- David Vobora
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David Vobora
Vobora in November 2010No. 54 Seattle Seahawks Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: April 8, 1986 Place of birth: Eugene, Oregon Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 239 lb (108 kg) Career information College: Idaho NFL Draft: 2008 / Round: 7 / Pick: 252 Debuted in 2008 for the St. Louis Rams Career history - St. Louis Rams (2008–2010)
- Seattle Seahawks (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - 2x First-team All-WAC (2006, 2007)
- Honorable mention All-American (2007)
- Mr. Irrelevant (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2010 Tackles 56 Sacks 1 Interceptions 0 Stats at NFL.com David Vobora (born April 8, 1986) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams with the final pick (252nd overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant. He played college football for the Idaho Vandals of the Western Athletic Conference.
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Early years
Vobora is a 2004 graduate of Churchill High School in Eugene, and was the team captain as a junior and senior and played linebacker, quarterback, and running back. He was honorable mention All-Midwestern league quarterback as a senior. He was a second team all-conference linebacker as a junior and an honorable mention all-conference linebacker as a sophomore. He was also an honorable mention basketball player as a senior.
College career
University of Idaho
In 45 games at Idaho, Vobora started 33 and ranks sixth in school history with 341 tackles (209 solo), including three sacks, 28 stops for losses. He recovered three fumbles and caused six others. He also intercepted two passes and had five pass deflections. As a senior in 2007, Vobora was All-WAC for the second consecutive season, and led Idaho in tackles with 148 (59 solo) and had a sack, an interception and a fumble recovery. As a junior in 2006, he was first-team All-WAC after leading the Vandals with 134 tackles (101 solo, 33 assists) and 15.5 tackles-for-loss and four passes defensed, two sacks, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries and one interception. In 2005, he played in all 11 games and started six and finished with 43 total tackles (32 solo and 11 assists) with six tackles-for-loss and forced three fumbles and had two fumble recoveries. As a true freshman in 2004 he played in all 12 games (started three) and made 17 total tackles (12 solo, five assists). Vobora played for three head coaches (Nick Holt, Dennis Erickson, & Robb Akey) in his four seasons at Idaho, and did not redshirt.
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 6-1 * 236 * 4.59 ** 1.58 ** 2.67 ** 4.14 * 6.99 * 35½" * 9'09" * 21 * 21 * * represents NFL Combine **represents Idaho Pro Day 335-pound bench press. 330-pound power clean.
St. Louis Rams
On July 22, 2008, Vobora agreed to a three-year, $1.24 million contract with the Rams. After final cuts on August 30, Vobora and Kansas City's Ryan Succop were the only Mr. Irrelevants to make the roster of the team that drafted them in the 2000s.[1] His stay on the roster lasted only one game, as he was waived two days after the season opener to make room for Eddie Kennison on September 9, moved to the Rams' practice squad.[2]
Vobora remained on the Rams' practice squad until November 4, when he was promoted to the active roster after wide receivers Drew Bennett and Dante Hall were placed on injured reserve.[3]
On November 30, Vobora made his first career start at linebacker in the game against the Miami Dolphins. This was the first time a Mr. Irrelevant started in a game during his rookie season in 14 years, not since Marty Moore started four games for the New England Patriots in 1994.[4] Vobora compiled five total tackles in the game, which tied for the second-best effort in team tackles, but the Rams lost 16–12.[5]
Vobora was named the starting strongside linebacker for the 2009 season.[6] On September 30, 2009, he was suspended for four games for violating the NFL's performance enhancing substance policy. Vobora stated that he would sue the company that produced the supplement he took, because it contained substances that were not listed on the label. Vobora's agent, Marc Lillibridge, conceded "(The supplement) was not on the list of officially sanctioned products, and ultimately a player is responsible for anything he puts in his body."[7] On June 20, 2011, Vobora's lawyer announced that a federal judge ruled against the company and awarded Vobora $5.4 million.[8]
The Rams released Vobora on August 12, 2011.[9]
Seattle Seahawks
Vobora signed with the Seattle Seahawks on August 22, 2011, but was waived two weeks later on September 4. He re-signed with Seattle on October 4.
References
- ^ "Vobora makes team as roster is cut to 53". http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/rams/story/1B999F77BFDA6B5E862574B600121679?OpenDocument.
- ^ "St. Louis Rams Team Report". USA Today. April 30, 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/rams/home.htm?csp=34. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "Football transactions - November 4, 2008". http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-U_TJ_ifZFmgoM6yIPIBVb9oQzA.
