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Omar Gaither
Gaither in 2007.No. 59 Carolina Panthers Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: March 18, 1984 Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 235 lb (107 kg) Career information College: Tennessee NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 5 / Pick: 168 Debuted in 2006 for the Philadelphia Eagles Career history - Philadelphia Eagles (2006–2010)
- Carolina Panthers (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - 2x Second-team All-SEC (2004, 2005)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009 Tackles 253 Sacks 5.0 INTs 2 Stats at NFL.com Omar Gaither (born March 18, 1984) is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
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Early years
Gaither played high school football at Myers Park High School.
College career
Gaither played college football at the University of Tennessee from 2002-2005. He was a two-year starter at Tennessee, Gaither recorded 210 tackles with 6 sacks and 23 TFLs. As a senior, finished with 78 tackles, 4 sacks, 7.5 TFLs, and 4 FFs en route to his second straight Second-team All-SEC. Had a career-high 92 tackles, including 12.5 TFLs as a junior when he took over the strongside (or "Sam") linebacker duties.
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP 6 ft 1 in 234 lb 4.73 s 1.65 s 2.80 s 4.32 s 6.97 s 37½ in 9 ft 8 in 23 rep 40-yard dash, 3-cone drill and broad jump results from Pro Day, all other results from NFL Combine[1] Philadelphia Eagles
Gaither was drafted in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Gaither received significant playing time later in the 2006 season due to the struggles and injury of starter Matt McCoy. Gaither got his first NFL start at weakside linebacker on December 4, 2006 on a Monday Night Football win against the Carolina Panthers. He became the starter at WILL linebacker for the final 7 games (post and regular season) and finished with 58 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 INT. Ranked second on the team in special teams tackles (30) and 4th in special teams production points (185).
Gaither was named the starter at middle linebacker in 2007 after the release of Jeremiah Trotter, and started all 16 games at MLB and tallied team highs in tackles (170) and QB hurries (14). He also ranked second on the team with 14 KDs, intercepting one pass, defending seven passes, and forcing one fumble.
Prior to the start of 2008, Gaither was moved back to his true position of weakside linebacker to make move room for Stewart Bradley. Though not an indictment of Gaither's performance, Bradley took over the MLB spot largely in part to his phenomenal first start against the New Orleans Saints in week 16 of 2007 (a game in which Gaither played Weakside ("Will") Linebacker). Gaither was benched prior to the week 12 game at the Baltimore Ravens in favor of Akeem Jordan.
After starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley suffered a torn ACL which caused him to be placed on injured reserve in 2009, Gaither beat out second-year linebacker Joe Mays for the starting position. Four weeks into the season, however, the Eagles re-signed Jeremiah Trotter to replace Gaither on first- and second-down plays. Gaither suffered a Lisfranc sprain during a game against the Oakland Raiders and was placed on injured reserve on October 28, 2009.
Gaither was re-signed to a one-year contract on March 31, 2010.[2]
Carolina Panthers
Gaither was signed by the Carolina Panthers on July 29, 2011.
References
- ^ "Omar Gaither, DS #24 OLB, Tennessee". NFLDraftScout.com. http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=17449&draftyear=2006&genpos=OLB. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Eagles sign LB Gaither". Miami Herald. March 31, 2010. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/31/1556942/eagles-sign-lb-gaither.html. Retrieved 2010-03-31.[dead link]
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Philadelphia Eagles 2006 NFL Draft selections Brodrick Bunkley • Winston Justice • Chris Gocong • Max Jean-Gilles • Jason Avant • Jeremy Bloom • Omar Gaither • LaJuan RamseyDraft Years: 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011Carolina Panthers current roster Active roster 1 Cam Newton | 2 Jimmy Clausen | 3 Derek Anderson | 7 Jason Baker | 10 Olindo Mare | 11 Brandon LaFell | 14 Armanti Edwards | 17 Legedu Naanee | 19 Seyi Ajirotutu | 20 Chris Gamble | 22 Josh Thomas | 23 Sherrod Martin | 25 R. J. Stanford | 27 Darius Butler | 28 Jonathan Stewart | 29 Jordan Pugh | 30 Charles Godfrey | 33 Mike Goodson | 34 DeAngelo Williams | 36 Jermale Hines | 41 Captain Munnerlyn | 44 J. J. Jansen | 45 Jerome Felton | 46 Thomas Williams | 47 Richie Brockel | 50 James Anderson | 53 Jason Phillips | 54 Jason Williams | 55 Dan Connor | 57 Jordan Senn | 59 Omar Gaither | 63 Geoff Hangartner | 67 Ryan Kalil | 68 Andre Neblett | 69 Jordan Gross | 70 Travelle Wharton | 73 Mackenzy Bernadeau | 75 Lee Ziemba | 76 Greg Hardy | 77 Byron Bell | 78 Reggie Wells | 80 Jeremy Shockey | 81 Kealoha Pilares | 84 Ben Hartsock | 88 Greg Olsen | 89 Steve Smith | 91 Ronald Fields | 92 Eric Norwood | 93 Antwan Applewhite | 94 Sione Fua | 95 Charles Johnson | 97 Terrell McClain | 99 Frank Kearse
Reserve lists 12 David Gettis (IR) | 21 Brandon Hogan (NF-Inj.) | 25 Cletis Gordon (IR) | 52 Jon Beason | (IR) | 58 Thomas Davis (IR) | 64 Zack Williams (IR) | 65 Garry Williams (IR) | 74 Geoff Schwartz (IR) | 79 Jeff Otah (IR) | 82 Gary Barnidge (IR) | 96 Ron Edwards (IR)
Practice squad 32 Josh Vaughan | 42 Kion Wilson | 56 Lawrence Wilson | 60 Bryant Browning | 61 Thomas Keiser | 62 Jeff Byers | 85 Greg Smith | 86 Darvin Adams
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Gaither, Omar Alternative names Short description Date of birth March 18, 1984 Place of birth Charlotte, North Carolina Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- American football linebackers
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Carolina Panthers players
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