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UPDATE 5/21/07: The addition of Seau gives the Patriots more flexibility and should
allow the team to tap into the versatility of players like Mike Vrabel
and Adalius Thomas.
Seattle PI
UPDATE 5/12/07: A source familiar with the situation said last
night that the veteran linebacker will re-sign with the New England
Patriots late next week, pending a physical exam.
Union-Tribune
PRO CAREER
2006: Placed on injured reserve on Nov.
27, 2006 ... Led the team in tackles twice in 2006 (vs. DEN, at BUF)
2005 (With Dolphins): Started five of the seven games in which he
appeared before being placed on injured reserve with an Achilles injury
(11/24) ... At the time he was placed on injured reserve, he ranked
fifth on the team with 43 tackles ... Led the team in tackles once and
finished second on the team on two occasions ... Finished second on the
team with eight tackles in the season opener against Denver (9/11) ...
Led the team with a season-high 15 tackles against the N.Y. Jets
(9/18), including one sack, marking his 60th career game with a
double-digit tackle total ... Finished second on the team with six
tackles against Carolina (9/25), before leaving the game with a calf
injury ... Totaled six tackles at Buffalo (10/9) ... Missed three games
and then returned to action against Atlanta (11/6) and tallied three
tackles ... Recorded one stop against New England (11/13) ... Made four
tackles against Cleveland (11/20).
2004: Started all eight games in which he played ... Recorded 68
tackles, a sack, a fumble recovery and a pass defensed ... Despite
missing eight games, ranked eighth on the team in tackles ... Sustained
a torn right pectoral muscle in Monday night game at N.Y. Jets (11/1)
... Was placed on injured reserve on November 3 and underwent surgery
on November 5 ... At the time of his injury, was averaging more than
eight tackles per game while his tackle total was second on the squad.
2003: For the season ranked second on the Dolphins with 133 tackles
along with three sacks for 13 yards in losses ... It was the ninth time
in his career he has recorded 100 or more tackles in a season ...
Finished first on the team in tackles three games and finished second
five times ... Had five games of double figure tackles ... Started 15
games to date and did not play once due to a left hamstring injury.
2002: Was acquired by the Dolphins from San Diego on April 16, 2003
in exchange for a conditional draft choice in 2004 ... Started all 13
games at weakside linebacker ... Was inactive for three contests with
an ankle injury ... Finished the year with 84 tackles, 1.5 sacks, one
interception, seven passes defensed and one forced fumble ... Was
selected to 2002 AFC Pro Bowl squad for the 12th time in his career in
his final season with the Chargers... Did not play in the game,
however, due to ankle surgery ... Was chosen by teammates as the
recipient of the Emil Karas Award as the team’s Most Inspirational
Player.
2001: Started all 16 games at weakside linebacker ... Was the
team’s second-leading tackler with 96 stops ... Added a sack, an
interception, six passes defensed and two forced fumbles ... Was voted
to a Chargers team-record 11th consecutive Pro Bowl ... Was named
Chargers’ Most Valuable Player for fifth straight season.
2000: Opened all 16 contests at weakside linebacker ... Ranked
second on the team in tackles (122), passes defensed (11) and
interceptions (two) ... Was sixth on the team with 3.5 sacks ... 11
passes defensed tied a career-high that he first set in 1993 ... Earned
his 10th consecutive Pro Bowl selection ... Also was named the team’s
Most Valuable Player ... Was selected as an Associated Press All-Pro
and was chosen as the NFL Alumni Association’s Linebacker of Year ...
Was named to NFL’s All-Decade Team for 1990s and Chargers 40th
Anniversary All-Time Team.
1999: Started all 14 games in which he played at an inside
linebacker spot ... Was inactive for two games ... Led team with 99
tackles, marking the eighth time in his career and the eighth time in
the last nine seasons that he held this spot ... Also had 3.5 sacks, an
interception, nine passes defensed, a fumble recovery and a forced
fumble ... Also saw action on offense at H-Back in short-yardage and
goal-line situations, catching two passes for eight yards ... Earned
his ninth-consecutive Pro Bowl bid ... Was recognized as the team’s
most valuable player for the third straight year ... Captured Defensive
Player of Year (David Griggs Memorial Award) honors for second year in
a row ... Garnered second team All-Pro honors from Associated Press and
College & Pro Football Newsweekly ... Led team in tackles in seven
games and was tied for team lead on one other occasion.
