Derek Wolfe
Wolfe playing for the Denver Broncos in 2014
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| No. 95 Denver Broncos | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive End | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 24, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Lisbon, Ohio | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 285 lb (129 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | East Liverpool (OH) Beaver Local | ||||||||||||
| College: | Cincinnati | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 191 |
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| Sacks: | 22.5 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 1 |
| Pass deflections: | 8 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Derek Wolfe (born February 24, 1990) is an American football defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Cincinnati. He was selected 36th overall by the Broncos in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Wolfe is from the rural town of Negley, Ohio, near the state line with Pennsylvania. He attended Beaver Local High School in East Liverpool, Ohio.
Considered only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Wolfe was a standout at Beaver Local High School and is the only player in the school's history ever to be drafted by the NFL.
Wolfe played four years (2008-2011) at Cincinnati. He accumulated 162 total tackles, 37 tackles for loss, and 19.5 sacks during his tenure.
He was named Co-Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a senior.
He was the first Beaver Local High School graduate to get drafted and the first Mahoning Valley native selected.
Wolfe was selected 36th overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. In his professional debut, a preseason game against the Chicago Bears on 9 August 2012, he finished with 2 sacks and 3 tackles.
In his first NFL game in the regular season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he came out with 3 tackles and a sack for a loss of 9 yards.
Wolfe finished his rookie season with 40 tackles, 6 sacks, and 2 passes defensed. His 6 sacks were third most on the team, behind Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil.
Wolfe had a tough sophomore season. In a preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Wolfe suffered a spinal cord injury and was carted off the field. That, along with two bouts of food poisoning, led to him losing 20 pounds, and he was therefore not as productive on the field. On November 29, Wolfe suffered a seizure on the bus ride to the airport for their Kansas City Chiefs matchup. (After the season, it was reported that the seizure was related to the spinal cord injury.) Despite hopes that he might return to the field, he was eventually placed on Injured Reserve. Without Wolfe, the Broncos reached Super Bowl XLVIII where they lost to the Seattle Seahawks.
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