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Jan. 7, 2013 Follow @CoachSonnyDykes Follow @CalFootball
BERKELEY - A total of 10 former Cal football players are on rosters of teams that have advanced to the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs that will take place this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 12 and 13. Seven of the players are on teams that won games during the wild-card weekend of the playoffs this past Saturday and Sunday, while the other three are on squads that earned a bye during wild-card weekend. A total of 13 former Cal players started the playoffs on an NFL roster, with three were on teams that were eliminated during the wild-card round. Marshawn Lynch (Seattle) and Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay) made the biggest impact among players that advanced in the wild-card playoff round. Lynch led the Seahawks to a 24-14 road victory over NFC East champion Washington by rushing for 132 yards (four more than his regular-season high of 128) and one touchdown on 20 carries. Brandon Mebane and Cameron Morrah (physically unable to participate list) are also on a Seattle squad that will next travel to Atlanta to face a Falcons club that features former Cal players Thomas DeCoud and Tony Gonzalez on Sunday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT). Rodgers completed 23-of-33 passes for 274 yards with one touchdown pass and no interceptions for a 104.9 quarterback rating as he connected with an NFL playoff record 10 different receivers as the starting quarterback in a 24-10 win over Minnesota in a wild-card playoff game. Desmond Bishop (injured reserve) and Jeremy Ross are also on a Green Bay team that will next travel to San Francisco for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Saturday, Jan. 12 (5 p.m. PT). Justin Forsett did not play for a Houston squad that defeated Cincinnati, 19-13, in the wild-card round to earn a trip to New England and face another former Golden Bear running back in Shane Vereen on Sunday, Jan. 13 (1:30 a.m. PT). Lorenzo Alexander (Washington), Marvin Jones (Cincinnati) and Nick Sundberg (Washington) are on teams that were eliminated during the wild-card round of the playoffs. 2012 NFL Divisional Playoffs Schedule (former Cal players in parenthesis) Sunday, Jan. 13 A total of 34 former Cal players (second among Pac-12 teams) finished the 2012 regular-season on an NFL roster. Here's a look at each of them. • Lorenzo Alexander, LB, Washington Redskins (Playoffs - Lost to Seattle, 24-14, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 10-6, NFC East Champions) - Made three tackles coming off the bench in a 24-14 home loss to Seattle in a wild-card playoff game that ended Washington's season ... played in all 16 regular-season games off the bench for a team that entered the playoffs with a seven-game win streak ... earned his first Pro Bowl selection as a special teamer ... had 47 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery in the regular season ... posted a season-high seven tackles and 1.0 sack in a Week 16 win at Philadelphia ... had 1.5 sacks and his fumble recovery as well as five tackles in a Week 6 win over Minnesota, and then equaled the five tackles in a Week 7 loss at the New York Giants ... has played seven NFL seasons with Washington (2006-12) and Baltimore (2006) and totaled 163 tackles, 8.0 sacks, five passes defended, three forced fumbles and one kick return for 10 yards in 92 regular-season games and 13 starts • Tyson Alualu, DT, Jacksonville Jaguars (Regular Season - 2-14, 4th AFC South) - Started each of the team's 16 regular-season games and contributed 45 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery ... had his final sack in a Week 16 loss to New England ... picked up his first career fumble recovery along with a half-sack and two tackles in a Week 15 loss at Miami ... posted a season-high-tying six stops in a Week 2 loss to Houston and equaled it in a Week 13 defeat at Buffalo ... had five tackles, 1.0 sack and one pass breakup in a Week 10 loss to Indianapolis ... had four tackles and 1.0 sack in a Week 1 loss at Minnesota ... has started all 48 regular-season games possible over his first three NFL seasons (2010-12), totaling 123 tackles and 9.5 sacks • Bryan Anger, P, Jacksonville Jaguars (Regular Season - 2-14, 4th AFC South) - Finished his first season in the NFL by playing in all 16 regular-season games off the bench and ranking among the league's top 10 in punts (91, 2nd), total punting yards (4353, 2nd), opponent fair catches (29, 2nd), pinning opponents inside the 20-yard line (31, 6th), net punting average (40.8 nypg, T7th) and punting average (47.8, 7th) ... tied for the second-longest punt in the NFL in 2012 when he booted one 73 yards in a Week 9 loss vs. Detroit ... had at least one punt of 52 yards or longer in all 16 of his contests and at least one of 60 on eight occasions ... averaged over 50.0 yards per punt five times, including a career-high 56.3 in a Week 16 loss vs. New England, as well as over 40.0 in each of his 