Larry Foote
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| Pittsburgh Steelers — No. 50 | |
| Middle linebacker | |
| Date of birth: June 12, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 239 lb (108 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2002 for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Career history | |
| College: Michigan | |
| NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 4 / Pick: 128 | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| Tackles | 368 |
| Sacks | 13.0 |
| INTs | 3 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Lawrence "Larry" Edward Foote, Jr. (born June 12, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American football linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He attended college at the University of Michigan and was a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. Larry graduated from Pershing High School.
Foote was a role player for much of his early career, but he had a breakout year in 2005. He started all 16 regular season games for the Steelers, recording 102 tackles and three quarterback sacks. Foote also had a key interception of Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer during the 2005 AFC Championship Game. The Broncos, trailing in the game, returned a Steelers kick to midfield which threatned to shift the momentum away from the Steelers. However on the next play from scrimmage, Foote intercepted Plummer's pass and effectively ended the Broncos rally. Foote and the Steelers won Super Bowl XL two weeks later.
In March of 2008, Foote paid for the funeral of Mark Brown-Williams, a ten-year-old child from Detroit, Michigan, who had drowned after falling through the ice on a tributary of the Rouge River in February.[1] Foote had no pre-existing personal connection to the family, but he was touched after hearing of the tragedy, as he has a son of nearly that age himself and had played on the same frozen river when he was a child.[2]
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- ^ Askari, Emilia. "Hundreds say their good-byes to boy", The Detroit Free Press, published March 2, 2008, accessed March 3, 2008.
- ^ Harris, John. "Athletes' good deeds virtually ignored", The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, published March 3, 2008, accessed March 3, 2008.
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