecko, Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Randy Grossman, Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Kevin Ross, San Diego Chargers linebacker Bill Singletary, and New York Jets quarterback Steve Joachim, who won the Maxwell Award in 1974 playing for the Owls.

Wendall Gaines

Wendell Gaines (born January 17, 1972 in Vernon, Texas) is an American football defensive lineman for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Willie Fleming

During the 1963 Grey Cup game, Fleming was involved in a widely discussed and controversial play as he was hit by Ti-Cat defensive lineman Angelo Mosca, while Fleming was out of bounds, resulting in Fleming's absence from the remainder of the game (and a trip to the hospital).

Y. A. Tittle

Tittle and Berman weren't the only ones to profit from the famous image, Pittsburgh player John Baker (who hit Tittle right before the picture was taken) ran for Sheriff in his native Wake County, North Carolina, in 1978 and used the photo as a campaign tool.


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1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game

Irish quarterback Terry Hanratty was knocked out after getting sacked in the first quarter by Spartan defensive lineman Bubba Smith.

2010 Miami Hurricanes football team

Following Miami's loss to Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl, defensive lineman Allen Bailey, wide receiver Leonard Hankerson, and offensive lineman Orlando Franklin announced they would be returning for their senior seasons despite being considered possible candidates to enter the 2010 NFL Draft.

Bernard Glieberman

He then signed former National Football League Pro Bowl defensive lineman Dexter Manley, who had been banned from the NFL for life due to cocaine abuse.

Cedar Shoals High School

Quentin Moses defensive lineman for the Georgia Bulldogs and the NFL
Tituss Burgess Broadway actor known for playing Sebastian in The Little Mermaid

CJOB

Bomber defensive lineman Doug Brown has a show every Monday at 8:00 called Doug Brown's Spin Zone.

Damik Scafe

Scafe earned Hartford Courant All-State honors as a senior defensive lineman at Windsor High School.

Donnie Elliott

Elliott was a high school teammate of former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Tommy Jeter and New York Yankee's pitcher Andy Pettitte.

Eastwood Collegiate Institute

Markus Koch - Former American football defensive lineman for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League

Ed Orgeron

While he was with the Hurricanes, the program won two national championships (in 1989 and 1991), and he recruited a young Dwayne Johnson (later known as "The Rock" in his professional wrestling and film careers) as a defensive lineman.

Faurot

Ron Faurot (born January 27, 1962), former professional American football defensive lineman

Granville Liggins

In his autobiography, Fighting Back, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Robert "Rocky" Bleier lauded Liggins as perhaps the fastest defensive lineman Bleier had ever faced during his college career.

Jabari Arthur

On September 20, 2009 Arthur was traded along with fellow receiver Titus Ryan, and defensive lineman Odell Willis to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for receivers Arjei Franklin, and Romby Bryant.

Johnny Jolly

During his high school years, Jolly was a three-time all-district defensive lineman at Forest Brook High School in Houston, Texas.

Kyle Kingsbury

He earned many titles such as: "Defensive Lineman of the Year" in the Santa Clara Valley League (2000), two-time first-team all-league selection (1999 and 2000), also earned second-team All-Central Coast Section honors behind first-team selection Jared Allen his senior year.

Leslie Gabriel

Gabriel is the daughter of former NFL defensive lineman, Manu Tuiasosopo, who played collegiately for UCLA, then professionally from 1979 to 1986 for the Seahawks and 49ers, being a starter at nose tackle and winning Super Bowl XIX.

Logan Young

During the 2000 season, an assistant football coach at Trezevant High School in Memphis claimed that Young had paid Lynn Lang, the Trezevant head football coach, approximately $150,000 to encourage defensive lineman Albert Means to sign with Alabama.

Lucious

Lucious Selmon (21st century), American football defensive lineman

Madden NFL '95

The cover has John Madden on it, but it also features two actual NFL players, Dallas Cowboys left tackle Erik Williams and San Francisco defensive lineman Karl Wilson who has his number edited to show the fictional number 70 which was not used on the 49ers roster.

Mike Brisiel

While the wide receivers pulled defensive attention towards the sidelines on the Texans' last-ditch 4th-and-2 play, Brisiel blocked the one defensive lineman who had a chance to tackle quarterback Matt Schaub as he ran the ball in from 3 yards out for the decisive score.

Mike Trgovac

Trgovac was an all-state defensive lineman at Fitch High School in Austintown, Ohio.

Muldrow, Oklahoma

Hometown of Glen Condren, former NFL defensive lineman for the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.

P. K. Sam

On May 19, 2011 Sam was traded back to the Toronto Argonauts, along with defensive lineman Miguel Robede, for wide receiver Reggie McNeal and defensive lineman Adrian Davis.

Pennsville Township, New Jersey

Norm Willey (1927–2011), defensive lineman who played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and then taught and coached football at Pennsville Memorial High School after retiring.

Richard Seymour

At Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina, Seymour won first team All-Region honors, won first team All-Area honors, and as a senior, was voted the team's best defensive lineman, was a team captain, won an All-Area Player of the Week award, led his team to four All-Area Team of the Week honors, and finished the season with 8 sacks and 83 tackles.

Rick Klassen

Eight games into the 1981 CFL season, head coach Vic Rapp saw Klassen's potential on the defensive side of the ball and he switched him to defensive tackle after defensive lineman Rick Goltz suffered a season-ending injury.

Tampa 2

Warren Sapp is often cited as the primary example of a defensive lineman who flourished in this scheme; indeed, he is now reckoned as the prototype three-technique defensive tackle.

Traditions of Louisiana Tech University

Ryan Dinwiddie's potential game-winning touchdown pass bounced off the helmet of a Tech defender and high into the air before Bulldog defensive lineman Brandon Avance plucked it out of the air, giving Tech the victory.

Trosch

Gene Trosch (born June 7, 1945 in Steubenville, Ohio) is a former American football defensive lineman.

University of South Carolina steroid scandal

The article begins with Tommy Chaikin, a defensive lineman on the University of South Carolina football team, vividly narrating his steroid-induced experiences the day before the annual South Carolina-Clemson football game in 1987.

Wahler

James "Jim" Joseph Wahler (born 1966, San Jose, California), an American football defensive lineman