14 games ... previous career high average was 53.5 in both a Week 1 loss at Minnesota and a Week 3 win at Indianapolis ... forced his opponents into at least one fair catch in each of his 16 regular-season games, while pinning opponents inside their 20-yardline at least once 14 of 16 times, doing both a career-high five times in a Week 14 loss to the New York Jets ... punted a career-high-tying nine times in a Week 2 loss to Houston and a Week 7 overtime loss at Oakland, picking up a career-high 470 punting yards and a 52.2 average against the Texans • Nnamdi Asomugha, CB, Philadelphia Eagles (Regular Season - 4-12, 4th NFC East) - Had 55 tackles, an interception and 12 passes defended while starting all 16 regular-season games ... recorded his lone interception and a season-high-tying three passes defended in a Week 6 overtime loss to Detroit, a season-high-tying eight tackles both in a Week 13 loss at Dallas (also a team-high) and a Week 5 loss at Pittsburgh, and a season-high-tying three passes defended in a Week 1 win at Cleveland ... finished his season with six tackles and a pass defended in a Week 17 loss at the New York Giants ... has spent 10 seasons in the NFL with Oakland (2003-10) and Philadelphia (2011-12), totaling 405 tackles, 15 interceptions including one returned for a touchdown, 71 passes defended, 2.0 sacks and two forced fumbles over 154 regular-season games and 130 starts • Jahvid Best, RB, Detroit Lions (Regular Season - 4-12, 4th NFC North) - Did not play and was on the physically unable to participate (PUP) list for the entire 2012 season ... totaled 945 yards rushing and six touchdowns on 255 carries, and 85 receptions for 774 yards and three touchdowns over 22 regular-season games and 15 starts in his first two NFL seasons (2010-11) with the Lions • Desmond Bishop, LB, Green Bay Packers (Playoffs - Won vs. Minnesota, 24-10, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, NFC North Champions) - Has not played in the postseason or 16 regular-season games in 2012 and is on the injured reserve list for a team that won its second straight NFC North title before posting a 24-10 win over Minnesota in a wild-card playoff game and will next travel to San Francisco for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Saturday, Jan. 12 (5 p.m. PT) ... a member of Green Bay's Super Bowl XLV winning squad who has regular-season totals of 292 tackles, 9.0 sacks, nine passes defended and one interception that he returned 32 yards for a touchdown over 59 regular-season games and 26 starts in his first six NFL seasons (2007-12) with the Packers • D.J. Campbell, S, Carolina Panthers (Regular Season - 7-9, T2nd NFC South) - Made his first four NFL starts in each of the team's final four regular-season games (all victories) in his first NFL season ... had a career-high four tackles in a Week 17 win at New Orleans, posted three stops in his first career start in a week 14 win vs. Atlanta, and two each in a Week 16 win vs. Oakland, a Week 15 win at San Diego (also first career pass defended) and a Week 14 win vs. Atlanta ... had one tackle in his NFL debut in a Week 13 loss at Kansas City after having not played in the team's first 11 contests. • Andre Carter, DE, Oakland Raiders (Regular Season - 4-12, 3rd AFC West) - Played in each of the last 12 regular-season games off the bench, contributing 19 tackles, 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble ... posted a season-high-tying three tackles and a half-sack in a Week 16 loss at Carolina ... recorded his second sack of the season among his two tackles in a Week 15 win vs. Kansas City ... also had a season-high-tying three tackles in a Week 10 loss at Baltimore and a Week 14 loss to Denver ... had two tackles along with his first sack and first forced fumble of the season in a Week 9 loss vs. Tampa Bay, and two stops in a Week 13 loss to Cleveland ... had one tackle in a Week 12 loss at Cincinnati, a Week 6 loss at Atlanta and a Week 7 overtime win against Jacksonville ... signed with Oakland prior to a Week 4 loss at Denver but did not play in his first contest on the Raiders' roster ... returned in 2012 from an injury that ended his strong 2011 season with New England after starting the first 14 games (52 tackles, 10.0 sacks, one pass defended, two forced fumbles) ... has career totals of 513 tackles, 78.5 sacks and 18 forced fumbles over 175 regular-season games and 147 starts in 12 NFL seasons with San Francisco (2001-05), Washington (2006-10), New England (2011) and Oakland (2012) • Sean Cattouse, DB, San Diego Chargers (Regular Season - 7-9, 2nd AFC West) - Made his NFL debut when he played off the bench in a Week 17 win over Oakland. • Chris Conte, S, Chicago Bears (Regular Season - 10-6, T2nd NFC North) - Had 68 tackles, two interceptions that he returned for 70 yards and nine passes defended while starting each of the team's first 15 regular-season games before missing the final contest of the season ... posted his first interception that he returned 35 yards and first two passes defended against Indianapolis and