JockBio: Dwight Freeney Facts

JockBio Vital Stats
• Indianapolis Colts	• Defensive End	• #93
• Height: 6' 1"	• Weight: 268	• Born: 2/19/80

Dwight wore number 44 in high school.
Dwight lettered in four sports in high school—football, baseball, basketball and soccer. He won four letters in baseball and basketball.
Dwight was a finalist for the Lombardi, Bednarik and Nagurski awards in 2001.
Dwight was the highest-picked defensive player from Syracuse since the Baltimore Colts took Joe Ehrmann with 10th selection in the 1973 draft.
Dwight graduated second on Syracuse’s all-time sack list with 34. Tim Green is first with 45.5.
In college, Dwight once squatted 725 pounds.
Dwight stunned scouts by running the 40-yard dash in 4.42 secons at the 2002 NFL Combine, the fastest time ever for a defensive lineman.
Dwight was runner up to Julius Peppers as 2002 Defensive Rookie of the year.
In 2003, Dwight became only the Colts’ second defensive Pro Bowler since moving to Indianapolis. Duane Bickett was the first in 1987. Dwight later became the first Colt since John Dutton in the 1970s to play in three straight Pro Bowls.
Dwight won the 2004 Madden Bowl, a video-game tournament in which NFL players compete on screen.
Dwight was named NFL Defensive Player of the Month for November 2008. It marked the third time in his career he earned this honor.
After five seasons, only four players in NFL history had more sacks than Dwight’s 56.5—Reggie White, Derrick Thomas, Richard Dent and Bruce Smith.
The $72 million contract Dwight inked in 2007 made him the highest defensive player in the NFL.
Dwight founded the National Kids Choice Society, which brings professional athletes into schools to encourage young athletes to follow their dreams but to make it homework first and sports second.

Tim Green, 1993 Gamne Day

Reggie White, 1988 Topps