Bryant McFadden life and biography

Bryant McFadden is an American football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.

Returns to Pittsburgh via a trade from the Arizona Cardinals…signed a two-year contract with the Cardinals on March 8, 2009, as an unrestricted free agent from the Pittsburgh Steelers…originally drafted by the Steelers in the second-round (62nd overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft…played his first four seasons in Pittsburgh and appeared in 51 regular season games with 18 starts.

2009 (16-16/2-2): Started all 16 regular season games and both postseason contests for the first time in his career in his first season with Arizona…established career-highs with 27 passes defended and 78 tackles…9/13 vs. San Francisco: Started first game as a Cardinal and tied for the team lead with seven tackles and two passes defended…9/20 at Jacksonville: Recorded a team-high four passes defended…10/11 vs. Houston: Recorded team-highs with10 tackles and four passes defended…10/18 at Seattle: Had two passes defended…set a new single-season career-high in just five games, surpassing old mark of 12 set in 16 games in 2006 …10/25 at New York Giants: Led team with a career-high eight passes defended…11/22 at St. Louis: Made career-best 10th start of the season…had one tackle and one pass defended before leaving the game in the second quarter with a knee injury…11/29 at Tennessee: Totaled five tackles and registered first fumble recovery as a Cardinal in the fourth quarter…1/10 vs. Green Bay: Totaled seven tackles in first postseason game as a Cardinal in the Wild Card matchup…1/16 at New Orleans: For the second straight week registered a postseason career-high seven tackles in the Divisional game.

2008 (10-8/3-3): 9/7 vs. Houston: Played in his 10th straight game as a reserve at DB and as a contributor on special teams…recorded four tackles (three solo)…9/14 at Cleveland: Made his 11th career start in place of the injured Deshea Townsend…finished with six tackles (five solo), one interception, two pass defenses and one QB pressure…his interception in the second quarter set up the Steelers only touchdown of the night…9/21 at Philadelphia: Made his second consecutive start at CB in place of Townsend…led the team with a season-high 10 tackles (nine solo) and two passes defended…recovered a Tony Hunt fumble in the second quarter that was forced by Orpheus Roye, leading to a field goal…had a diving interception of Donovan McNabb in the second quarter, leading to another Steelers field goal…9/29 vs. Baltimore: Made his third consecutive start at CB and recorded six tackles (five solo), including one tackle for loss…had one pass defense…10/5 at Jacksonville: Made his fourth consecutive start at CB...led the team in both tackles with eight (six solo) and in pass defenses with three…10/19 at Cincinnati: Started his fifth consecutive game at CB…finished with five solo tackles…left the game early with an arm injury…10/26 vs. New York Giants: Was inactive with an arm injury…11/3 at Washington: Was inactive with an arm injury…11/9 vs. Indianapolis: Was inactive with an arm injury…11/16 vs. San Diego: Was inactive with an arm injury…11/20 vs. Cincinnati: Was inactive with an arm injury…11/30 at New England: Was inactive with an arm injury…12/7 vs. Dallas: Returned to the lineup after missing six games with an arm injury…had two solo tackles…12/14 at Baltimore: Made his sixth start of the season at CB…finished with five tackles (four solo)…12/21 at Tennessee: Made his second consecutive start at CB…finished with four tackles (three solo) and two pass defenses…12/28 vs. Cleveland: Made his third consecutive start at CB…had four tackles (two solo) and had one pass defense…recorded his first sack of the season…AFC Divisional Game 1/11 vs. San Diego: Made his first career postseason start at CB…AFC Championship Game 1/18 vs. Baltimore: Made his second consecutive postseason start at CB…finished with one assisted tackle, one pass defense and one QB pressure…Super Bowl XLIII 2/1 vs. Arizona: Made his third consecutive postseason start at CB…finished with three solo tackles.

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