- Victor Abiamiri
Infobox NFLactive
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currentteam=Philadelphia Eagles
currentnumber=95
currentposition=Defensive end
birthdate=birth date and age|1986|1|14
birthplace=Baltimore, Maryland
heightft=6
heightin=4
weight=267
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Philadelphia Eagles
college=Notre Dame
draftyear=2007
draftround=2
draftpick=57
pastteams=
*Philadelphia Eagles (2007-present)
statweek=5
statseason=2008
statlabel1=Tackles
statvalue1=3
statlabel2=Sacks
statvalue2=0
statlabel3=INTs
statvalue3=0
nfl=ABI069076Victor Ikechukwu Abiamiri (born January 14, 1986) [cite web | url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/abiamiri_victor00.html | title=95 Victor Abiamiri | work=University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site | accessdate=2007-01-31] is a
defensive end for thePhiladelphia Eagles of theNational Football League . He formerly attended theUniversity of Notre Dame . [cite news | url=http://blog.uhnd.com/2007/notre-dame-football/120/ | title= Victor Abiamiri Impressing at the Senior Bowl | publisher=UNHD.com | accessdate=2007-01-31]Early years
Abiamiri graduated from the prestigious
Gilman School inBaltimore, Maryland . [cite web | url=http://collegefootball.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=17468#bio | title=Victor Abiamiri #95 | work=Rivals.com | accessdate=2007-01-31] Coming out of high school he was rated inESPN 's list of the nation's top 100 players [cite news | url=http://espn.go.com/recruiting/s/2002/0506/1378709.html | title=Lemming's preseason Top 100 for 2003 | publisher=ESPN | accessdate=2007-01-31] and 1st on TheSporting News Hot 100. [cite news | url=http://www.nbcsports.com/sports/33787/detail.html | title=95 Victor Abiamiri | publisher=NBC Sports | accessdate=2007-01-31] He was a four-year letter winner in football and captained the team his senior year, as Gilman finished ranked number one in the state and captured their fifth straight MIAA "A" Conference Championship. After his high school career, he played in the 2003U.S. Army All-American Bowl alongside fellow Notre Dame Fighting Irish playersBrady Quinn ,John Carlson , andTom Zbikowski .College career
He was rated the fifth best defensive end in
college football for 2006 by The Sporting News. In his college career he posted 189 career tackles, and 21.5 sacks.2003
He was a Reserve lineman who played in his first season and was named a Rivals.com honorable mention Freshman All-American. He played in all 12 games and started 5 of them. [cite web | url=http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?id=10432&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnfldraft%2fdraft%2ftracker%2fplayer%3fid%3d10432 | work=ESPN | title=Victor Abiamiri | accessdate=2007-01-31] He had 1
quarterback sack and made 22 tackles (16 solo) and four of them were for loss.2004
He played in every game and had 15 tackles (9 solo), 6 for loss, and 2 sacks.
2005
He started all 12 games at defensive end. He was Notre Dame's Lineman of the Year as voted by the Moose Krause Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He was also one of 10 players selected to the team's leadership committee by a vote of his teammates. He finished the season with 48 tackles (34 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 8 sacks and one forced fumble.
2006
He made 43 tackles, 15 tackle of them for loss, and had 10.5 sacks. After his impressive senior year he was selected in the second round (57th overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Professional career
Abiamiri was drafted by the
Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the2007 NFL Draft .References
External links
* [http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/abiamiri_victor00.html Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio]
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