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Terrell Suggs was selected with the 10th overall pick in the 1st round of the 2003 NFL Draft...Suggs was the 1st DE and the 5th DL taken in the draft...He was also the 2nd player ever selected by the Ravens from Arizona State (Todd Heap - 1st round, 31st overall in 2001).
Highlights:
A 2004 Pro Bowler, 2nd-Team All-Pro (Football Digest) and 2003 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year, Terrell is one of the most feared pass-rushers in the NFL...A combination of size speed, strength and balance, Suggs started all 16 games, finishing 5th on the team with a career-high 86 tackles (65 solo), 8 sacks (-66.5 yards) 6 FFs, 1 FR, 3 PD (career high) and a career-high 2 INTs in 2005...Started all 16 games in his 2nd season (2004) when he led the team and tied for 3rd in the AFC with 10.5 sacks (gave him 22.4 sacks in his 1st 2 seasons)...Suggs posted 72 tackles (48 solo) 1 PD and 1 FF on the way to his 1st Pro Bowl appearance...Earned AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2003 when he finished 4th in the AFC and 8th in the NFL with a franchise-rookie-record 12 sacks...Tied an NFL rookie record with Santana Dotson with 1 sack in each of his 1st 4 games...Played in all 16 regular season games, starting 1 as a rookie...Totaled 33 tackles, 6 FFs, 4 FRs, 3 PD and 1 INT in 2003...Started the Ravens' postseason contest vs. Ten. (1/13/04), recording 2 tackles.
Pro Career:
2005: Started all 16 games, finishing 5th on the team with a career-high 86 tackles (65 solo), 8 sacks (-65.5 yards) 6 FFs, 1 FR, 3 PD (career high) and a career-high 2 INTs...2005 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Netted 8 tackles (4 solo), 1 sack and 2 FFs in the season finale at Cle. (1/1/06)...Amassed 7 tackles (5 solo), 1 sack (-8 yards) and several QB pressures in the 30-23 win in game 15 vs. Min. (12/25)...Shared the defensive game ball (Adalius Thomas) as he netted 6 tackles (5 solo) and a career-high 3 sacks (-24 yards) and 1 FF in the 16-15 win in game 12 vs. Hou. (12/4)...Posted a career-high 11 tackles, including a career-high 8 solo, with 1 TFL in game 6 at Chi. (10/23)...Earned a game ball when he netted 7 tackles (5 solo), including 1 TFL and a half sack (-3.5 yards) in game 3 vs. NYJ (10/2).
2004: 1st-career Pro Bowl berth after recording 10.5 sacks, good for 3rd in the AFC...In his 1st season as an every-down player, Suggs started all 16 games in 2004, 1 of just 5 Raven defensive players to do so...Recorded 72 tackles, easily a career-best, had 1 FF and recovered 2 more...2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Recorded 7 tackles (4 solo), including 1 TFL and 1 sack (-14 yards) in the 30-23 victory in the season finale vs. Mia. (1/2/05)...Tied for 2nd on the team with 4 tackles in game 11 at NE (11/28)...Posted 7 tackles, including 1 sack (-7 yards) in game 10 vs. Dal. (11/21)...His sack was the 20th of his career in his 26th game, tying him for the 4th-fastest in NFL history to the 20-sack mark...Also had 1 FR, which led to a Ravens' TD 2 plays later...Tied a season high with 7 tackles, including 2 sacks (-12 yards), his 3rd multi-sack game of the season, and 1 FF in game 6 vs. Buf. (10/24)...Recorded 7 tackles (6 solo) and 2 sacks (-13 yards) and helped the Ravens' defense to hold the Redskins to 107 total yards (2nd-lowest total in team history), including just 52 yards rushing in game 5 at Was. (10/10).
2003: Earned AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors...Finished 4th in the AFC and 8th in the NFL with a franchise rookie record 12 sacks...Also earned 2003 Defensive Rookie of the Month award (September)...Played in all 16 regular season games, starting 1...Totaled 33 tackles, 6 FFs, 4 FRs, 3 PD and 1 INT in 2003...Also started the Ravens' postseason contest, recording 2 tackles...Became just the 2nd Raven (Peter Boulware - 1997) to earn AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors...2003 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Started his 1st-career game and responded with 6 tackles (4 solo), 1 PD and 1 FR in the season finale vs. Pit. (12/28)...Posted 5 tackles (3 solo), including 2 sacks (-9 yards), which established a new franchise rookie record with 12 sacks (Peter Boulware - 11.5 in 1997) in game 15 at Cle. (12/21)...Suggs had 2 FFs and 1 FR in the 35-0 victory against the Browns...Saw action from scrimmage and posted the 1st multi-sack game of his career with 2 (-15 yards) in game 11 vs. Sea (11/23)...Tied an NFL record (Santana Dotson - 1992) with a sack in each of the 1st 4 games of his career in game 4 vs. KC (9/28)...Finished the Chiefs' game with 2 tackles...Was used mainly in passing situations at DE and recorded his 3rd sack in as many games in the 24-10 win in game 3 at SD (9/21)...Pulled in his 1st-career INT against the Chargers, leading to a Jamal Lewis TD 2 plays later...Subbed and netted 1 sack for the 2nd-consecutive game as the defense held the Browns to 60-net rushing yards in 33-13 win in game 2 vs. Cle. (9/14)...Subbed and recorded his 1st NFL sack (-7 yards) in his 1st NFL game in the season opener at Pit. (9/7).