- ^ "2008 'Mr. Irrelevant' gets his shot with Rams". http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20081130-9999-1s30gallery.html.
- ^ "Miami 16, St. Louis 12". http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=281130014.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "2009 4 Game Suspension". Blogs.nfl.com. 2009-09-29. http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/09/29/rams-lb-vobora-suspended-four-games/. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ Katzowitz, Josh (2011 [last update]). "Rams LB David Vobora scores big payday - CBSSports.com". cbssports.com. http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/30150142. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Jim (August 12, 2011). "Vobora cut to make room for Leber". stltoday.com. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/rams-report/article_5b709a54-c4f8-11e0-9374-0019bb30f31a.html. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
External links
- Go Vandals.com - David Vobora
Mr. Irrelevant winners 1976: Kelvin Kirk | 1977: Jim Kelleher | 1978: Lee Washburn and Bill Kenney | 1979: Mike Almond | 1980: Tyrone McGriff and Kevin Scanlon | 1981: Phil Nelson | 1982: Tim Washington | 1983: John Tuggle | 1984: Randy Essington | 1985: Donald Chumley | 1986: Mike Travis | 1987: Norman Jefferson | 1988: Jeff Beathard | 1989: Everett Ross | 1990: Demetrius Davis | 1991: Larry Wanke | 1992: Matt Elliott | 1993: Daron Alcorn | 1994: Marty Moore | 1995: Michael Reed | 1996: Sam Manuel | 1997: Ronnie McAda | 1998: Cam Quayle | 1999: Jim Finn | 2000: Mike Green | 2001: Tevita Ofahengaue | 2002: Ahmad Miller | 2003: Ryan Hoag | 2004: Andre Sommersell | 2005: Andy Stokes | 2006: Kevin McMahan | 2007: Ramzee Robinson | 2008: David Vobora | 2009: Ryan Succop | 2010: Tim Toone | 2011: Cheta Ozougwu
St. Louis Rams 2008 NFL Draft selections Chris Long • Donnie Avery • John Greco • Justin King • Keenan Burton • Roy Schuening • Chris Chamberlain • David VoboraSeattle Seahawks current roster Active roster 2 Josh Portis | 4 Steven Hauschka | 6 Charlie Whitehurst | 7 Tarvaris Jackson | 9 Jon Ryan | 11 Deon Butler | 15 Doug Baldwin | 17 Mike Williams | 18 Sidney Rice | 20 Justin Forsett | 24 Marshawn Lynch | 25 Richard Sherman | 26 Michael Robinson | 27 Atari Bigby | 29 Earl Thomas | 31 Kam Chancellor | 32 Jeron Johnson | 33 Leon Washington | 34 Roy Lewis | 35 Kennard Cox | 36 Ron Parker 39 Brandon Browner | 41 Byron Maxwell | 42 Chris Maragos | 49 Clint Gresham | 50 K. J. Wright | 53 Malcolm Smith | 54 David Vobora | 55 Heath Farwell | 56 Leroy Hill | 57 David Hawthorne | 60 Max Unger | 61 Lemuel Jeanpierre | 66 Paul Fanaika | 67 Paul McQuistan | 68 Breno Giacomini | 69 Clinton McDonald | 72 Robert Gallery | 75 James Carpenter | 76 Russell Okung | 77 Jarriel King | 79 Red Bryant | 81 Golden Tate | 85 Anthony McCoy | 86 Zach Miller | 87 Benjamin Obomanu | 88 Cameron Morrah | 91 Chris Clemons | 92 Brandon Mebane | 93 Lazarius Levingston | 94 Anthony Hargrove | 98 Raheem Brock | 99 Alan Branch
Reserve lists 16 Kris Durham (IR) | 23 Marcus Trufant (IR) | 28 Walter Thurmond (IR) | 46 Jameson Konz (IR) | 52 Matt McCoy (IR) | 58 Dexter Davis (IR) | 74 John Moffitt (IR) | 89 John Carlson (IR) | 97 Jimmy Wilkerson (IR)
Practice Squad 19 Patrick Williams | 44 Allen Bradford | 47 Vai Taua | 48 Michael Morgan | 62 Brent Osborne | 82 John Nalbone | 83 Ricardo Lockette | 96 Pierre Allen
Name Vobora, David Alternative names Short description Date of birth April 8, 1986 Place of birth Eugene, Oregon Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Eugene, Oregon
- Players of American football from Oregon
- American football linebackers
- Idaho Vandals football players
- St. Louis Rams players
- Seattle Seahawks players
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