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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Pacoima, California, U.S. | March 13, 1977||||||
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High school: | William Howard Taft (Woodland Hills, California) | ||||||
College: | Arizona | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 7 / pick: 251 | ||||||
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DaShon Lamor Polk (born March 13, 1977) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans.
Polk was born in Pacoima, California and attended Taft High School where he was selected for All-City. [1] Polk played college football at the University of Arizona and was a three-year starter. [2]
Polk was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round (251st pick overall) in the 2000 NFL draft. [3] [4] He played for the Bills from 2000 to 2003, before playing for the Houston Texans from 2004 to 2006. Polk played seven seasons, accumulating 224 tackles, 4.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles, in the NFL before retiring. [5] Now Dashon L. Polk has retired (2007). He has a wife of 17 years and 3 children.
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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 | ||
2000 | BUF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | BUF | 16 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | HOU | 16 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | HOU | 16 | 11 | 94 | 64 | 30 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | HOU | 10 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
95 | 16 | 230 | 156 | 74 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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