College Career:
Shattered school, conference and NCAA single-season records with 24 sacks in 2002...One of the most dominating pass-rushers in the history of college football, Suggs entered the draft after his junior season...His career totals of 44 sacks and 65.5 TFL set school records...Started 34 of 36 games over his 3-year career at Arizona State, amassing 163 tackles (109 solo), including 44 sacks, 14 FFs, 3 FRs, 2 INTs and 9 PD...Consensus All-American and All-Pac 10 Conference 1st-team selection as a junior...Recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Award (nation's top defensive player), Lombardi Trophy (nation's top lineman) and Morris Trophy (Pac-10's top lineman)...Also named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year...Winner of the Hendricks Award, given to college football's premier DE and voted team MVP...Started every game at DE as a junior and recorded 73 tackles (44 solo)...Set school, conference and NCAA single-season records with 24 sacks, topping the previous school and conference marks of 19 by Al Harris in 1978 and 17.5 by Syracuse's Dwight Freeney in 2001...His 31.5 stops for losses broke the previous conference mark of 28 by Stanford's Ron George in 1990...Led the conference with 6 FFs and also posted 3 PD and had 1 INT...Had at least 1 sack in 11 games...Posted 4 sacks, 5 TFL and 2 FFs among his 7 tackles against North Carolina...Named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week as he totaled a season-high 12 tackles (5 solo) with 1 FF and 4.5 sacks against Washington...His 4.5 sacks are the most by a Sun Devil since Derrick Rodgers matched that total vs. California in 1996...Made 8 tackles (5 solo) with 2 sacks and had 1 FF against Arizona...Second-team All-American selection by The NFL Draft Report, 3rd-team All-America from Football News and an All-Pac 10 1st-team choice as a sophomore...Started every game, recording 42 tackles (24 solo)...Led the team with 10 sacks (-57 yards) and 18 TFL...Named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year...Football News 1st-team Freshman All- American and 3rd-team Freshman All-America selection by The Sporting News...Started all but 2 games at LDE and recorded 48 tackles (41 solo), including 10 sacks and 16 TFL...Posted 4 FFs and 3 FRs...Became just the 2nd true freshman in school history to start the 1st game of the season, totaling 5 tackles (4 solo) and 1 sack against San Diego State...Secondary education/history major.
Personal:
Parade All-American in 2000 and Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year at Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) HS...Rated the No. 6 player in the Far West and the No. 3 Athlete in the Western region by PrepStar Magazine...Named to the All- American team and Arizona Player of the Year by USA Today...Ranked the 60th-best player in the nation by The Sporting News...Made the 2nd-team All-West Team by The Orange County Register...Rated the No. 19 player on the Western Region Super 30 by SportsLine/PrepStar...Arizona 5A Player of the Year by the Phoenix Metro...Arizona Player of the Year by Super All-State '99...Member of the 1st-team offense on the Super All-State '99...First-team All-State and All-Region...Rushed 297 times for 2,274 yards and 26 TDs...Transferred from Chandler (AZ) HS, where he was a blocking back and LB...Holds the school record with 367 rushing yards and 5 TDs in a single game...First in the state in rushing yards (2,274), 3rd in TDs (26) and 4th in scoring (156)...Once scored 4 TDs and had 205 yards in 3 quarters...Lettered 3 times in football, 3 times in basketball and once in track and field...Was honored by his hometown of Chandler, AZ, on 1/25/01 with "Terrell Suggs Day"...Joined teammates for the Goodwill Gridiron Halloween Party in October 2004...Suggs also participated in the Quarterback Club of Baltimore's Distinguished Speaker Series (Nov. 2004)...Suggs aslo provided uniforms, cleats and gloves to Hamilton (AZ) HS for their football program in 2005...Full name: Terrell Raynonn Suggs. |
