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Willie McGinest Scout.com Headlines:
OLB Willie McGinest: Update On His Status.
-by PatriotsInsider.com Jul 24, 2009
Derry: A Tale of Two Patriots
Willie McGinest and Romeo Crennel are both classy, and both will be leaving Cleveland...
-by theOBR.com Dec 28, 2008
OLB Willie McGinest: Ready to Resume
-by theOBR.com Oct 3, 2008
OLB Willie McGinest: Run Defense Needs Him Back
-by theOBR.com Sep 23, 2008
OLB Willie McGinest: Returns to Practice
-by theOBR.com Aug 25, 2008
Hakim Akbar reflects on his life, Part Two
Former UW safety talks about his NFL career and the accident that nearly killed him
-by Scout.com Jul 29, 2008
Saturday Morning: Notes of Note
Here's our observations of what went down in another scrappy morning practice...
-by theOBR.com Jul 26, 2008
Linebackers: How 2008 Will be Different
While they didn't make over the roster, subtle changes are already at work for the Cleveland Browns.
-by theOBR.com Jun 5, 2008
Tales from the In-Box: Front Seven
Lane weighs in on concerns about the Browns front seven
-by theOBR.com May 14, 2008
Inside Skinny: OTA Days Ahoy
ane Adkins talks defense as the Cleveland Browns get ready to "volunteer" for practice.
-by theOBR.com May 7, 2008
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Injury News:
Adkins: Right to the Point
-by theOBR.com Aug 9, 2007
OBR News and World Report: 8/17
-by theOBR.com Aug 17, 2006
OLB Willie McGinest: Injury Update
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Oct 12, 2005
OLB Willie McGinest: Injury Update
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Oct 11, 2005
OLB Willie McGinest: Hurt?
-by PatriotsInsider.com Oct 10, 2005

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Willie McGinest
Ht: 6-5 Wt: 270
Position: DE
Date of Birth: 12/11/1971
Experience: 12
High School: Polytechnic HS
(Long Beach, CA)
College: USC

2006 Scout.com NFL Free Agency Rankings (full list):
Pos: OLB Pos Rank: #3 Pos Rating:


Biography:
Moved into third place in team history with 78.0 career sacks…Collected an NFL playoff record 4.5 sacks against Jacksonville on Jan. 7… Ranked first in NFL postseason history with 16 sacks, passing Bruce Smith (14.5) and Reggie White (12)….Collected 3 tackles vs. Oakland on Sept. 8…Tallied 5 solo tackles against Carolina on Sept. 18…Notched 3 solo tackles, including 2 sacks and 1 PBU vs. Pittsburgh on Sept. 25, dropped Ben Roethlisberger for a 9-yard sack in the 4th quarter…Registered 4 solo tackles and 1 PBU vs. San Diego on Oct. 2, halted a Chargers drive by batting down a Drew Brees pass on third-and-two in the second quarter … Recorded 5 tackles against Atlanta on Oct. 9…Tallied 6 tackles, including a half a sack vs. Denver on Oct. 16, combined with Dan Klecko to sack Jake Plummer for an 8-yard loss in the second quarter…Registered 6 tackles against Buffalo on Oct. 30…Registered 5 solo tackles vs. Indianapolis on Nov. 7...Tallied 2 tackles and 1 PBU against Miami on Nov. 13, deflected a pass that was then intercepted by Ellis Hobbs in the fourth quarter…Notched 5 tackles and a sack and 2 PBU vs. New Orleans on Nov. 20, provided pressure and forced Aaron Brooks to throw an incompletion on a fourth-and-five play in the 2nd quarter, dropped Brooks for a 5-yard sack in the second quarter…Collected 5 solo tackles against Kansas City on Nov. 27…Recorded 4 tackles vs. N.Y. Jets on Dec. 4…Registered 2 tackles against Buffalo on Dec. 11…Collected 5 tackles, 2 sacks and a fumble recovery vs. Tampa Bay on Dec. 17, dropped Chris Simms for a 4-yard sack in the first quarter and recovered a Simms’ fumble after Mike Vrabel caused the loose ball with a blind-sack sack late in the second quarter…Notched 2 tackles and a half sack against the N.Y. Jets on Dec. 26…Finished second on the team with 8 tackles and collected an NFL playoff record 4.5 sacks vs. Jacksonville on Jan. 7…Notched 6 tackles vs. Denver on Jan. 14.