*** Welcome to piglix ***

Antoine Bethea

Antoine Bethea
refer to caption
Bethea in 2010
No. -- Free agent
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1984-07-27) July 27, 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth: Savannah, Georgia
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Newport News (VA) Denbigh
College: Howard
NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 6 / Pick: 207
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Tackles: 1,046
Quarterback sacks: 5.5
Interceptions: 19
Forced fumbles: 7
Pass deflections: 61
Defensive touchdowns: 1
Player stats at NFL.com
Tackles: 1,046
Quarterback sacks: 5.5
Interceptions: 19
Forced fumbles: 7
Pass deflections: 61
Defensive touchdowns: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Antoine Akeem Bethea (/bəˈθ/; born July 27, 1984) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Howard and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl XLI with the team over the Chicago Bears. He has been selected for the Pro Bowl three times.

He attended Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia where he was a three-year letterman in football and also lettered in basketball, where he earned all-area and All-conference honors in his senior year.

Bethea attended Howard University, where he majored in administration of justice, and played for the Howard Bison football team. He started 31 of 37 games at safety. His freshman year, he saw action in five games as a backup in the secondary collecting 13 total tackles. He would have a career-best 109 total tackles his sophomore year while seeing action as a starter in 10 of 11 games that year. That year, he had three games where he tallied 13 tackles and another game against Bethune-Cookman where he made 14 tackles. He ended that year also adding one sack, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six pass deflections and a blocked kick.


...
Wikipedia

...