Nick Eason life and biography

PRO (69-9/4-0): Signed a one-year contract with the Steelers on April 8, 2010…signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent on April 16, 2007…originally drafted by Denver in the fourth round(114th overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft…has also played for the Denver Broncos (2003) and Cleveland Browns (2004-2007).

2009 (8-5): Played in eight and started five games at DE replacing the injured Travis Krischke…had 18 tackles…9/10 vs. Tennessee: Was inactive…9/20 at Chicago: Was inactive…9/27 at Cincinnati: Was inactive…10/3: Released by Steelers…10/5…Signed by Steelers…10/11 at Detroit: Was inactive…10/18 vs. Cleveland: Played in his first game of the season as a contributor on defense...recorded one tackle and one pressure…10/25 vs. Minnesota: Played in his second game of the season as a contributor on defense…recorded one solo tackle and one pressure…11/9 at Denver: Made his first start of the season replacing the injured Travis Kirschke…recorded one solo tackle…11/15 vs. Cincinnati: Made his second start of the season…recorded two solo tackles and one pressure…11/22 at Kansas City: Made his third consecutive start at LE…recorded two solo tackles and one pass breakup…11/29 at Baltimore: Was inactive…12/6 vs. Oakland: Made his fourth start of the season at LE…recorded two solo tackles…12/10 at Cleveland: Was inactive…12/20 vs. Green Bay: Was inactive…12/27 vs. Baltimore: Played in his seventh game of the season as a contributor on defense…recorded three solo tackles…1/3 at Miami: Made his fifth start of the season at RE…recorded six tackles (five solo) with one pressure.

2008 (15-0/3-0): Played in 15 regular-season games...missed the October 5 game at Jacksonville due to a groin injury...finished with 12 tackles (nine solo), 1.5 sacks and one pass defense...played in all three postseason games and recorded one solo tackle...9/7 vs. Houston: Played in his 28th straight game as a reserve at DE...recorded three tackles (two solo), a half-sack for a seven-yard loss and a QB pressure...9/14 at Cleveland: Played in his 29th consecutive game as a reserve at DE...had one assisted tackle...9/21 at Philadelphia: Played in his 30th consecutive game as a reserve at DE and helped limit the Eagles to 260 yards of total offense and 65 yards rushing on 23 attempts (2.8 avg.)...9/29 vs. Baltimore: Played in his 31st consecutive game and had three tackles (two solo) and one pass defense... 10/5 at Jacksonville: Was inactive with a groin injury...10/19 at Cincinnati: Returned to thelineup after missing the previous game with a groin injury...helped limit the Bengals to 212 yards on 68 total plays (3.1 avg.)...10/26 vs. New York Giants: Played in his 52nd career game...recorded one solo tackle...11/3 at Washington: Played in his third consecutive game as a reserve at DE...had one solo tackle and one sack...11/9 vs. Indianapolis: Played in his fourth consecutive game as a reserve at DE...recorded two solo tackles...11/16 vs. San Diego: Played in his fifth consecutive game as a reserve at DE...helped limit Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson to only 57 yards on 18 attempts (3.2 avg.)...11/20 vs. Cincinnati: Played in his sixth consecutive game as a reserve at DE...had one QB pressure...11/30 at New England: Played in his seventh consecutive game as a reserve at DE...recorded one solo tackle and had one QB pressure... 12/7 vs. Dallas: Played in his eighth consecutive game as a reserve at DE...12/14 at Baltimore: Played in his 60th career game as a reserve at DE... had one QB hit...12/21 at Tennessee: Played in his 10th consecutive game as a reserve at DE...12/28 vs. Cleveland: Played in his 11th consecutive game as a reserve at DE...had one QB pressure...AFC Divisional Game 1/11 vs. San Diego: Played in his second consecutive postseason game as a reserve at DE...AFC Championship Game 1/18 vs. Baltimore: Played in his third consecutive postseason game...had one solo tackle...Super Bowl XLIII 2/1 vs. Arizona: Played in his fourth consecutive postseason game as a reserve at DE.

2007 (16-1/1-0): Played all 16 games, making one start at LE in place of Aaron Smith in the Week 8 win over Cincinnati…played in the AFC Wild Card Game versus Jacksonville…recorded seven tackles while serving as a backup at DE…9/9 at Cleveland: Saw action as part of a defense that allowed only 46 rushing yards…also contributed two quarterback pressures and one solo tackle…9/16 vs. Buffalo: Saw limited action and registered one solo tackle…9/23 vs. San Francisco: Registered one solo tackle and one quarterback pressure in 15 defensive plays...part of a defensive line that limited Frank Gore only 39 yards…9/30 at Arizona: Saw 12 defensive snaps and registered one solo tackle…was part of a defensive line that held Edgerrin James to 77 yards (3.7 avg.) on 21 attempts…10/7 vs. Seattle: Saw action on nine defensive plays…part of a defensive unit that allowed only 144 total yards, 38 rushing yards, 106 passing yards and only eight first downs…10/21 at Denver: Saw extensive action at DE after Aaron Smith went down with a knee injury…saw 34 defensive snaps and registered one tackle and one hit on the quarterback…part of a defensive unit that allowed Denver running backs to gain only 54 rushing yards…10/28 at Cincinnati: Made his first start as a Steeler in place of an injured Aaron Smith and registered one solo tackle…11/5 vs. Baltimore: Saw extensive action at DE due to the absence of Aaron Smith but did not register a tackle…part of a defensive unit that allowed the Ravens only 104 total yards, with 64 coming on the ground and 40 yards by air…the Baltimore offense managed only five first downs all night…11/11 vs. Cleveland: Saw limited action on defense and did not register a tackle…part of a defensive unit that allowed only 163 total yards, including 40 rushing and 123 passing yards…11/18 at N.Y. Jets: Played in his 40th career game…saw limited action and logged one solo tackle…11/26 vs. Miami: Saw action on the defensive line for the 22nd consecutive game…did not register a tackle but was part of a defense that gave up only 159 total yards, including 49 rushing, 110 passing and only nine first downs…12/2 vs. Cincinnati: Saw action on defense and finished the game with one hit on Bengals’ quarterback Carson Palmer...12/9 at New England: Saw action on five defensive snaps and finished the game with one hit on Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady...12/16 vs. Jacksonville: Played in his 25th consecutive game but did not register a tackle...12/20 at St. Louis: Saw action on 10 defensive plays and had one pressure on the quarterback...12/30 at Baltimore: Saw action in his 27th consecutive game but did not register a tackle...AFC WILD CARD 1/5/08 vs. Jacksonville: Played in his first postseason game and finished with one hit on Jaguars’ quarterback David Garrard.

