Suggs in 2015
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No. 55 Baltimore Ravens | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Outside linebacker | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth: | October 11, 1982 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Chandler (AZ) Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
College: | Arizona State | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Tackles: | 763 |
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Quarterback sacks: | 114.5 |
Interceptions: | 7 |
Forced fumbles: | 30 |
Fumble recoveries: | 12 |
Defensive touchdowns: | 2 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Terrell Raymonn Suggs (born October 11, 1982), nicknamed "T-Sizzle" or "Sizzle", is an American football outside linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. The Ravens selected him with the tenth overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, and he is now the team's all-time leader in sacks. Suggs is a six-time Pro Bowl selection, a two time All-Pro and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2011.
Suggs was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Laverne Diane (née Kennedy) and Donald Lee Suggs. He was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. While growing up in Saint Paul, he played youth football, as a center, with future baseball player Joe Mauer. Suggs moved to Arizona after eighth grade As a teenager, he attended multiple schools, the first being Chandler High School. He later transferred to Hamilton High School where he set the Arizona Class 5A record for rushing yards in a game with 367 against Yuma Kofa as a junior in 1999.
As a senior, Suggs was named a Parade high school All-American in 2000, Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year, the No. 1 jumbo athlete in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine, Arizona Player of the Year by USA Today as well as an All-American by USA Today and the 60th-best player in the nation by Sporting News.