Former Florida Gators in the NFL: Week 15
With the 2011 NFL regular season nearly complete, a number of Florida Gators participated in Week 15 action, many of whom had an impact on their team’s performance. OGGOA has checked and re-checked the box scores to bring you a summary of what these Gators accomplished during the 15th week of the 2011 campaign.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TE AARON HERNANDEZ, New England Patriots: Nine receptions for 129 yards [team-highs] (targets: 11, long: 46), touchdown; carry for 16 yards
Check out how the rest of the Gators in the NFL played…after the break!
THE REST
LB MIKE PETERSON, Atlanta Falcons: Active
LB ANDRA DAVIS, Buffalo Bills: Tackle
WR DAVID NELSON, Buffalo Bills: Six receptions for 60 yards (targets: 7, long: 21)
DE CARLOS DUNLAP, Cincinnati Bengals: Solo tackle
S REGGIE NELSON, Cincinnati Bengals: Solo tackle
CB JOE HADEN, Cleveland Browns: Four tackles (two solo)
QB TIM TEBOW, Denver Broncos: 11/22 for 194 yards (QB rating: 80.5); 12 carries for 93 yards [team-highs], two touchdowns, fumble
DT MARCUS THOMAS, Denver Broncos: Nine tackles (six solo)
DE JEREMY MINCEY, Jacksonville Jaguars: Seven solo tackles (two for loss), sack
C MIKE POUNCEY*, Miami Dolphins: Played as a starter
WR PERCY HARVIN, Minnesota Vikings Three receptions for eight yards (targets: 7, long: 5); carry for -1 yard; kick return for 28 yards
DT GERARD WARREN, New England Patriots: Two tackles, half sack, QB hit
DE JUSTIN TRATTOU*, New York Giants: Solo tackle
G COOPER CARLISLE, Oakland Raiders: Played as a starter
DE JARVIS MOSS, Oakland Raiders: Active
WR LOUIS MURPHY, Oakland Raiders: Reception for eight yards (targets: 2), two carries for 16 yards, touchdown
CB LITO SHEPPARD, Oakland Raiders: Eight solo tackles (one for loss)
WR RILEY COOPER, Philadelphia Eagles: Reception or 18 yards
P CHAS HENRY*, Philadelphia Eagles: Four punts for 136 yards (long: 45, avg.: 34.0, inside 20: 2)
OT MARCUS GILBERT*, Pittsburgh Steelers: Played as a starter
OT MAX STARKS, Pittsburgh Steelers: Played as a starter
DE RAY MCDONALD, San Francisco 49ers: Two tackles (one solo), half sack
SS AHMAD BLACK*, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Active
WR JABAR GAFFNEY, Washington Redskins: Six receptions for 85 yards [team-highs] (targets: 9, long: 17)
QB REX GROSSMAN, Washington Redskins: 15/24 for 185 yards, touchdown, two interceptions (QB rating: 65.5); carry for -1 yard
OG MAURICE HURT*, Washington Redskins: Played as a starter
INJURED / INACTIVE
S MAJOR WRIGHT, Chicago Bears: Shoulder
WR ANDRE CALDWELL, Cincinnati Bengals: Inactive
DE DERRICK HARVEY, Denver Broncos: Inactive
LB BRANDON SILER, Kansas City Chiefs: Torn Achilles (season)
LB JERMAINE CUNNINGHAM, New England Patriots: Hamstring (season)
LB BRANDON SPIKES, New England Patriots: Knee
C MAURKICE POUNCEY, Pittsburgh Steelers: High-ankle sprain
RB EARNEST GRAHAM, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Torn Achilles (season)
NOTES
- Trattou recorded his first statistic of the season.
PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS
OT Phil Trautwein (New Orleans)
NOTABLE FREE AGENTS
DE Alex Brown, DE Bobby McCray
* Rookie
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Unfortunately Aarons best game comes at the wrong time, but happy for him. I wonder how different things would have been if Dawkins was able to play. Mincey is the man. Minus Harvey it seems like you can’t go wrong with a gator DE.
Yeah, Aaron was like a man playing with boys out there. I realize that a lot of it has to do with how they were covering the other big targets but Denver really had absolutely no answer for him.
Well the old SI curse did strike again … at least we got that out of the way …..