former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck in a Week 1 win over Indianapolis, while his second pick that he returned for another 35 yards and two more passes defended came in a Week 12 victory over Minnesota ... had a career-high 11 tackles in a Week 4 Monday Night Football victory at Dallas, contributed eight stops in a Week 8 win vs. Carolina and six in both a Week 7 victory vs. Detroit and a Week 14 loss at Minnesota ... had a career-high three passes defended in a Week 9 win at Tennessee, while adding two each in the Week 1 win vs. Indianapolis and Week 14 loss at Minnesota, and one both in a Week 7 win vs. Detroit and a Week 16 victory at Arizona ... has played two NFL seasons (2011-12) with Chicago, totaling 98 tackles, 11 passes defended and three interceptions that he returned for 70 yards over 29 regular-season games and 24 starts • Brian De La Puente, OG, New Orleans Saints (Regular Season - 7-9, T2nd NFC South) - Started all 16 regular-season games in 2012 for the first time in his career and has started 28 of 32 possible regular-season games for New Orleans over the past two seasons (2011-12) ... also spent the 2010 season with New Orleans but did not play • Thomas DeCoud, S, Atlanta Falcons (Regular Season - 13-3, NFC South Champions) - Tied for fifth in the NFL with a career-high six interceptions that he returned 42 yards, starting all 16 regular-season games for a team that will host Seattle in an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT) and is the NFC's top seed and has home field advantage throughout the NFC Playoffs after winning the NFC South title with a 13-3 regular-season record that was tied for the best in the NFL and the best in the NFC ... added 76 tackles, 1.0 sack and nine passes defended during the regular season ... posted six tackles in each of the final two regular-season games in a Week 17 loss vs. Tampa Bay and a Week 16 victory at Detroit ... had his sixth interception that he returned five yards and added five tackles in a Week 15 victory over the New York Giants ... had his fifth interception and seven tackles in a Week 13 win over New Orleans ... posted a season-high, team-high and game-high-tying nine tackles as well as his first sack of the season in a Week 8 win at Philadelphia ... had a game-clinching interception late in the fourth quarter of a Week 5 win at Washington and returned it a season-long 24 yards ... had a huge performance in a Week 3 win at San Diego with two interceptions and a fumble recovery ... returned his first interception 15 yards in a Week 2 win vs. Denver ... posted seven tackles in a Week 1 win at Kansas City and six in a Week 10 loss at New Orleans ... has played in 74 regular-season games with 63 starts over his five NFL seasons (2008-12) all with Atlanta, totaling 310 tackles, 14 interceptions that he has returned for 144 yards, 26 passes defended, 3.0 sacks and four forced fumbles • Justin Forsett, RB, Houston Texans (Playoffs - Won vs. Cincinnati, 19-13, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 12-4, AFC South Champions) - Did not play in a 19-13 win over Cincinnati in a wild-card playoff game for a team that will next travel to New England for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13 (1:30 p.m. PT) ... played in all 16 regular-season games off the bench for a team that won the AFC South title with a 12-4 record that was tied for the second best in the AFC ... rushed 63 times for 374 yards and one touchdown in the regular season, while adding three catches for 38 yards ... posted a season-high 14 rushes for a team-high 63 yards on the ground in a Week 13 win at Tennessee, including a 14-yard run that gave him the team's longest rush for the third consecutive contest ... lone score of the season came on a controversial career-long 81-yard run in a Week 12 overtime win at Detroit as he finished with five carries for a season-high 87 yards ... had seven carries for 59 yards, including a game-long 30-yarder in a Week 11 overtime win vs. Jacksonville that gave him the team's longest run for the first of three consecutive contests ... posted a team-high 47 yards on seven carries in a Week 6 loss vs. Green Bay, 32 yards on six carries in a Week 7 win vs. Baltimore, and 27 yards on four carries in a Week 10 victory at Chicago that included a 25-yard run ... added three catches for 38 yards, picking up one reception each in a Week 6 loss to Green Bay (18 yards), a Week 14 loss at New England (14 yards) and a Week 11 win at Jacksonville (six yards) ... has played in 78 regular-season games with seven starts over five NFL seasons with Indianapolis (2008), Seattle (2008-11) and Houston (2012) ... has totaled 1,661 regular-season rushing yards and eight touchdowns on 341 carries, while adding 100 receptions for 768 yards and one touchdown, 38 kick returns for 873 yards, 46 punt returns for 372 yards, and 12 tackles • Scott Fujita, LB, Cleveland Browns (Regular Season - 5-11, 4th AFC North) - Placed on injured reserve on Oct. 27 after having played in four regular-season games with three