Cofield at the Redskins 2011 Training Camp. |
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| No. 96 Washington Redskins | |
| Nose tackle | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: March 19, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Cleveland Heights, Ohio | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 306 lb (139 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Northwestern | |
| NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 | |
| Debuted in 2006 for the New York Giants | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2011 | |
| Tackles | 233 |
| Sacks | 13.0 |
| INTs | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Barry Joseph Cofield, Jr. (born March 19, 1984, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio) is an American football nose tackle for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.
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Cofield attended Cleveland Heights High School where he was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and track. In football, as a senior, he was named as an All-Midwest Region selection by SuperPrep, was a second team All-State selection, was a first team All-Lake Erie selection, and an All-District selection. In basketball, he was an All-League selection and an All-District Honorable Mention selection. Barry is among the graduates of Cleveland Heights High featured in the book Every Tiger Has a Tale.
He played college football at Northwestern University playing in 49 games with 36 starts and starting 36 of his last 37 games. A versatile player, Cofield started at right defensive tackle, left defensive end and left defensive tackle during his career. He finished with 197 tackles (88 solo), 6.5 sacks, and 15.5 stops for losses and registered 18 quarterback pressures with 8 pass deflections and a 16-yard interception return. He also recovered 3 fumbles and forced 4 others. He posted 5.5 of his 6.5 sacks and 11.5 of his 15.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage in his last 2 years. He played in every game as a true freshman in 2002 and registered 36 tackles (14 solo) with 2 stops for losses while causing and recovering a fumble in 12 contests. He earned a starting job at left defensive end as a sophomore and had 46 tackles (19 solo) in 13 contests. He added 1 sack, 2 stops for losses, 6 quarterback pressures, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He played right defensive tackle in 2004, when he started 11 games, collected 52 tackles with 3.5 sacks and 5 stops behind the line of scrimmage. Cofield added 5 pressures and batted away 3 passes. He earned Second-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior in 2005, when he lined up at left defensive tackle and recorded a career-high 63 tackles (24 solo) and had 2 sacks with 6.5 stops for losses and 7 pressures. He forced 2 fumbles, recovered another, deflected 5 passes and returned an interception 16 yards.
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| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20 ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||||
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| 6-4 * | 305 * | 4.88** | 1.68 * | 2.89 * | 4.35 * | 7.43 * | 34" * | 8'09" * | 35 * | 27 * | |||||||||
| * represents NFL Combine **represents Northwestern Pro Day | |||||||||||||||||||
Cofield had a 465-pound bench press, a 660-pound squat.
Cofield was drafted by the New York Giants as the 124th pick in 2006 NFL Draft. As a rookie in 2006, he started all 16 regular season games and the NFC Wild Card Game at nose tackle and led the defensive line with 67 tackles (43 solo). He also had 22 QB pressures, 3 QB hits and 1.5 sacks. In 2007, played in all 16 regular season games with 15 starts and started all 4 postseason games and finished with 41 tackles (21 solo), 1 sack, 6 QB hurries, 4 QB hits and 1 pass defensed. In 2008 Cofield started 15 games, made 43 tackles and 3 sacks and forced a fumble. In 2010, his last season with the Giants, Cofield became famous for his 'taser' dance that he would perform after sacking the opposing quarterback.
On July 27, 2011, Cofield agreed to a six-year deal with the Washington Redskins that will pay him $12.5 million in guaranteed money.
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