2006 (13-1): In his third season with the Browns, played 13 games, while starting in three, and finished the season with 22 tackles and one QB pressure…9/10 vs. New Orleans: Suffered a right ankle sprain in the 3rd quarter…inactive the next three games…10/8 at Carolina: Returned with one tackle and was part of a defensive effort that limited Carolina to 288 net yards of offense and 0-11 on third downs…10/22 vs. Denver: Added one solo tackle to his season total…10/29 vs. N.Y. Jets: Registered three solo tackles and one QB pressure and was part of a defensive effort that held the Jets to only 193 yards of total offense, including 88 net yards rushing, in addition to causing three turnovers…11/5 at San Diego: Made his first NFL start at left defensive end and had one tackle…11/12 at Atlanta: Was part of a defensive effort that limited QB Michael Vick to 74 yards rushing, 197 yards passing and forced three turnovers…11/19 vs. Pittsburgh: Logged one more solo tackle…11/26 vs. Cincinnati: Matched his career-high of four tackles…12/3 vs. Kansas City: Notched 2 tackles…12/7 at Pittsburgh: Added two more tackles…12/17 at Baltimore: Posted one tackle...12/24 vs. Tampa Bay: Started at right DE for Alvin McKinley and compiled three tackles…12/31 at Houston: Started at right DE, for the season finale, matching a career-high four tackles and was part of a unit that limited the Texans to 177 total net yards.

2005 (16-0): Established a career-high 25 tackles and two sacks…played both DT and end in the defensive line rotation…Totaled 25 tackles, including six solo, one tackle for loss, two sacks, seven QB pressures and one pass breakup…9/11 vs. Cincinnati: Racked up three tackles and one QB pressure, in the season opener…9/18 at Green Bay: Added two more tackles and one QB pressure…9/25 at Indianapolis: Notched two tackles, with one being a tackle for loss…10/16 at Baltimore: Had a couple tackles...10/23 vs. Detroit: Recorded two tackles, while also adding two QB pressures…10/30 at Houston: Tallied one tackle …11/6 vs. Tennessee: Accounted for one QB pressure…11/20 vs. Miami: Had three tackles and one QB pressure…11/27 at Minnesota: Registered one tackle and one PBU…12/4 vs. Jacksonville: Added two tackles…12/18 at Oakland: Tallied three tackles and recorded his first career-sack…12/24 vs. Pittsburgh: Added one sack for one yard…1/1 vs. Baltimore: In the regular-season finale, had a career-high four tackles and one QB pressure.

2004 (0-0): Began the season with Denver and was allocated to NFL Europe, where he played with the Scottish Claymores…Waived by the Broncos at the end of training camp…Signed to the practice squad and spent the first three weeks of the season on the practice squad…9/24: Waived by Denver…10/5: Signed by Cleveland to the practice squad and spent the following seven weeks on the practice squad…11/26: Signed by Cleveland to the active roster and was listed as inactive for five of the final six weeks of the regular season…12/19: Made his NFL debut at DT and added two tackles, with one being solo.

2003 (0-0): Rookie season ended in training camp with an Achilles injury and spent the season on Injured-Reserve.

COLLEGE

Started 35 of 47 games while playing for Clemson…recorded 153 tackles, including 87 solo, with 15 sacks for 128 yards, 30 tackles for loss, 38 QB pressures, two forced fumbles, 2 recovered fumbles and six pass breakups…was the first player in school history to graduate with two years of eligibility remaining…2002: Named All-ACC first-team selection after starting all year at weakside DT…recorded 62 tackles, 36 solo, and ranked second on the team with seven sacks for 63 yards…also added nine tackles for loss and 17 QB pressures…2001: Started every game at strongside DT and recorded 37 tackles, including 19 solo, with 7 tackles for loss, 10 QB pressures, two recovered fumbles and two pass breakups…2000: Named Clemson's Defensive MVP, which was an honor considering he was a member of a defense that featured four first-team All-ACC players…also won the Hustle Award on defense and the Dedication Award for the defense…tied first on the team with seven sacks and ranked second amoung DL with 36 tackles, 21 solo, and 11 tackles for loss…1999: As a redshirt freshman, started the season opener at weakside DE and appeared in every game…recorded 18 tackles, 11 solo, one sack for three yards and three tackles for loss.

PERSONAL

Attended Toombs County (Lyons, Ga.) High School...averaged more than 10 tackles per game as a senior and collected 75 tackles, eight sacks, seven recovered fumbles as a junior...earned Class 2A all-state honors as a tight end and all-conference as a junior and senior in addition to being a WTOC first-team selection...four year letterman in football, played in the Georgia North/ South All-Star Game...also named the Class 2A Georgia Basketball Player of the Year and earned All-Region on the court...was a two-year letterman in track and received the U.S. Marine Corp Excellence Award...son of James and Betty Holland...Full name: Nicholas Eason.

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