starts over the season's first five weeks, contributing 14 tackles and 1.0 sack, including a season-high six stops and his lone sack of the season in a Week 4 loss at Baltimore ... has 767 tackles, 23.5 sacks, seven interceptions that he has returned 65 yards, 23 passes defended and 11 forced fumbles over 143 regular-season games and 125 starts • Mike Gibson, OT, Arizona Cardinals (Regular Season - 5-11, 4th NFC West) - Signed to the active roster prior to a Week 16 loss vs. Chicago but did not play in the season's final two games ... has been on NFL rosters for four seasons with Seattle (2009-11) and Arizona (2012), playing in 20 games with eight starts • Matt Giordano, S, Oakland Raiders (Regular Season - 4-12, 3rd AFC West) - Played in 16 regular-season games with a career-high 13 starts, recording 51 tackles, two interceptions that he returned 45 yards and five passes defended ... had his fourth and fifth passes defended in the final two weeks of the season in a Week 17 loss at San Diego and a Week 16 loss at Carolina ... recorded his second interception of the season and returned it 24 yards in a Week 13 loss to Cleveland ... had his first interception and returned it 21 yards while totaling two passes defended in a Week 8 win at Kansas City ... posted a season-high eight stops in a Week 4 loss at Denver ... had seven tackles in a Week 12 loss at Cincinnati, along with his other pass defended, and a Week 3 victory over Pittsburgh ... had six tackles in a Week 14 loss to Denver ... has played in eight NFL seasons with Indianapolis (2006-08), Green Bay (2009), New Orleans (2010) and Oakland (2011-12), totaling 206 tackles, 10 interceptions that he has returned for 264 yards and a touchdown, 17 passes defended and 1.0 sack over 100 regular-season games and 28 starts • Tony Gonzalez, TE, Atlanta Falcons (Regular Season - 13-3, NFC South Champions) - Started all 16 regular-season games a team that will host Seattle in an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sun., Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT) and is the NFC's top seed and has home field advantage throughout the NFC Playoffs after winning the NFC South title with a 13-3 regular-season record that was tied for the best in the NFL and the best in the NFC ... selected to the Pro Bowl as a starter as we chosen for the game for the 12th time ... ninth in the NFL in the regular season with 93 receptions for 930 yards and eight touchdown catches ... had five catches for 41 yards in a Week 17 loss to Tampa Bay ... limited to season lows of one catch for nine yards in a Week 16 win at Detroit ... had six catches for 49 yards and a touchdown that was his eighth of the season and 103rd of his career in a Week 15 win over the New York Giants ... had eight catches for 61 yards in a Week 14 loss at Carolina ... had a touchdown catch among his four receptions for 58 yards in a Week 13 victory over New Orleans ... scored the 100th and 101st regular-season receiving touchdowns of his career to move into sixth place on the NFL's all-time list for touchdown receptions and become the first tight end to crack triple digits in scoring catches in a Week 10 loss at New Orleans, moving past a pair of legendary NFL wide receivers in Steve Largent and Tim Brown who are now tied for seventh with 100 each ... finished with 11 catches for 122 yards in the Week 10 game against the Saints in the first blemish on Atlanta's 2012 record after an 8-0 start ... had a 13-yard reception to set up Matt Bryant's game-winning 55-yard field goal with 0:01 remaining in a 23-20 Week 6 win over Oakland ... had season highs of 13 receptions and 123 yards receiving with a touchdown catch for the fourth time in the first five games of the season in a Week 5 win at Washington ... had nine catches and 91 receiving yards with a touchdown reception for the third consecutive game during a Week 3 win at San Diego ... had five or more catches 10 times in the regular season, including each of his first five games, adding seven catches for 70 yards and a touchdown in a Week 2 win vs. Denver, five catches for 62 yards in a Week 12 win at Tampa Bay, five catches for 53 yards and a touchdown in a Week 1 win at Kansas City, and five catches for 51 yards in a Week 4 victory vs. Carolina ... ranks among the NFL's all-time leaders in regular-season receptions (1242, 2nd), touchdown catches (103, 6th) and receiving yards (14278, 7th) in 254 regular-season games and 236 starts, having missed only two contests in 16 NFL campaigns and two starts over the last 15 seasons with Kansas City (1997-2008) and Atlanta (2009-12) ... leads all active NFL players in regular-season receptions, while ranking second behind Randy Moss of the San Francisco 49ers in both receiving touchdowns and receiving yards • Nick Harris, Detroit Lions (Regular Season - 4-12, 4th NFC North) - Punted 67 times for 2,783 yards and a 41.5 yard average over the last 13 regular-season contests after signing with Detroit following the third game of the 2012 campaign ... had a net punting average of 37.6 yards per game ... forced his opponents into 23 fair catches and pinned his opponents inside their 20-yard line on 21 occasions ... posted a season-best 49.5 yards per punt in a Week 9 win over Jacksonville, while punting a season-high-tying eight times on three occasions in a Week 7 win at Philadelphia, a Week 12 overtime loss vs. Houston and a Week 15 loss at Arizona when his 47.0 average was his second-best of the season ... pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line a season-high four times in both his first game of the campaign in a Week 4 loss vs. Minnesota and a Week 12 overtime loss to Houston ... forced at least one fair catch in 11 of 13 games ... had his longest punt of the season with a 58-yarder in a Week 7 loss at Chicago and had one of at least 50 yards five times ... has played 12 NFL seasons, including eight-plus with Detroit (2003-10, 2012), two-plus with Cincinnati (2001-03) to begin his career and one with Jacksonville (2011) ... has totaled 943 punts for 39,995 yards and averaged 42.4 yards per punt over 183 regular-season games ... other regular-season career totals include a 35.8 net yards per punt average, while pinning opponents inside their 20-yard line on 260 occasions and forcing them into fair catches 187 times with his longest career punt a 67-yarder • Lavelle Hawkins, WR, Tennessee Titans (Regular Season - 6-10, 3rd AFC South) - Had five catches for 62 yards and returned seven kicks for 205 yards, playing in seven regular-season games including his lone start of the season in a Week 16 loss at Green Bay in which he had three kick returns for 75 yards ... had a career-long 42-yard catch in a Week 17 win over Jacksonville on the team's first drive to set up a touchdown and to lead the team in receiving ... had a career-long 71-yard kick return in a Week 2 loss at San Diego among his four kick returns for 130 yards ... had season highs of two catches and eight receiving yards in a Week 1 loss to New England ... added one catch each in a Week 8 loss vs. Indianapolis (season-long seven yards) and a Week 5 loss at Houston (five yards) ... has played five NFL seasons (2008-12) all with Tennessee, totaling 71 catches for 771 receiving yards and one TD, while adding 14 kick returns for 335 yards and 12 tackles over 52 regular-season games and four starts • DeSean Jackson, WR, Philadelphia Eagles (Regular Season - 4-12, 4th NFC East) - Had 45 catches for 700 receiving yards and two touchdowns receptions, with an average of 15.6 yards per catch in the first regular-season 11 games (all starts) before suffering a season-ending injury in a Week 12 loss vs. Carolina that landed him on the injured reserve list for the remainder of the campaign ... posted season bests of seven receptions and 114 yards receiving in a Week 2 win vs. Baltimore and his second 100-yard receiving game of the season in a Week 9 loss at New Orleans when he had an even 100 yards receiving on three catches, including a season-long 77-yard touchdown reception that was his NFL-leading third touchdown reception of 75 or more yards since 2008 ... added six catches for 99 yards and a touchdown on a 19-yard reception in a Week 4 win vs. the New York Giants; five grabs for 74 yards in a Week 6 loss to Detroit; five catches for 62 yards in a Week 10 loss to Dallas; five receptions for 59 yards in a Week 8 loss to Atlanta; four catches for 77 yards in a Week 1 win at Cleveland; four receptions for 58 yards in a Week 5 loss at Pittsburgh; and three catches for 43 yards in a Week 3 loss at Arizona ... has played five seasons in the NFL (2008-12) all with Philadelphia, totaling 274 catches for 4,785 yards and 23 touchdowns, 54 rushes for 371 yards and three TDs, 117 punt returns for 1,223 yards and four TDs, and three kick returns for 19 yards over 71 regular-season games and 70 starts • Marvin Jones, WR, Cincinnati Bengals (Playoffs - Lost at Houston, 19-13, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 10-6, AFC North Co-Champions) - Registered three catches for 34 yards as a starter in a 19-13 loss at Houston in a wild-card playoff game that ended Cincinnati's season ... made 18 catches for 201 yards and a touchdown in his NFL rookie season, playing in 11 of 16 regular-season games including the first five starts of his career in the last five weeks of the regular season ... had the first touchdown of his NFL career in a Week 17 win over Baltimore among his career-high-tying and team-high five catches for 45 yards ... posted a career-high-tying five catches for a career-high 65 receiving yards, including a career-long 23-yarder, while adding a rush for no gain in a Week 16 win at Pittsburgh ... had one rush for 10 yards but did not make a catch in a Week 15 win at Philadelphia ... had three catches for a team-high 45 yards receiving, as well as a 37-yard gain on his first career rush on a reverse in a Week 14 loss at Dallas ... posted two receptions for 20 yards receiving in the first start of his career in a Week 13 win at San Diego ... had two catches for 21 receiving yards in a Week 6 loss at Cleveland ... made his first NFL catch for five yards in a Week 4 win at Jacksonville • Cameron Jordan, DE, New Orleans Saints (Regular Season - 7-9, T2nd NFC South) - Started all 16 regular-season games in 2012 and contributed 66 tackles, 8.