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Bio
Position: Safety
Height: 6-1
Weight: 203
Birthdate: 10/18/1981
College: Maryland
Hometown: Lanham, MD
Acquired: D2b '04
Experience: 5
Games and Starts
49/45
Professional Biography
The Vikings’ 1st defensive free agent signed during the 2008 period, joining the team on 5/1/08...Played under Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier in Cincinnati when he held the same position for the Bengals...Has 12 career takeaways (9 INTS, 3 FRs) in 49 games played...Scored a 51-yard INT-return TD on his 1st career pick, taking back a Billy Volek pass at Tennessee (10/31/04)...Has snared 8 of his 9 career INTs on the road, his last home pick was as a rookie vs. Dallas (11/7/04) off Vinny Testaverde...Started at LCB for the Bengals as a rookie in the 2004 opener...Started games at CB, FS, SS during rookie campaign...Drafted #56 overall by Bengals in 2004...Teammates at Maryland with fellow Vikings starter E.J. Henderson and with TE/FB Jeff Dugan
NFL History
2007 Ranked 6th on Bengals defense with 73 tackles and was 2nd among DBs...Matched his career-best with 2.0 sacks...Ranked 3rd on team with 40 yards on INT returns, including a 35-yarder off Matt Hasselbeck at Seattle (9/23)...Had 1st career game with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the season opener vs. Baltimore (9/10)...Started opening 12 games at FS and 13 total but ended season on injured reserve for the final game.
2006 Proved to be a durable defender, starting all 16 games and played the most snaps of any Bengals player... Tied career-high with 3 INTs, including a season-long 25-yard return of a Drew Brees pass at New Orleans (11/19)...Forced a fumble on special teams at New Orleans (11/19) on Saints return man Michael Lewis that was recovered by return team and forced a fumble on defense at Cleveland (11/26)...Tied career-high with 11 tackles at Tampa Bay (10/15)...Posted Bengals 1st INT of the season in opener at Kansas City (9/10) when he grabbed a Trent Green pass.
2005 Opened season as starter at FS but was sidelined by mid-October with shoulder injury...Had season-best 9 tackle and intercepted Bears QB Kyle Orton at Chicago (9/25)...Started opening 3 games at FS but missed 4th and 5th games of the season with shoulder injury...Started in 6th game of season at Tennessee (10/16) but re-aggravated injury...Placed on injured reserve on 10/31.
2004 Played in all 16 games with 13 starts...Started games at CB, FS, SS during season...Had career-high 95 tackles...1st career start was at LCB in opener at NY Jets (9/12)...Scored a 51-yard TD on 1st career INT at Tennessee (10/31) off a Billy Volek pass...Had 1st career sack vs. Pittsburgh (11/21) when he caught Ben Roethlisberger for an 11-yard loss that pushed the Steelers out of FG range...Led team with 9 tackles and snared an INT off Vinny Testaverde vs. Dallas (11/7).
College Information
Began collegiate career at Towson State before transferring to Maryland to try his luck as a walk-on player... Was full-time starter for the Terps in his final 2 seasons, opening 27 games and helping with Maryland’s rise in the polls...Teams went 21-6 in his tenure and outscored West Virginia (41-7) and Tennessee (30-3) by a combined 71-10 in the Gator Bowl and Peach Bowl respectively...Sat out 2001 season as a transfer...Played at Towson in 1999 and 2000.
Personal Biography
Spent his childhood in Sierra Leone, move to the United States at age 9 and settled with family in Maryland...Has degree in family studies...pursuing his MBA right now…Spent his off-days last season interning with Mercy Hospital…Made visit to University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital when he came to Twin Cities on free agent visit...His Madieu Williams foundation works with kids to encourage a healthy lifestyle and education...After signing free agent contract with Vikings, honored his commitment to build playground in Cincinnati during spring 2008.
