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Tyler Brayton

Tyler Brayton
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Brayton with the Raiders in 2006
No. 91, 96, 17, 75
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1979-11-20) November 20, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth: Richland, Washington
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight: 280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school: Pasco (WA)
College: Colorado
NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 32
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 309
Sacks: 17.5
Forced fumbles: 5
Player stats at NFL.com
Tackles: 309
Sacks: 17.5
Forced fumbles: 5
Player stats at NFL.com

Tyler Brayton (born November 20, 1979) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders 32nd overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado.

Brayton also played for the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts.

In 47 games at the University of Colorado, Brayton recorded 152 tackles with 12.5 sacks, 25 stops for losses, 34 quarterback pressures, 17 third-down hits, three fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and six pass deflections. He majored in Spanish.

Brayton was the last NFL draft pick in the first round in 2003, after Oakland acquired the first-round pick from the eventual Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for head coach Jon Gruden at the end of the 2001 season. Gruden became the Buccaneers coach after Tony Dungy's firing, with the latter taking over as the Indianapolis Colts coach when Jim E. Mora was fired the same year. Brayton was one of two Raiders selected in the first round in 2003; the other was Nnamdi Asomugha. In his debut season, he played and started in all 16 games and finished the campaign with 61 tackles and 2.5 sacks. The following season, he recorded 45 tackles, 2.5 sacks and his first career interception at the Kansas City Chiefs on December 25. During the 2005 season, Brayton played in all 16 games, notching up three starts and finished the season with 16 tackles and one sack. In 2006, he finished with 42 tackles. In his final year with the Raiders, Brayton finished the season with 11 tackles.

On November 6, 2006 in a game against the Seattle Seahawks, Brayton kneed Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens in the groin after Stevens had kneed him, and was ejected. Brayton was later fined $25,000 by the NFL and Stevens was fined $15,000.


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