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Position: | Defensive end Defensive tackle | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | August 20, 1971||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Hazelwood East (St. Louis, Missouri) | ||||||||
College: | Indiana (1989–1993) | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Bernard Maurice Whittington (born August 20, 1971) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). [1] He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994 to 2000 and for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2001 to 2002. [2]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1994 | IND | 13 | 8 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | IND | 16 | 13 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | IND | 16 | 14 | 66 | 46 | 20 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | IND | 15 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | IND | 15 | 11 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | IND | 15 | 15 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | IND | 15 | 12 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | CIN | 16 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | CIN | 16 | 11 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
137 | 95 | 376 | 271 | 105 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1995 | IND | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | IND | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | IND | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | IND | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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