Sam Cowart - #56 - LB - Florida State - Profile

PRO: Has played in 76 career regular season games, making 71 starts, and has recorded 786 tackles, 25 PD, 10.5 sacks, four INT for 27 yards, five FF and four FR ... Missed final 15 games of the 2001 season after suffering from a torn Achilles tendon ... Has exclipses the 100-tackle mark in 5 out of 6 season that he has played in the NFL, including a team-high 154 tackles in 2002, his first season with the Jets ... Has played both inside LB and outside LB during his career and is expected to play inside in 2004 ... a veteran of 4 NFL postseason contests, Coward has collected 38 tackles and a PD during the playoffs.

COLLEGE: Led the Seminoles in tackles as a senior with 116(62 solo) and also had a career-high four sacks en route to earing first-team All-ACC honors ... Was a first-team All-American selection by a numver of organizations including The Sporting News, Football News and The Sports Network ... Set an FSU single-season record by recovering three fumbles for TD as a senior and was a finalist for the Dick Butkus and Bronko Nagurski Awards as well as a Football News National Defensive Player of the Year finalist.

PERSONAL: Engaged to Markeisha ... daughter, Deja ... son, Samuel Cowart IV ... teamed up with Mayor's Office and Verizon Wireless to combat domestic violence through the HomeLine Phone Recycling Program in 2002 ... Featured in the Jets/Purina Pets for People 2004 calendar in December ...

From 2004 Jets Media Guide