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, three passes defended and one fumble recovery ... posted five tackles in a Week 17 loss vs. Carolina ... had his third pass defended in a Week 16 overtime win at Dallas ... picked up his eighth sack, third forced fumble and first fumble recovery as well as three tackles in a Week 15 win vs. Tampa Bay ... had a huge game in a Week 9 win over Philadelphia, with a career-high 3.0 sacks among his six tackles while adding his second forced fumble of the season ... had a career and game-high 11 stops in a Week 1 loss to Washington ... notched 1.0 sack each in a Week 13 loss at Atlanta, a Week 7 win at Tampa Bay, a Week 5 victory vs. San Diego, and a Week 2 loss at Carolina, adding a forced fumble against the Buccaneers ... had five tackles and his second pass defended in a Week 14 loss at the New York Giants ... has 97 tackles, 9.0 sacks, seven passes defended and three forced fumbles in 32 regular-season games and 31 starts over his first two NFL seasons (2011-12) with New Orleans • Mychal Kendricks, LB, Philadelphia Eagles (Regular Season - 4-12, 4th NFC East) - Played in each of the team's first 15 games with 14 starts in his first NFL season, compiling 75 tackles, 1.0 sack and nine passes defended ... had a career-high-tying seven tackles in two of his last three games in a Week 16 loss to Philadelphia and a Week 14 win at Tampa Bay, while adding a career-high three passes defended against the Buccaneers ... also posted a career-high-tying seven tackles in consecutive games in a Week 10 loss to Dallas and a Week 11 win at Washington, adding his first career sack against the Cowboys ... had six tackles in a Week 3 loss at Arizona and a Week 13 loss at Dallas ... had a pair of passes defended in a Week 2 win against Baltimore • L.P. LaDouceur, LS, Dallas Cowboys (Regular Season - 8-8, 3rd NFC East) - Played in all 16 regular-season games off the bench ... last missed a game during his 2005 rookie season, playing in all 112 regular-season contests possible from 2006-12 • Marshawn Lynch, RB, Seattle Seahawks (Playoffs - Won at Washington, 24-14, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, 2nd NFC West) - Rushed for 132 yards (four more than his regular-season high of 128) and one touchdown on 20 carries while adding nine yards on one reception as the starting tailback in a 24-14 win at NFC East champion Washington in a wild-card playoff game as the Seahawks ran their win streak to six in a row and will next travel to Atlanta for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT) ... earned a selection to the Pro Bowl by ranking third in the NFL in the regular season in rushing yards with a career-high 1,590 that gave him his fourth 1,000-yard rushing season in his first six NFL campaigns ... had a career-high 10 100-yard rushing games in 2012 with at least 85 rushing yards on 14 occasions ... sported a career-best 5.0 yards per carry that was the fourth-highest among the league's top-10 yardage gainers ... ranked fifth in the NFL in carries (315) and tied for fifth in rushing touchdowns (11) in the regular-season ... had 100 yards on 18 carries while adding two catches for 14 yards in a Week 17 win vs. St. Louis ... had 111 yards rushing and one TD on 26 carries, while adding two catches for 19 yards and a touchdown reception with both scores coming in the first quarter in a Week 16 win vs. San Francisco that was his third straight 100-yard rushing game against the 49ers and clinched a playoff spot ... had 113 yards on 10 carries including his second longest run of the season with a 54-yarder, while adding one reception for 14 yards in a Week 15 win at Buffalo ... had a regular-season-high 128 yards rushing and a career-high-tying three touchdowns on the ground on only 11 carries vs. Arizona ... went over the 1,000-yard mark in a Week 10 win over the New York Jets, rushing a season-high 27 times for 124 yards after also totaling 124 yards on 26 carries in a Week 9 win against Minnesota, with a rushing TD in each game ... had 122 yards on 26 carries in a Week 2 win over Dallas ... posted 118 yards on 20 rushes in a Week 4 loss at St. Louis ... had 105 yards on 12 carries including a career long 77-yard touchdown run in a Week 8 loss at Detroit ... registered 103 yards on 19 carries in a Week 7 loss at San Francisco ... had 25 rushes for 98 yards in a Week 3 win vs. Green Bay, 19 rushes for 87 yards and a touchdown in a Week 13 loss at Chicago; and 21 attempts for 85 rushing yards both in a Week 1 loss at Arizona and a Week 5 victory at Carolina ... also had 23 catches for 196 yards and a touchdown reception, including season bests of four receptions and 37 receiving yards in a Week 4 victory at St. Louis and a season-long catch of 26 yards in a Week 10 win over the New York Jets ... played in all 16 regular-season games for