Isaiah Irving

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Isaiah Irving
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Irving with the Chicago Bears in 2019
No. 47, 54
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1994-06-09) June 9, 1994 (age 29)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:254 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school: Cypress Creek
(Houston, Texas)
College: San Jose State
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:27
Sacks:1.0
Fumble recoveries:1
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Isaiah Emmanuel Irving (born June 9, 1994) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at San Jose State.

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Early years and college career

Born in Oakland, California, Irving was raised in Vacaville, California and Houston, Texas. He graduated from Cypress Creek High School in Houston in 2013. [1] [2]

Irving appeared in 47 games with 37 starts for the Spartans, recording 140 tackles, 23 tackles-for-loss, 11 sacks and 1 forced fumble. He was named honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference as a senior and led the team in sacks. [2]

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Irving signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017. [3] He was waived on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the Bears' practice squad the next day. [4] [5] He was promoted to the active roster on October 9, 2017. [6] He was placed on injured reserve on December 2, 2017 with a knee injury. [7]

In 2018, Irving appeared in 13 games, during which he recorded eight tackles and a sack, the latter of which came against Nathan Peterman of the Buffalo Bills. [8] [9] He was an exclusive-rights free agent after the 2018 season, but returned to the Bears after being tendered a contract on March 13, 2019, [8] which he signed on April 15. [10]

Irving re-signed with the Bears on a one-year contract on April 3, 2020. [11] He was waived/injured on September 5, 2020, [12] and subsequently reverted to the team's injured reserve list the next day. He was waived with an injury settlement on September 7. [13]

Denver Broncos

On September 16, 2020, Irving was signed to the Denver Broncos practice squad. [14]

Arizona Cardinals

On October 15, 2020, Irving was signed by the Arizona Cardinals off the Broncos practice squad. [15] On October 27, 2020, Irving was placed on injured reserve after suffering a neck injury in Week 7. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Isaiah Irving Stats, News and Video - LB". NFL.com .
  2. 1 2 "Isaiah Irving". SJSUSpartans.com. San Jose State University. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mayer, Larry (May 11, 2017). "Bears sign 13 undrafted rookies". ChicagoBears.com.
  4. ↑ Mayer, Larry (September 2, 2017). "Bears reach NFL's 53-man roster limit". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Mayer, Larry (September 4, 2017). "Bears sign Jenkins, nine to practice squad". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bears promote OLB Isaiah Irving to active roster". USAToday.com. October 9, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ Mayer, Larry (December 2, 2017). "Bears activate Deiondre' Hall off IR". ChicagoBears.com.
  8. 1 2 Eurich, Matt (March 13, 2019). "Bears tender three players, including Roy Robertson-Harris". 247Sports.com . Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Bears vs. Bills - Play-By-Play". ESPN . Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ Barbieri, Alyssa (April 15, 2019). "Bears re-sign Roy Robertson-Harris and Isaiah Irving". USA Today . Bears Wire. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ Mayer, Larry (April 3, 2020). "Roster Moves: Bears sign OLBs Mingo, Irving". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ Mayer, Larry (September 5, 2020). "Roster Moves: Chicago Bears announce 53-man roster". ChicagoBears.com.
  13. ↑ "Isaiah Irving: Waived with injury settlement". CBSSports.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  14. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (September 16, 2020). "Broncos promote CB De'Vante Bausby to active roster, sign OLB Isaiah Irving to practice squad". DenverBroncos.com.
  15. ↑ Urban, Darren (October 15, 2020). "Cardinals Sign Isaiah Irving To Help At Linebacker; Chandler Jones To IR". AZCardinals.com.
  16. ↑ Urban, Darren (October 27, 2020). "Cardinals Place Zach Allen, Isaiah Irving On Injured Reserve". AZCardinals.com.
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