Brian Urlacher

Brian Keith Urlacher is a former American football player. and used to play for the Chicago Bears. Urlacher is known for being one of the best players in the league, being named to 8 Pro Bowls,^[1] and winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2000. Urlacher played for the University of New Mexico during his college days, being a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1999, and was drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft in the 1st round 9th overall by the Bears.^[2] After 5 years of being at the bottom of the NFC North (except for 2001), the Bears finally reached Super Bowl XLI, even though they lost to Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, Urlacher still finished the year with 93 tackles and 3 forced fumbles, and was also a runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year.^[3] In 2007 which was a year of being last in the North, Urlacher told press that he had a bad back, but it wasn't bad.^[4] Even though this issue came around, he still was able to get 5 interceptions, 5 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, 123 tackles, and a defensive touchdown.^[5] In 2009, Urlacher broke his wrist, and was out for the year.^[6] In 2010, the Bears defense became stronger, with the signing of Julius Peppers, winning the NFC North, but lost to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. In 2011, against the Minnesota Vikings, Urlacher hurt his MCL. Luckily, there was no ACL damage.^[7][8] Because of his injury, he didn't play in the 2010 Pro Bowl.

Brian Urlacher

No. 54
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	(1978-05-25) May 25, 1978 (age 46) Pasco, Washington
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	258 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lovington (Lovington, New Mexico)
College:	New Mexico
NFL Draft:	2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
Career history
Chicago Bears (2000–2012)
Career highlights and awards
8× Pro Bowl (2000–2003, 2005–2006, 2010–2011) 4× First-team All-Pro (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006) Second-team All-Pro (2010) NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2005) NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2000) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Consensus All-American (1999) New Mexico Lobos No. 44 retired
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 1,354 Quarterback sacks: 41.5 Interceptions: 22 Touchdowns: 2 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

In March 2013, Urlacher was released, and retired on May 23.^[9] Eventually, Urlacher joined Fox Sports 1 as an analyst.^[10]

References

1. Mayer, Larry, Bears well-represented in Pro Bowl voting Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine (December 1, 2006), chicagobears.com, Retrieved on July 18, 2007.
2. Associated Press, Bears hope Urlacher can be another Butkus Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (April 15, 2000), cnnsi.com, Retrieved on July 18, 2007.
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com, 2006 Chicago Bears Statistics & Players, Retrieved on March 23, 2009.
4. Engel, Mac, Cowboys assistants, Falcons to talk soon (January 2, 2008), Star-Telegram.com, Retrieved on February 9, 2008.
5. Mayer, Larry, Big plays highlighted productive season for Urlacher Archived 2008-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (January 27, 2008), chicagobears.com, Retrieved on February 9, 2008.
6. McClure, Vaughn (2009-09-14). "Brian Urlacher likely out for the season with wrist injury". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
7. "Urlacher sprains left MCL late in victory". Chicagobears.com. 2012-01-01. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
8. "MRI shows no ACL damage for Urlacher". Chicagobears.com. 2012-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
9. Wright, Michael (2013-05-23). "Brian Urlacher retiring from NFL". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
10. Jahns, Adam (2013-07-28). "Brian Urlacher to join Fox Sports 1". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2013-10-06.^{[permanent dead link]}

Other websites

• Urlacher's Web Site Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Chicago Bears Bio on Urlacher Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine