![]() Francisco with the Cardinals in 2005 | |||||||||||
No. 47, 43 | |||||||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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Born: | Lā'ie, Hawai'i, U.S. | July 3, 1983||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Kahuku (Kahuku, Hawaii) | ||||||||||
College: | Brigham Young | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
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Aaron Francisco (born July 5, 1983) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at BYU.
He was also a member of the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, and Tennessee Titans.
Aaron Francisco attended Kahuku High School in Kahuku, Hawai'i (Oahu), and was an All State and All Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) selection as a senior. Francisco helped to lead Kahuku to their first State Championship in 2000.
He recorded 88 tackles (43 solo) as a senior in 2004 at BYU. He finished his career with 330 tackles (167 solo) and seven interceptions and was named first-team All-Mountain West Conference selection as a junior in 2003.
Francisco signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Francisco was famously defending Santonio Holmes on the Steelers' game winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII, a play which made the cover of Sports Illustrated . [1]
Francisco signed with the Detroit Lions on August 17, 2011. He was released by the Lions on September 3, 2011.
Francisco signed a one-year deal with the Tennessee Titans on July 20, 2012. He was waived by the Titans on August 31, 2012.
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2005 | ARI | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | ARI | 16 | 2 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | ARI | 10 | 3 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | ARI | 16 | 4 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | IND | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | IND | 12 | 12 | 59 | 45 | 14 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
75 | 23 | 218 | 182 | 36 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2008 | ARI | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | IND | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | IND | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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