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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Sallisaw, Oklahoma, U.S. | August 24, 1983||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Sallisaw (OK) | ||||||
College: | Kansas | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2008 / Round: 4 / Pick: 132 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Derek Fine (born August 24, 1983) is a former American football tight end. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Kansas.
Fine was also a member of the St. Louis Rams and Houston Texans.
In his junior year at Kansas, Fine received the Gale Sayers Award for the team's most courageous player. [1] He was a team captain in his senior year, in which he caught 46 passes for 394 total receiving yards. He was a part of the Jayhawks team that went 12-1 and won the 2008 Orange Bowl. [2]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 251 lb (114 kg) | 4.85 s | 1.65 s | 2.78 s | 4.19 s | 6.80 s | 29 in (0.74 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 24 reps | |||
All values from NFL Combine. [3] |
The Buffalo Bills selected Fine in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft, with the 132nd overall selection. [4]
On November 2, 2008 Fine caught his first pass in the NFL against the New York Jets. The reception was a 9-yard touchdown pass thrown by quarterback Trent Edwards.
In 2009, during a game against the New York Jets, Fine was battling Jets linebacker Marques Murrell and eventually started a fight with Murrell and Murrell's teammate James Ihedigbo. This fight led to Ihedigbo being ejected for trying to land a punch on Fine.
Fine was placed on injured reserve on September 22, 2009 and was replaced by Joe Klopfenstein. He was waived on February 16, 2010. [5]
Fine was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Rams on February 17, 2010. He was waived on March 5, 2010.
Fine was signed by the Houston Texans on June 16, 2010.
On September 5, 2010, Fine was waived by the Houston Texans.
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