| Brendon
Ayanbadejo
Scout.com Headlines: |
ILB Brendon Ayanbadejo: Suffered Injury Tackling Pats RB
-by PatriotsInsider.com
Oct 5, 2009 |
Ayanbadejo On His Way to Baltimore
Special-teams ace is now a Raven after Jerry Angelo pulled his original contract offer off the table
-by BearReport.com
Mar 6, 2008 |
Will They Stay, or Will They Go? 
Could Lance Briggs and Bernard Berrian both be gone right away once free agency opens Friday?
-by BearReport.com
Feb 28, 2008 |
Bear Report Audio: John Clayton
"The Professor" from ESPN covers Berrian, Briggs, Grossman and more in this exclusive audio feature
-by BearReport.com
Feb 22, 2008 |
Position Preview: Linebackers
Inevitable departure of Lance Briggs means that the LBs will have a much different look next season
-by BearReport.com
Feb 14, 2008 |
Bears Inside Slant: January 2
Get the latest news and notes on the Midway Monsters directly from the experts at Scout.com
-by BearReport.com
Jan 2, 2008 |
New York DEs Pose Giant Challenge
Combo of Strahan and Umenyiora will make things quite difficult along the offensive line this Sunday
-by BearReport.com
Nov 29, 2007 |
Wolfe Rookie Diary: 17th Entry
Former NIU star writes about Cedric Benson's big day at Seattle in this exclusive weekly feature
-by BearReport.com
Nov 21, 2007 |
Camp Chat: FB Obafemi Ayanbadejo
Brendon's big brother opens up with BearReport.com after Friday morning's practice in Bourbonnais
-by BearReport.com
Aug 3, 2007 |
OTA Report: Monday and Wednesday
Ayanbadejo brothers look forward to playing with each other again, and Devin Hester looks quite good
-by BearReport.com
Jun 15, 2007 |
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Ht: 6-1
Wt: 228
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09/06/1976 |
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PRO CAREER: Selected to first career Pro Bowl as a special teams pick following 2006 season after being named an alternate in 2004 and 2005... The special teams standout has recorded 53 tackles on that unit since joining Chicago during the 2005 preseason, the most by any Bears player over that time… Has registered 95 special teams tackles, 2 opponent fumble recoveries and 2 forced fumbles in 64 career games played over the course of 4 NFL seasons… Named to Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association’s All-NFL and All-NFC teams for performance during 2006… First alternate to the Pro Bowl as a special teamer in 2005 after being named a second alternate to the Pro Bowl with Miami in 2004 while also picking up All-Pro honors by espn.com and Sports Illustrated in 2005… Has recorded 42 career tackles with 1 INT and 1 PBU in limited duty as a reserve linebacker… Has 10 special teams tackles in 4 career postseason contests… Entered professional football in 2000 in the CFL, played in NFL Europe in 2001 and returned to CFL in 2002… Totaled 42 special teams tackles from 2003-04 with Miami.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as an undrafted free agent, signing with Atlanta (4/23/99)… Waived by Falcons (8/23/99)… Signed by Chicago (1/10/00)… Waived by Bears (5/10/00)… Signed by Baltimore and allocated to NFL Europe (2/12/01)… Waived by Baltimore (7/24/01)… Signed with Miami (2/3/03)… Traded to Chicago for TE John Owens (8/28/05) and a conditional draft pick… Signed 2-year contract extension (11/4/05). SIGNED through 2007
PERSONAL NOTES: Prepped at Santa Cruz (CA) H.S… Younger brother of fullback and teammate Obafemi Ayanbadejo, who was also a teammate of his in 2003 with Miami… Born in Chicago, he and his family moved to Lagos, Nigeria when he was one year old and lived there for nearly 3 years before moving back to the United States… During the 2003 season, wrote a weekly column for his hometown newspaper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel… Promotes physical fitness education at Hamlin Park in Chicago each Tuesday on a voluntary basis… Spends time rollerblading and at the beach body surfing when he has free time… Full name is Oladele Brendon Ayanbadejo… Has 1 daughter, Anaya Lee.
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