Darnell Dockett
Darnell Dockett was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on May 27th, 1981 and is the Football Player. At the age of 42, Darnell Dockett biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Darnell Maurice Dockett (born May 27, 1981) is a former American football defensive end who spent ten seasons with the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL).
In the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft, the Cardinals drafted him.
He played college football at Florida State University. Dockett played defensive tackle for the first five seasons of his career before the Cardinals switched to a 3–4 defense, causing him to play defensively.
Personal life
Dockett's mother was murdered in her house when Dockett was thirteen years old; no one was ever arrested for the homicide. Dockett was raised by his uncle, Kevin Dockett, after his father died of cancer four months later.
High school career
Dockett joined football only a few years ago. He went the wrong way in his first youth league game by failing to ensure a safety against his team. He attended Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland, where he set a school record of 47 sacks in his career. As a senior, I recorded 171 tackles (109 solo), two caused fumbles, three recovered, three blocked punts, and an interception was returned for a touchdown, earning Maryland Player of the Year and Parade All-American honors as well as All-American picks.
Dockett, a highly regarded candidate, was ranked No. 1 in the world. According to The Sporting News, the 17 most promising in the world. Dockett selected Florida State over Ohio State and North Carolina among other schools.
College career
Dockett played football for Florida State University, where he played for coach Bobby Bowden's Florida State Seminoles football team. Dockett redshirted his first year at Florida State as the Seminoles went wire-to-wire in 1999 as national champions after a late season injury. They had to add interior defensive linemen Corey Simon and Jerry Johnson to the starting lineup in 2000. Dockett has landed a spot at defensive tackle, starting the season in the last ten games of the year. He had 66 total tackles (including 32 unassisted), the most on the team and the most freshmen on the team, and tied for the team's most tackles (19). Dockett also acquired a team-high 18 quarterback hurries, as well as seven sacks (third on the team). He was named the year's best defensive player of the year by Football News, and his career earned him freshman All-America honors.
Dockett, a sophomore, debuted as one of the best defensive linemen in college football, playing in all 12 games for the Seminoles, including the 2002 Gator Bowl. Despite often being drawn double-teams, he led all defensive linemen with 68 total tackles and set a new Florida State single season record of 22 tackles for loss. With five tackles for loss in a single game, he set a new school record for the final game of the regular season against Georgia Tech. Dockett was also responsible for 19 quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles on the team. He was a first-team All-ACC pick.
Dockett played in all 13 games of his junior season and had at least four tackles in 12 of those games, making him a fixture at defensive tackle. Despite Ron Simmons' 22-year-old school record of 44 career tackles for loss against Clemson, consistent double-teams resulted in fewer sacks and tackles for injury on the season. He was also ranked second on the team with 15 quarterback hurries. Since pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge, he was suspended from the team for the 2003 Sugar Bowl.
Dockett spent his college career as a four-year starter. He had 10.5 sacks and 247 tackles (123 solo tackles, 124 assisted tackles), and set a school record of 6 tackles for loss, as well as a school record of 647 tackles.
Professional career
Although he was supposed to be drafted in the third round by the Arizona Cardinals, Dockett was not selected by the Arizona Cardinals because his previous arrests and run-ins with coaching staffs scared off a large number of teams. In his first three seasons, he had a relatively quiet first few seasons with six sacks in his first three seasons. In sixteen starts, the 2007 season was his breakthrough season, with nine sacks in nine starts. Then had four sacks in 16 starts in the 2008/9 season, while the Cardinals defeated the NFC West with a 9-7 record. They then had a surprising playoff run to Super Bowl XLIII (which they lost 27-23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers) with Dockett sacking three times in the game, tying Reggie White's record.
Dockett was often lined up at defensive end as Arizona's defense changed to a 3-4 defense.
Dockett was selected to play in the 2010 Pro Bowl as a Defensive Tackle.
The Cardinals signed Dockett to a six-year, $56 million contract extension on September 1, 2010, with $30 million as a guarantee. This would have kept him with the team through the 2015 season. Dockett said during the press conference that he wanted to "retire an Arizona Cardinal."
"If I'm on the chicago team jay cutler must wait until me and the team shower get dressed and leave before he arrives in the locker room," says Dockett, one of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler's critics.
Dockett tore his ACL on August 18, 2014, putting an end to his 2014 debut.
Dockett was released by the Cardinals on February 27, 2015.
Dockett decided to a two-year, $7.5 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers on March 5, 2015, but Dockett was suspended on September 4, 2015.
Dockett would resign on July 24, 2016, according to the paper. He resigned with the Cardinals on a one-day deal the next day.