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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Madison, Illinois, U.S. | February 23, 1994||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 331 lb (150 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois) | ||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||
NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 96 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Vincent Valentine (born February 23, 1994) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. He played college football at Nebraska. [1]
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 3+5⁄8 in (1.92 m) | 329 lb (149 kg) | 33+1⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 5.19 s | 1.77 s | 2.99 s | 4.59 s | 8.03 s | 29 in (0.74 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 17 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine [2] [3] |
Valentine was selected by the Patriots in the third round, 96th overall, in the 2016 NFL draft. [4] Valentine entered training camp competing to be a backup defensive tackle with Markus Kuhn, Woodrow Hamilton, Joe Vellano, and Anthony Johnson. He won the backup job and began the regular season as the Patriot's primary backup defensive tackle behind veteran starting defensive tackles Malcom Brown and Alan Branch. [5]
Valentine made his professional debut in the season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, where he recorded his first career sack against quarterback Carson Palmer.
On February 5, 2017, Valentine was part of the Patriots team that won Super Bowl LI. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime. [6]
On September 22, 2017, the Patriots placed Valentine on injured reserve after dealing with a knee injury. [7] The Patriots made it to Super Bowl LII without Valentine, but lost 41–33 to the Philadelphia Eagles.
On September 1, 2018, Valentine was waived by the Patriots and was signed to the practice squad the next day. [8] [9] He was released on October 8, 2018. [10]
On October 31, 2018, Valentine was signed to the Arizona Cardinals practice squad. [11] He was released on November 27, 2018. [12]
On December 4, 2018, Valentine was signed to the Seattle Seahawks practice squad after a tryout the previous day. [13]
On December 11, 2018, Valentine was signed by the Cardinals off the Seahawks practice squad. [14] He was waived/injured on August 7, and reverted to injured reserve after clearing waivers on August 8. He was waived from injured reserve on August 30, 2019.
In college, he was a journalism major, and earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2013. Valentine also volunteered his time with Uplifting Athletes and part of team hospital visits while with the Huskers.
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