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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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Born: | Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. | July 11, 1974||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Valley Forge (PA) Military | ||||||||||
College: | West Virginia | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1999 / round: 3 / pick: 75 | ||||||||||
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Gary Stills (born July 11, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft, and also played for the Baltimore Ravens, St. Louis Rams and Las Vegas Locomotives.
Stills attended Valley Forge Military Academy, where as a senior he registered 162 tackles with 7.5 sacks.
Stills played college football at West Virginia University. During his career, he finished with 159 tackles and 26 sacks. He majored in sports management.
His best season was in 1997. As a junior, he finished the year with 12 sacks. In the season opener against Marshall, Stills had a school-record 4 sacks. He finished the year with 67 total tackles while earning all-Big East honors.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 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 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) | 238 lb (108 kg) | 32+7⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 4.73 s | 1.61 s | 2.75 s | 4.28 s | 7.33 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 23 reps | |
All values from the NFL Combine [1] [2] |
Stills was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round (75th overall) in the 1999 NFL draft. [3] In his rookie year, he only played in two games and was inactive for the other 14. In 2000, he played 11 games on special teams and finished the year with ten tackles. The following year, he posted 15 tackles and also had a period in NFL Europe, playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy. In 2002, he played in all 16 games and finished the campaign with a career high 44 tackles and two sacks. 2003 was another solid year for Stills, who recorded 38 tackles and a career high three sacks. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl. In 2004, he played in 16 games making 30 tackles and 2.5 sacks. In his final year with the Chiefs, he recorded 19 tackles. He was known for his tremendous special teams play, and his famous celebration in which he "punches the ground" after he would tackle a returner. However, the Chiefs later released Stills. [4]
Stills signed with the Baltimore Ravens before the 2006 season. In his first year with the franchise, he played in 16 games and recorded a team record 44 special teams tackles. In 2007, he again played in 16 games and finished the season with 15 tackles and one sack. He was released from the Ravens on August 30, 2008, during final cuts.
Two days after being let go by the Ravens, Stills was signed by the St. Louis Rams on September 1, 2008. [5]
Stills was drafted by the Las Vegas Locomotives on June 18, 2009.
Season | Team | Games | Combined tackles | Tackles | Assisted tackles | Sacks | Forced fumbles | Fumble recoveries |
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1999 | KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | KC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2001 | KC | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | KC | 16 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | KC | 16 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 |
2004 | KC | 16 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 |
2005 | KC | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | BAL | 16 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | BAL | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | STL | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Career | 134 | 191 | 174 | 17 | 8.5 | 6 | 10 |
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