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Jason Babin
Jason Babin
Jason Babin Free Agents — No. -Defensive end Date of birth: May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24) Place of birth: Kalamazoo, Michigan Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Professional debut 2004 for the Houston Texans Career history College: Western Michigan NFL Draft: 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27 Teams: • Houston Texans (2004–2006) • Seattle Seahawks (2007–2008) • Kansas City Chiefs (2008–2009) Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards • No notable achievements Selected NFL statistics (through Week 10 of the 2008 NFL season) Tackles Sacks INTs
Stats at NFL.com
Early years
Babin attended Paw Paw High School and lettered in football and wrestling. In football, he was a two-time team Defensive MVP, and was an All-Kalamazoo Valley Association first team choice as a senior. In wrestling, he was the state champion as a senior. Babin came back from a broken leg his senior year, playing in the last 3 games and earning a scholarship from Western Michigan University.
Weight: 260 lb (120 kg)
College career
Babin attended Western Michigan University and finished his college football career with 38 sacks, 299 tackles, eight forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. Babin Started 25 of 47 games at WMU, setting Broncos’ career marks in sacks (38) and tackles for loss (75), two passes defensed, and three receptions for 55 yards. Babin also blocked three punts. He started all 12 games at left defensive end as a senior, earning First-team All-America honors from The NFL Draft Report and College Sports Report and added Secondteam honors from Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, and College Football News. He was a First-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and league’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, in addition to being team captain, team MVP. As a senior he made 115 tackles and matched career high with 15 sacks and made 33 stops behind the line of scrimmage. As a junior he started all 12 games as made 94 tackles (26 for loss), 15 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and two passesdefensed abd he also blocked two punts and caught three passes for 35 yards He made 56 tackles (13 for loss) as a sophomore, plusteam-leading seven sacks and two forcedfumbles. Babin also blocked a punt Babin played in all 12 games, collecting 34 tackles as the only true freshman to earn a letter. (* represents NFL Combine; **represents Western Michigan Pro Day) [2]
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Jason Thomas Babin (born May 24, 1980 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American football defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans 27th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Western Michigan. He was known for having a pre-game ritual where Friday nights before games Babin would eat an entire bucket of fried chicken, bones and all, to psych himself up.[1] Babin has also played for the Seattle Seahawks.
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Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 1.62 * 20-yd split 2.62 * 20 ss 3-cone Vert
Jason Babin
Broad BP Wonderlic 28 X *
6-2⅝ 260 lb 4.58 ** * *
4.14 7.03 * *
34 in. 10’01" * **
Professional career
Houston Texans
Babin was drafted by Houston Texans in first round (27th pick overall) of 2004 NFL Draft. He was signed to a five-year $6 million contract by Texans on June 26, 2004.[3] He played 16 games in his rookie season for Houston, making 63 tackles and 4 sacks. In 2005, he played in 12 games, and made 35 tackles. He matched his 2004 sack mark with four and also forced two fumbles. In 2006, he played 15 games, getting 26 tackles and a career-high five sacks.
Kansas City Chiefs
Babin was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on November 12, 2008, after defensive end Brian Johnston was placed on injured reserve. After the 2008 season, Babin was a free agent and has yet to sign with any team.
References
Seattle Seahawks
On September 1, 2007, Babin was acquired by the Seattle Seahawks from the Houston Texans in exchange for safety Michael Boulware. He was released by the Seahawks on September 17, 2008 after the team acquired wide receiver Keary Colbert from the Denver Broncos.
[1] College Football Encyclopedia:The Complete History of The Game [2] "Jason Babin", NFL Draft Scout.com, March 25, 2009, http://209.85.173.132/ search?q=cache:lMvcCAAYTuYJ:www.nfldraftscout.c ratings/ dsprofile.php%3Fpyid%3D58213%26draftyear%3D20 retrieved on April 26, 2009. [3] USA Today
External links
• Kansas City Chiefs bio
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