1998: Started all 16 games at an inside linebacker spot ... Led the
team with 115 tackles, representing the seventh year in a row that he
led the team in tackles ... Also had 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble, two
fumble recoveries and seven passes defensed ... Named to his
eighth-consecutive Pro Bowl ... Voted by his teammates as Chargers’
Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of Year ... National honors
included All-Pro first team by Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly
and The Sporting News ... Also was named AFC Defensive Player of the
Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus (Ohio) and the Committee of 101
in Kansas City, Missouri ... Led the Chargers in tackles in five games
and tied for team lead three times.
1997: Started all 15 games in which he played at an inside
linebacker spot ... Was second on the club with 97 tackles ... Tied a
personal-high with seven sacks, a figure he first achieved the previous
year ... Also tied for team lead with two interceptions and added two
fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and six passes defensed ... Was
named to his seventh consecutive Pro Bowl ... Was voted by his
teammates as the team’s Most Valuable Player and Most Inspirational
Player ... Missed season-opener at New England (8/31) while recovering
from arthroscopic knee surgery that he underwent on August 4 ...
Returned to the lineup at New Orleans (9/7) and led the club with 11
tackles, including a sack.
1996: Opened all 15 games in which he played at an inside
linebacker spot ... Led team in both tackles (138) and sacks (7) ...
Also collected two interceptions, three fumble recoveries, a forced
fumble and seven passes defensed ... Was named to sixth-consecutive Pro
Bowl ... Was voted a defensive captain by his teammates ... Earned
All-Pro honors from the Associated Press, The Sporting News and
Football Digest ... Garnered All-AFC honors from Football News and
United Press International.
1995: Started all 16 regular season games at an inside linebacker
spot ... Topped team’s tackle chart with 129 stops ... Also compiled
two sacks, a pair of interceptions, three fumble recoveries, a forced
fumble and eight passes defensed ... Was voted to fifth consecutive Pro
Bowl ... Earned All-Pro honors from the Associated Press, Football
Digest, The Sporting News and USA Today.
1994: Started all 16 games and registered a career-high 155 tackles
... Finished with 5.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble
and three passes defensed ... Was named to his fourth consecutive Pro
Bowl ... Had eight regular-season games and two postseason contests
with 10 or more tackles ... Led team in tackles in 14 of San Diego’s 19
games ... Won numerous postseason awards as well, including the True
Value Hardware NFL Man of Year and NFL’s Linebacker of Year by National
Football League Players Association for second straight season ... Also
was a first-team All-Pro selection by Associated Press, College &
Pro Football Newsweekly, Football Digest, Pro Football Weekly/Pro
Football Writers of America and Sporting News ... Earned first team
All-AFC honors from Football News and United Press International ...
Played the second half of the regular season and all of the postseason
with extremely painful pinched nerve in neck.
1993: Started all 16 games ... Led team with 129 tackles, including
19 stops behind line of scrimmage, also a team-best ... Added a pair of
interceptions, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble ... Made his third
consecutive trip to Pro Bowl and was selected as the team’s co-Most
Valuable Player ... Also was chosen as the NFL Player Association’s
Linebacker of Year ... Was named to All-Pro teams by Associated Press,
Football Digest, Pro Football Writers Association, The Sporting News,
College &
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COLLEGE
Lettered two years (1988-89) at USC . . . Was a unanimous first-team
All-America choice in 1989 after recording 19 sacks and 27 tackles
behind line of scrimmage . . . Posted six sacks in 1988 after sitting
out the previous season under NCAA Proposition 48 rules . . . Majored
in public administration.
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PERSONAL
Has three children: daughter, Sydney Beau (1993); sons Jake Ryan (1995)
and Hunter Tiaina (2000) ... Graduated from Oceanside (Calif.) High
School, where he played linebacker and tight end as senior ... Honors
included CIF San Diego Section Defensive Player of Year; All-State and
USA Today All-USA honorable mention; All-North County and Avocado
League Offensive Player of Year as senior and Parade Magazine’s
All-America Team ... Also was the San Diego Section Basketball Player
of Year and the Avocado League shot put champion his senior year ...
Was a member of California's All-Academic team with 3.6 grade point
average ... Started The Junior Seau Foundation in 1992 (website:
www.juniorseau.org) ... The Foundation's mission is “To educate and
empower young people through the support of child abuse prevention,
drug and alcohol awareness, recreational opportunities, anti-juvenile
delinquency efforts and complimentary educational programs” ...
Distributed $1,093,761 from January, 2003-June, 2005 to organizations
and programs serving children (includes annual funding of endowment)
... Funded two youth athletic fields in San Diego: the Junior Seau
Sports Complex and the Junior Seau Foundation Field at Polinsky
Children’s Center ... Funded athletic court at Camp Hope for the San
Diego Family Justice Center ... Spokesman for San Diego City Schools
breakfast program for disadvantaged children ... The “Junior Seau says
it’s Time for Breakfast” program was launched in 2004 ... Seau’s
Foundation donated $9,000 to provide breakfasts for kids missing the
guideline for city/state funding ... The Foundation received the
Community Award for Outstanding Service to Children and Families by the
Department of Child and Family Development of San Diego State
University in 2003 ... In San Diego, the Foundation takes 200
underprivileged children from local Boys and Girls Clubs holiday
shopping for gifts for their loved ones in the annual Shop with a Jock™
program ... Each child receives a $100 gift certificate and SHOPS with
either a professional or collegiate athlete ... In 2003, the Junior
Seau Foundation extended Shop with a Jock™ to Miami where Junior and
his Miami Dolphins teammates take 200 children from the South Florida
area shopping on two different occasions (Christmas and Thanksgiving)
... The Junior Seau Celebrity Golf Classic is the Foundation’s major
fundraising event ... Held at La Costa Resort & Spa in San Diego,
it is widely recognized as one of the premier events in Southern
California ... The three-day event includes a Golf Tournament, Team
Seau Dinner & Auction and Legends Party at SEAU’S The Restaurant
... Attended by many active and retired players from the NFL and media
personalities ... In addition, a Legend of the Year is honored for
commitment to family, to community and to sportsmanship ... Past
Legends include Sid Brooks, Lance Alworth, Sid Gillman, Don Coryell,
Marcus Allen and Deacon Jones ... The Foundation also holds an Annual
Teammates Luncheon, which honors a sports teammate for work on and off
the field ... Past honorees include Doug Flutie, Rodney Harrison, Drew
Brees and LaDainian Tomlinson with a portion of the proceeds directed
to honoree’s foundation or favorite charity ... The Foundation’s
Scholars of Excellence Program (funded by the NFL) has awarded more
than 200 scholarships to college-bound students ... In 2004, more than
206 college bound seniors applied for the 16 available scholarships ...
On Thanksgiving Day, dinner is prepared and served at SEAU’S The
Restaurant for 600 residents of homeless shelters, victims of domestic
violence, military families, and families from local Boys & Girls
Clubs ... Among the honors Seau has received for his charitable
endeavors include the True Value Hardware NFL Man of Year, (1994);
National Boys and Girls Clubs Hall of Fame (1999); San Diego Hall of
Champions Professional Star of the Year, (1992); Christian Okoye’s
Humane Award (2004); NFL United Way representative (San Diego Chargers:
1992 and 1999); JB Award which recognizes NFL players for dedication to
build better families and stronger communities (2005) ... One of 100
most influential Asian Americans (1990s) by A Magazine; Spokesman for
the National Beer Wholesaler’s Association appearing on national PSA’s
to curb underage drinking and stop illegal alcohol consumption among
youth; The 2003 Spirit of San Diego Award from the San Diego Chamber of
Commerce for community commitment and leadership ... This past May, the
Foundation was honored by President George W. Bush in the East Room at
the White House with the “Volunteer Service Award,” as part of the
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration ... Junior was on
hand to personally accept the award ... Opened SEAU’S The Restaurant in
1996, which consistently has been voted San Diego’s most popular
sports-themed restaurant ... SEAU’S has been featured in People
Magazine (2002 Super Bowl edition), USA Today, Westways (May 2003), and
was featured on the cover of San Diego Magazine (May 2003) ... The
fifth of six children ... Born in San Diego, Junior and his family
moved to American Samoa, and then returned to California prior to
entering grade school ... Did not speak English until age seven ...
Begins each day with early morning gym workout ... An avid golfer,
scored a double-eagle at San Diego’s La Jolla Country Club ... Full
name is Tiaina Baul Seau Jr., born January 19,1969 in San Diego,
California.
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