Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour

Seymour with the Raiders in October 2010
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Position:	Defensive End
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1979-10-06) October 6, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth:	Gadsden, South Carolina
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	317 lb (144 kg)
Career information
High school:	Hopkins (SC) Lower Richland
College:	Georgia
NFL Draft:	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
New England Patriots (2001–2008) Oakland Raiders (2009–2012)
Career highlights and awards
7× Pro Bowl (2002–2006, 2010, 2011) 3× First-team All-Pro (2003–2005) 2× Second-team All-Pro (2006, 2011) PFWA All-Pro (2002) 3× Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) New England Patriots 50th Anniversary Team New England Patriots All-2000s Team NFL 2000s All-Decade Team First-team All-American (2000) 2× First-team All-SEC (1999, 2000)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 496 Sacks: 57.5 Forced fumbles: 4 Interceptions: 2 Player stats at NFL.com

Richard Vershaun Seymour (born October 6, 1979) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Georgia, and was drafted by the New England Patriots sixth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft.

Seymour played in seven Pro Bowls, was named to three All-Pro teams, and was a member of three Super Bowl-winning Patriots teams. Some considered Seymour the best defensive lineman in the NFL. He has also been described as the best #6 overall draft pick of all time.

Seymour was selected to the Pro Bowl both as a 4-3 defensive tackle and as a 3-4 defensive end. He occasionally played fullback on short yardage and goal line situations. However, Seymour has not seen work as a fullback since suffering a knee injury on a one-yard Corey Dillon touchdown run against the San Diego Chargers in October 2005.

At Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina, Seymour won first team All-Region honors, first team all-area honor. As a senior, he was voted the team's best defensive lineman, was a team captain, won an All-Area Player of the Week award, led his team to four All-Area Team of the Week honors, and finished the season with 8 sacks and 83 tackles.

Seymour attended the University of Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1997 to 2000. He was part of a defensive line that consisted of four future first-round draft picks: Seymour, former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcus Stroud, New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant, and former Patriots teammate Johnathan Sullivan.