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Claude Wroten 
Wroten with the Rams in 2007No. 98 Toronto Argonauts Defensive tackle Personal information Date of birth: September 16, 1983 Place of birth: Bastrop, Louisiana Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 295 lb (134 kg) Career information College: Louisiana State NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 3 / Pick: 68 Debuted in 2006 for the St. Louis Rams Career history - St. Louis Rams (2006–2007)
- Florida Tuskers (2009–2010)
- Toronto Argonauts (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - Second-team All-SEC (2004)
- First-team All-SEC (2005)
- Second-team Sporting News All-American (2005)
Career NFL statistics as of 2008 Tackles 24 Sacks 1.5 Forced fumbles 2 Stats at NFL.com Career UFL statistics as of 2009 Tackles 13 Sacks 2.0 Forced fumbles 2 Stats at UFL-Football.com Claude James Wroten (born September 16, 1983) is an American football defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State.
Wroten's NFL rights are still held by the Rams. He was suspended by the NFL after repeated violations of the league's substance abuse policy. He was waived by the Rams on March 3, 2010.[1] Wroten was re-instated by the NFL on August 23, 2010.[2]
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Early years
Wroten attended Bastrop High School in Bastrop, Louisiana.
College career
Mississippi Delta
Lettered twice at Mississippi Delta Community College, making 53 tackles, 15 sacks, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries in 2003 before transferring to LSU.
LSU
Wroten was First-team All-SEC by College Football News and Second-Team All-SEC by the Associated Press and the SEC Coaches. He played 12 games with nine starts. He recorded 44 tackles, 12 tackles for losses and 6 sacks. He had 3 tackles and 1 sack for an 8-yard loss against Iowa in the Capital One Bowl. As a senior in 2005 he was named First-Team All-America by College Football News and Second-Team All-America by the Sporting News and named First-Team All-SEC by both the league’s coaches and the AP. He played in 13 games with 12 starts. He had 49 tackles, 10.5 tackles for losses and 6 sacks and 26 quarterback hurries.
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic 6-2* 302* 5.08 * 1.81 ** 2.87 ** 4.83 * 7.70 * 29½" ** 8'10" ** 26 ** X * represents NFL Combine ** LSU Pro Day —"X" Denotes "No Data" or "Did Not Participate" Wroten had a chance at being a first-round pick after LSU's season ended, then police stopped him for speeding in Sterlington, Louisiana, on January 4, 2006, and arrested him on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. However, the district attorney declined the case.[3]
St. Louis Rams
Wroten was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. On July 25, Wroten signed a four-year, $2.415 million contract with the Rams. Wroten played 15 games as a rookie, totaling 13 tackles a sack and a forced fumble.
In 2007, Wroten recorded 13 tackles and a half-sack. He served a four-game suspension in 2007 for violation of the NFL substance abuse policy.
On July 23, 2008, Wroten was suspended without pay (he was due $445,000 salary) for the 2008 NFL season for his third violation the NFL's substance abuse policy.[4] The Rams have asked suspended Wroten to return part of his rookie signing bonus, filing a grievance against Wroten, who received an $805,000 signing bonus his rookie contract. The Rams sought $201,250 back.[5]
Florida Tuskers
Wroten was signed by the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League on August 17, 2009.[6]
Toronto Argonauts
On April 21, 2011, Wroten was signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
References
- ^ http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/03/15/nfl-transactions-for-march-3-2010-2
- ^ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/23/former-ram-claude-wroten-has-been-reinstated-by-nfl/
- ^ Weisman, Larry. (April 24, 2006). NFL teams often put up red flags USA Today. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ Associated Press.(July 23, 2008)Rams' Wroten suspended in substance abuse Sporting News. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
- ^ [1] Rotoworld.com. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
- ^ "United Football League Signs 21 Players to Florida Tuskers' Roster". PR Newswire. August 17, 2009. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-football-league-signs-21-players-to-florida-tuskers-roster-62239927.html. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
External links
Toronto Argonauts current roster Active roster 2 Chad Owens | 3 Cory Boyd | 5 Ejiro Kuale | 6 B. J. Hall | 7 Noel Prefontaine | 9 Steven Jyles | 10 Willie Pile | 12 Dalton Bell | 13 Grant Shaw | 15 Dee Webb | 16 Brandon Rideau | 21 Lin-J Shell | 23 Armando Murillo | 24 Evan McCollough | 25 Sean Smalls | 26 Jordan Younger | 28 Byron Parker | 29 Chris Smith | 30 Wes Lysack | 32 Andre Durie | 33 Jeff Johnson | 37 Jeremy Unertl | 39 Matt Black | 40 Bryan Crawford | 44 Chad Kackert | 45 Anthony Cannon | 51 Tristan Black | 54 Chris Van Zeyl | 59 Joe Eppele | 61 Cedric Gagné-Marcoux | 62 Edawn Coughman | 64 Dominic Picard | 65 Taylor Robertson | 66 Jonathan St-Pierre | 67 Jeff Keeping | 80 Jeremaine Copeland | 82 Chad Rempel | 88 Mike Bradwell | 89 Spencer Watt | 91 Ben Ishola | 94 Kevin Huntley | 95 Ricky Foley | 96 Alex Buzbee | 97 Alexander Robinson | 98 Claude Wroten | 99 Ronald Flemons
Practice roster 4 Zack Eskridge | 18 Djems Kouamé | 20 Nick Clement | 48 Durrell Mapp | 75 Gregory Alexandre | 84 Samuel Tranks | 87 D. J. Boldin
Inactive list 35 Kevin Eiben | 46 Jason Pottinger | 56 Rob Murphy
Suspended list East: HAM · MON · TOR · WIN • West: BC · CAL · EDM · SAS Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Louisiana
- American football defensive tackles
- LSU Tigers football players
- St. Louis Rams players
- Florida Tuskers players
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