the first time in his NFL career in 2012 with a career-high-tying 15 starts ... has played in six NFL seasons with Buffalo (2007-10) and Seattle (2011-12), totaling 6,132 rushing yards and 46 touchdowns on the ground over 88 regular-season games and 78 starts, adding 166 catches for 1,216 yards and three touchdowns as well as eight tackles • Alex Mack, C, Cleveland Browns (Regular Season - 5-11, 4th AFC North) - Has started all 64 regular-season games possible during his NFL career that began in 2009 • Brandon Mebane, DT, Seattle Seahawks (Playoffs - Won at Washington, 24-14, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, 2nd NFC West) - Registered four tackles as a starter on the defensive line in a 24-14 win at NFC East champion Washington in a wild-card playoff game as the Seahawks ran their win streak to six in a row and will next travel to Atlanta for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT) ... had 56 tackles, 3.0 sacks and three passes defended in 16 regular-season games (all starts) ... posted a season-high seven tackles in a Week 6 win vs. New England, 2.0 sacks in a Week 3 victory over Green Bay and two of his passes defended in a season-opening Week 1 loss at Arizona ... had a sack among his six tackles in a Week 8 loss at Detroit and also had six tackles in a Week 10 win over the New York Jets • Cameron Morrah, TE, Seattle Seahawks (Playoffs - Won at Washington, 24-14, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, 2nd NFC West) - Did not play in a 24-14 win at NFC East champion Washington in a wild-card playoff game as the Seahawks ran their win streak to six in a row or in the regular season and is on the injured reserve list for a team that has a current win streak of six in a row and will next travel to Atlanta for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13 (10 a.m. PT) • Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers (Playoffs - Won vs. Minnesota, 24-10, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, NFC North Champions) - Completed 23-of-33 passes for 274 yards with one touchdown pass and no interceptions for a 104.9 quarterback rating as he connected with an NFL playoff record 10 different receivers as he added two rushes for 12 yards as the starting quarterback in a 24-10 win over Minnesota in a wild-card playoff game and will next travel to San Francisco for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Saturday, Jan. 12 (5 p.m. PT) ... the NFL's top-rated passer (108.0) during the regular season for all quarterbacks with more than one attempt per game and a Pro Bowl starter for a team that has won two straight NFC North titles ... started all 16 regular-season games and also among the league's top 10 in touchdown passes (39, 2nd), completion percentage (371-552, 67.2%, 4th among QB's with more than five attempts per game), completions (371, 7th) and passing yardage (4295, 8th) ... threw only eight interceptions and none in his last four regular-season games while throwing 10 touchdowns during the stretch ... was 28-of-40 for a season-high 365 yards with four touchdown passes and no interceptions for a 131.8 quarterback rating in a Week 17 loss at Minnesota ... was 27-of-38 for 342 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 125.1 quarterback rating in a Week 16 victory vs. Tennessee, while adding one touchdown run among four rushes for 11 yards ... was 23-of-36 for 291 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 116.8 quarterback rating in a Week 15 win at Chicago that clinched Green Bay's second consecutive NFC North title, while also making his first career reception for -1 yards and rushing four times for 14 yards ... had his lowest passing totals of the season in a Week 14 win over Detroit, going 14-of-24 for 173 yards with neither a touchdown or interception, but did have a 27-yard TD run that was the longest of his career among his three rushes for 32 yards ... was 27-of-35 for 286 yards, with a touchdown and an interception in a Week 13 win vs. Minnesota on his 29th birthday ... was 14-of-25 for 219 yards, with a touchdown and an interception in a Week 12 loss at the New York Giants ... was 19-of-27 for 236 yards, with two touchdown passes and an interception in a Week 11 win at Detroit ... threw four touchdown passes in a 31-17 Week 9 victory over Arizona on a 14-of-30 day for 218 yards with one interception, while adding a season-high eight rushes for 33 yards ... was 22-of-35 for 186 yards with two touchdown passes in a Week 8 win vs. Jacksonville to move into second place on Green Bay's all-time list for touchdown passes ... posted 342 passing yards and a season-best 81.1 completion percentage (30-of-37), with three touchdown passes and no interceptions for a 132.2 quarterback rating in a Week 7 win at St. Louis ... had a career-high and Green Bay franchise-record-tying six touchdown passes with no interceptions for a season-high 133.8 quarterback rating in a Week 6 win at Houston in which he was 24-of-37 for 338 yards ... had three TD throws in a Week 5 loss at Indianapolis in which he