Kenyon Coleman
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| Height: | 6'5" |
| Weight: | 295 lbs |
| Age: | 30 |
| Years With Jets: | |
| College: | UCLA |
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
■ Led Jets D-linemen in 2007 with career-high 90 tackles and established personal best with 14 starts in first season as full-time starter
■ Sacked Donovan McNabb for first sack as a Jet in Game 6 vs. PHI.
■ Recorded career highs of 12 tackles and eight solos in first game as a Jet in 2007 season opener vs. NE.
■ Played in one postseason game (DAL, 2006), recording four tackles.
SEASON BY SEASON
2007 (JETS) Started and led Jets with nine tackles Game 15 at TEN. ... Started 11th consecutive game, recording team-high nine tackles (six solo) Thanksgiving Day at DAL. ... Tackled Willie Park for 1-yard loss and split 4-yard sack of Ben Roethlisberger with Dewayne Robertson, both tackles coming in fourth quarter of Game 10 win over PIT. ... Sacked Donovan McNabb for first sack as a Jet in Game 6 vs. PHI.
2006 (DAL) Notched five tackles, his most as a Cowboy, and one sack in Week 15 at ATL. ... Tallied a sack in Week 7 vs. NYG. … Posted three tackles and one sack in Week 2 vs. WAS.
2005 (DAL) Recorded four tackles and half sack in Week 4 at OAK. … Made first NFL start and recorded two tackles in Week 1 at SD.
2004 (DAL) Recorded one sack in Week 11 at BAL.
2003 (DAL) Recorded first career sack in Week 5 vs. ARI when he tackled QB Jeff Blake for a safety.
2002 (OAK) Traveled to Super Bowl XXXVII with Raiders but was inactive for game. ... Made NFL debut in Week 5 at BUF, recording one solo tackle.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
■ Signed with Jets as UFA 3/6/07.
■ Acquired by DAL 8/31/03 via trade from OAK.
■ Selected by OAK in fifth round (147th overall) of 2002 NFL Draft.
BEFORE THE NFL
■ Posted 138 tackles, 16.5 sacks and 34 TFL at UCLA.
■ All-Pac 10 selection as senior after posting 44 tackles, 15 TFL and team-high 8.5 sacks.
■ Lettered three years along offensive and defensive lines at Alta Loma (Calif.) HS, where he was named PrepStar All-American as fourth-ranked OL in the West.
■ Played three years of varsity basketball.
OFF THE FIELD
■ Attended Taste of the NFL in partnership with ShopRite 5/3/07 to help raise money to fight hunger in metropolitan area.
■ Majored in philosophy at UCLA.
■ Wife, Katie, daughter, Kailah, and son, Kaleb.
