Mike Vrabel
Mike Vrabel was born in Akron, Ohio, United States on August 14th, 1975 and is the Football Player. At the age of 49, Mike Vrabel 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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Michael George Vrabel (born August 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).
He played college football at Ohio State University, where he received consensus All-American awards.
In the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an All-Pro and a three-time Super Bowl champion, then spent his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was the linebackers and defensive line coach at Ohio State for three seasons after retiring as a player following the 2010 season.
Before being hired in 2018 as head coach of the Titans, his NFL coaching career began in 2014 with the Houston Texans as linebackers coach and then defensive coordinator.
Early years
Vrabel was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended Walsh Jesuit High School in nearby Cuyahoga Falls, where he was a standout on their football team coached by Andrew Slome in 1993.
Personal life
Tyler and Carter are two sons of Vrabel and his wife, Jennifer. Tyler worked on the offensive line for the Boston College Eagles football team for three years and proclaimed himself for the 2022 NFL Draft. Tyler was undrafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2022 preseason. Carter signed up to play baseball at Wabash Valley College in September 2019. With his Ohio State colleagues Ryan Miller and Luke Fickell, Vrabel founded the "Mike's Second and Seven Foundation" to promote literacy in the Ohio area.
In March 2011, Vrabel was arrested and charged with a Class D felony for stealing at an Indiana casino. The incident involved eight bottles of beer at a deli, according to KMBC and ProFootballTalk.com's reports. After releasing a $600 bond, Vrabel was released.
Playing career
Vrabel was given a scholarship to attend Ohio State University and played defensively from 1993 to 1996. As a freshman, he had twelve quarterback sacks, thirteen as a junior, and forty-eight tackles and nine sacks as a senior. He was named as a consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 1996. Vrabel played for Ohio State in 1995 and 1996, becoming the first of two players to win the award twice (Wendell Bryant of Wisconsin being the other). For a loss, he had 36 sacks and 66 tackles.
In 2000, he was named to the Ohio State Football All-Centure team, and in 2012 he was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.
In the third round (91st overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft, Vrabel was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He spent the first four seasons of his life in Pittsburgh. Drew Bledsoe was fired by Drew Bledsoe in the 1997–98 AFC Divisional Playoffs, clinching a 7–6 victory for the Steelers in his rookie season as his Steelers' most memorable play. In 1998, Vrabel had 12 tackles and 2.5 sacks; 9 tackles and two sacks; and 12 tackles, one sack, and one sack.
For the 2001 season, Vrabel was a free agent for the New England Patriots. He appeared in every game on defense, beginning in 12. He will occasionally appear as an eligible receiver, bringing the game to a close end. In 2004, Bill Belichick profited from this. In Super Bowl XXVIII, he used to be a hero. Tom Brady threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Vrabel in the fourth quarter, making Vrabel the first defensive player to score a Super Bowl touchdown on offense since William "Refrigerator" Perry did not play for the Chicago Bears against the Patriots in 1986. Vrabel was one of the defensive stars as well; he had two sacks (one causing a fumble) of Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme.
Despite being intercepted by Philadelphia's Jevon Kearse in Super Bowl XXIX in 2005, Vrabel scored a two-yard touchdown pass, a feat that was replicated on the back cover of the 2005 NFL Record and Fact Book. He was one of 17 players to have two or more touchdown passes in Super Bowls at the reception.
Vrabel had ten receptions in 14 targets, all for touchdowns. He caught three in 2002, three in 2005, three in 2005, three in 2007, and two in 2007, all with the Patriots, with one in Super Bowl XXVIII and XXXIX, and one in 2010 and 2010 with the Chiefs, as well as one each in Super Bowls XXVI and XXIX. According to the website Cold Hard Football Facts, no other player in football history has a better track record at converting receptions to touchdowns. His versatility was good enough for NFL Network to place him seventh on their Top ten episode of the Most Versatile Players.
Vrabel had three sacks, three interceptions, recovered an onside kick, and scored an offensive touchdown against the Washington Redskins, for which he was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. In December 2007, he was selected to begin his football career; in January 2008, he was named to the NFL All-Pro team for the 2007 season.
Vrabel became the first player to have two touchdown catches and a sack in the same game on ABC on December 26, 2005.
Though right outside linebacker in Vrabel's first four seasons with New England, the 2005 Patriots climbed to the top of the linebacker's overall success, despite the fact that he had never been outside in the league before. By the time Tedy Bruschi recovered from injury, he and Vrabel were the two guys working inside. Rosevelt Colvin successfully filled Vrabel's old position, and some believe the change in positions was a major contributor to the Patriots' revival in the second half of the season. After junior Seau sustained a broken arm, Vrabel stepped inside late in the 2006 season.
The Patriots cut Vrabel to the Kansas City Chiefs on February 27, 2009, bringing what was previously reported as an undisclosed draft pick. The Patriots traded both Vrabel and Matt Cassel in exchange for the Chiefs' second round pick, the 34th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Coaching career
Vrabel was fired on July 10, 2011 to serve as the Ohio State linebackers coach. Urban Meyer, the 2011 new head coach of Ohio State, decided to keep Vrabel as part of his coaching staff as a defensive line coach.
The Houston Texans recruited Vrabel as a linebackers coach on January 10, 2014. The Texans ranked third in the NFL in yards allowed per game after three seasons as linebackers coach. The San Francisco 49ers offered Vrabel their defensive coordinator position in January 2016, but Vrabel turned down the job and remained in Houston. The Texans named Vrabel as their defensive coordinator in January 2017, swapping out veteran coordinator Romeo Crennel to assistant head coach. J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney, Whitney Mercilus, and Benardrick McKinney were among the athletes coached by J.J. Watt, J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney, Whitney Mercilus, and Benardrick McKinney.
Vrabel was hired as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans on a five-year contract on January 20, 2018. In Week 2 of Vrabel's first career victory as a head coach, he defeated the Houston Texans 20-17. In a Week 4 upset, he led the Titans to a 26–23 overtime victory over the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles. In a 34–10 victory over the New England Patriots on November 11, 2018, Vrabel defeated his former longtime coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. The Titans' defense improved from the 13th-ranked defense in 2017 to the eighth-ranked defense in 2018. The Titans barely escaped the playoffs by one game and finished the 2018 season with a 9–7 record.
The Titans finished 9-7 this season, but this will not be enough to make the playoffs as a sixth seed. After losing 16–0 to the Denver Broncos in Week 6, Vrabel decided to bench quarterback Marcus Mariota in favour of Ryan Tannehill, a move that resulted in the Titans winning seven of their final ten games despite starting 2–4.
Tennessee defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 20–13, thanks in large part to running back Derrick Henry's 204 yards from scrimmage to advance to the Divisional Round. The Titans thrashed the Baltimore Ravens, winning 28–12 behind another spectacular showing from Henry, who had 202 scrimmage yards and a passing touchdown on a trick play. With victory, the Titans earned their first AFC Championship in seventeen years, where they were eliminated by the eventual Super Bowl LIV champion Kansas City Chiefs 35-24. He was named AP Coach of the Year for his 2021-22 NFL season.