completed 20-of-32 passes for 235 yards and also ran for a season-high 57 yards on five carries ... posted four TD passes in a Week 4 win vs. New Orleans in which he completed a season-high 31-of-41 passes for 319 yards ... completed 26-of-39 passes for 223 yards in a Week 3 loss at Seattle ... completed 22-of-32 passes for 219 yards with a touchdown in a Week 2 win over Chicago ... was 30-of-44 for 303 yards, with two TD passes in a Week 1 loss to San Francisco ... added 54 rushes for 259 yards and two TDs on the ground during the regular season ... has played all eight of his NFL seasons (2005-12) with Green Bay, totaling 21,661 passing yards and 171 touchdowns with 46 interceptions on 1,752-of-2,665 (65.7%) passing for a 104.9 quarterback rating over 85 regular-season games and 78 starts, adding 303 rushes for 1,442 yards and 18 touchdowns on the ground • Jeremy Ross, WR, Green Bay Packers (Playoffs - Won vs. Minnesota, 24-10, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 11-5, NFC North Champions) - Returned two kickoffs for 28 yards in a 24-10 win over Minnesota in a wild-card playoff game and will next travel to San Francisco for an NFC Divisional Playoff Game on Saturday, Jan. 12 (5 p.m. PT) ... played in his first five NFL games in each of the regular season's final five games for a team that has won two straight NFC North titles ... had four punt returns for 103 yards and three kick returns for 86 yards in the regular season ... returned three kicks for 86 yards and two punts for 41 yards in a Week 17 loss at Minnesota ... returned two punts for 62 yards, including a career-long 58-yarder in a Week 16 win vs. Tennessee ... made his NFL debut in a Week 13 win against Minnesota • Mitchell Schwartz, OL, Cleveland Browns (Regular Season - 5-11, 4th AFC North) - Started all 16 regular-season games in his NFL rookie season in 2012 • Craig Stevens, TE, Tennessee Titans (Regular Season - 6-10, 4th AFC South) - Started the first 15 regular-season games before missing the season finale and recorded 23 receptions for 275 yards and a touchdown, with at least one catch in 14 contests and each of the first 11 ... had his first touchdown catch of the season and fourth of his career in a Week 4 loss at Houston ... had season highs of five catches and 63 yards receiving in a wild 44-41 Week 3 overtime win vs. Detroit and a season-long 46-yard reception at San Diego in Week 2 ... had two catches on five different occasions in a Week 9 loss vs. Chicago (26 yards), a Week 4 loss at Houston (24 yards), a Week 15 win over the New York Jets, a Week 8 loss vs. Indianapolis (15 yards) and a Week 5 loss at Minnesota (14 yards) ... has played five NFL seasons (2008-12) all with Tennessee, totaling 44 catches, 572 receiving yards and four TD catches over 73 regular-season games and 43 starts • Nick Sundberg, LS, Washington Redskins (Playoffs - Lost to Seattle, 24-14, in wild-card playoff game ... Regular Season - 10-6, NFC East Champions) - Played off the bench in a 24-14 home loss to Seattle in a wild-card playoff game that ended Washington's season ... returned from the injured reserve list to play in each game of the team's seven consecutive wins to end the regular season ... played in a total of eight regular-season games off the bench with the team winning all eight of those contests, also playing in a Week 1 victory at New Orleans before missing the next eight games on the injured reserve list • Shane Vereen, RB, New England Patriots (Regular Season - 12-4, AFC East Champions) - Rushed for 251 yards and three touchdowns on 62 carries, while adding eight receptions for 149 yards and a touchdown over 13 regular-season games with one start for the AFC East Division champions that host Houston in the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs on Sunday, Jan. 13 (1:30 p.m. PT) ... rushed eight times for 38 yards in a Week 17 win against Miami ... had one reception for four yards in a Week 15 loss vs. San Francisco ... rushed eight times for 40 yards in a Week 14 win vs. Houston ... rushed three times for 14 yards in a Week 13 win at Miami ... had a career-long 83-yard touchdown catch in a Week 12 win at the New York Jets, finishing with 10 rushes for 42 yards and a career-high two catches for a career-high 91 yards ... rushed a career-high 11 times for 40 yards and a score, while adding one catch for 11 yards in a Week 11 win vs. Indianapolis ... had five rushes for five yards and one catch for 11 yards in a Week 10 win over Buffalo ... scored on a fourth-and-one play from the Rams' one-yard line among his seven carries for 22 yards and one reception for 17 yards in a Week 8 win at St. Louis ... rushed for a career-high 49 yards on eight carries and caught one pass for 10 yards in the first start of his career in a Week 7 win over the New York Jets ... scored on a one-yard run in a Week 5 win over Denver ... played for the first time in 2012 during a Week 4 win at Buffalo, catching his first career pass for five yards and rushing one time for no gain
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