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Mike Vrabel

Michael George Vrabel

Position: LB

6-4, 261lb (193cm, 118kg)

Born: August 14, 1975 in Akron, OH

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (804th overall since 1960)

High School: Walsh Jesuit (OH)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (91st overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

As Coach: 6 Yrs (Full Record)

Pronunciation: \VRAY-bul\

SUMMARY

Career

206

57.0

Solo

529

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
1997	22	PIT	LB	96	15	0			0			2	0	1	0	0	1.5	17	14	3				1
1998	23	PIT	LB	56	11	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	2.5	9	6	3				1
1999	24	PIT	LB	56	10	0			0			1	0	1	0	0	2.0	12	11	1	2			1
2000	25	PIT	LB	56	15	0			0			0	0	1	0	0	1.0	18	13	5	2			2
2001	26	NWE	LLB	50	16	12	2	27	0	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	63	40	23	4			7
2002	27	NWE	LLB	50	16	13	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	4.5	83	58	25	5			6
2003	28	NWE	RLB	50	13	9	2	18	0	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	9.5	53	37	16	9			6
2004	29	NWE	ROLB	50	16	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	71	54	17	10			7
2005	30	NWE	RILB	50	16	16	2	23	1	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	108	73	35	7			7
2006	31	NWE	ROLB/RIL	50	16	16	3	0	0	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	4.5	89	54	35	1	6		11
2007*+	32	NWE	LOLB	50	16	15			0			4	0	0	0	0	12.5	77	56	21	9	17		15	AP DPoY-5, AP1, PB
2008	33	NWE	LOLB	50	16	14	1	5	0	5	4	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	62	40	22	10	10		7
2009	34	KAN	LOLB	50	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	52	43	9	2	2		6
2010	35	KAN	LOLB	50	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	48	30	18	2	6		7
Career					206	140	11	73	1	24	41	19	0	9	0	0	57.0	762	529	233	63	41		84
8 yrs		NWE			125	110	11	73	1	24	34	13	0	5	0	0	48.0	606	412	194	55	33		66
4 yrs		PIT			51	0			0			3	0	3	0	0	7.0	56	44	12	4			5
2 yrs		KAN			30	30	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	0	2.0	100	73	27	4	8		13

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1997	22	PIT	LB	2	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0
2001	26	NWE	LLB,OLB	3	3			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	7	4	2
2003	28	NWE	OLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	18	15	3	1
2004	29	NWE	OLB	3	3			0			1	0	1	1	0	2.0	14	11	3	0
2005	30	NWE	ILB	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	15	8	7	0
2006	31	NWE	ILB,OLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	20	15	5	1	1
2007*+	32	NWE	OLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	6	3	3	0	2
2010	35	KAN	LOLB	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	3	0	0
Career				20	18	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	9.0	88	60	28	4	3
6 yrs		NWE		17	17	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	8.0	84	59	25	4	3
1 yr		KAN		1	1			0							0	0.0	3	0	3	0	0
1 yr		PIT		2	0			0							0	1.0	1	1	0

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Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2002	27	NWE	LLB	50	16	13	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.0			0						1	1.0	1	1	0
2004	29	NWE	ROLB	50	16	15	3	2	3	1.5	2	2	2	0.1	0.2	66.7%	1.0			0						2	1.5	3	2	0
2005	30	NWE	RILB	50	16	16	3	3	4	1.3	3	3	2	0.2	0.3	100.0%	1.3			0						3	1.3	4	3	0
2006	31	NWE	ROLB/RIL	50	16	16	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0			0									0	0
2007*+	32	NWE	LOLB	50	16	15	3	2	3	1.5	2	2	2	0.1	0.2	66.7%	1.0			0						2	1.5	3	2	0
2009	34	KAN	LOLB	50	14	14	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.0			0						1	1.0	1	1	0
2010	35	KAN	LOLB	50	16	16	2	1	2	2.0	1	1	2	0.1	0.1	50.0%	1.0			0						1	2.0	2	1	0
Career					206	140	14	10	14	1.4	10	10	2	0.0	0.1	71.4%	1.0			0						10	1.4	14	10
8 yrs		NWE			125	110	11	8	11	1.4	8	8	2	0.1	0.1	72.7%	1.0			0						8	1.4	11	8
4 yrs		PIT			51	0					0									0									0
2 yrs		KAN			30	30	3	2	3	1.5	2	2	2	0.1	0.1	66.7%	1.0			0						2	1.5	3	2

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2003	28	NWE	OLB	3	3	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	100.0%	1.0			0						1	1.0	1	1	0
2004	29	NWE	OLB	3	3	1	1	2	2.0	1	1	2	1.0	2.0	100.0%	2.0			0						1	2.0	2	1	0
Career				20	18	2	2	3	1.5	2	2	2	0.1	0.2	100.0%	1.5			0						2	1.5	3	2
6 yrs		NWE		17	17	2	2	3	1.5	2	2	2	0.1	0.2	100.0%	1.5			0						2	1.5	3	2
1 yr		KAN		1	1					0									0									0
1 yr		PIT		2	0					0									0									0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1997	22	PIT	LB	96	15	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1999	24	PIT	LB	56	10	0			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	6
2003	28	NWE	RLB	50	13	9			0			2	22	0	14	11.0	40
2007*+	32	NWE	LOLB	50	16	15			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	6
Career					206	140			0			5	31	0	14	6.2	118
8 yrs		NWE			125	110			0			3	25	0	14	8.3	109
4 yrs		PIT			51	0			0			2	6	0	6	3.0	6
2 yrs		KAN			30	30			0					0			3

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2002	27	NWE	LLB	50	16	13	1		1		6	0.4
2004	29	NWE	ROLB	50	16	15	2		2		12	0.8
2005	30	NWE	RILB	50	16	16	3	1	4		24	1.5
2007*+	32	NWE	LOLB	50	16	15	2		2		12	0.8
2009	34	KAN	LOLB	50	14	14	1		1		6	0.4
2010	35	KAN	LOLB	50	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
Career					206	140	10	1	11	0	66	.3
8 yrs		NWE			125	110	8	1	9	0	54	.4
4 yrs		PIT			51	0				0	0	0.0
2 yrs		KAN			30	30	2		2	0	12	.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2003	28	NWE	OLB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
2004	29	NWE	OLB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				20	18	2	2	12	.6
6 yrs		NWE		17	17	2	2	12	.7
1 yr		KAN		1	1			0	0.0
1 yr		PIT		2	0			0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 43.23 (58th among OLB, average HOF OLB is 106.40)

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