Players

DUMERVIL AT A GLANCE:
• A sixth-year defensive end who missed the entire 2010 campaign after suffering a torn pectoral during training camp.
• Became the first Bronco in team history to lead the league in sacks with a club-record 17 and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection (starter) in 2009.
• Posted the fifth-most sacks per game (.70) and the third-most 2+sack games (13) in the NFL since the Broncos drafted him in 2006.
• Totaled 14 multiple-sack games that tie for the fourth-highest total by a player through his first four seasons in NFL history.
• Set a Broncos single-game record with four sacks vs. Cleveland (9/20/09) en route to tying for the second fastest in NFL history to 10 sacks in a season (6 games).
• Tied for sixth in the NFL with a team-high 12.5 sacks (62.5 yds.) in 2007 while tying for ninth on Denver’s single-season sacks list with its highest sack total in a year since 1999.
• Posted four takeaways (3 FR, 1 INT) for the Broncos in 2007, tying for the NFL lead among defensive linemen, and was one of three Denver defenders to start all 16 games.
• Registered a team-high 8.5 sacks (56.5) in 2006 with that total ranking third among league rookies and tying for third by a Broncos rookie in club history.
• Started for two seasons at the University of Louisville, where he led the nation with 20 sacks in 2005 as a first-team All-American who was named the Bronko Nagurski Award winner (nation’s best defensive player) and the Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
• Selected by the Broncos in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Denver as a draft choice 7/26/06. Placed on injured reserve (pectoral) by Denver 9/4/10.

Quickly: Dumervil is a sixth-year defensive end who earned his second career Pro Bowl selection in 2011 after missing the entire 2010 campaign after suffering a torn pectoral during training camp. He became the first Bronco in team history to lead the league in sacks with a club record 17 and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection (starter) in 2009. He finished the 2011 season ranked tied for eighth in the AFC with 9.5 sacks in addition to 42 tackles (31 solo), a pass breakup and a fumble recovery. At San Diego this season, he recorded his 14th career 2+ sack game, ranking him tied for third in the NFL since his rookie season in 2006.

2011 Postseason Highlights:

• vs. Pittsburgh (1/8): Had a sack in his first postseason action.

2011 Season Highlights:

• vs. Oakland (9/12): Started his first game since the 2009 after sitting out last year due to pectoral injury.
• at Green Bay (10/2): Recorded a QB hit in his first game back after being out due to a shoulder injury.
• at Oakland (11/6): Finished with a tackle for loss, two QB hits and a pass break up.
• at Kansas City (11/13): Assisted LB Von Miller on a sack and finished with two more QB hits.
• vs. N.Y. Jets (11/17): Split a sack with LB Von Miller for the second consecutive game and finished with two another QB hits.
• at San Diego (11/27): Totaled five tackles, including two sacks for 23 yards to tie his career-high sack yard total... The game marked his fourth consecutive contest with at least a half sack making him one of three NFL players (St. Louis DE Chris Long and Denver LB Von Miller) to accomplish that feat in November (Weeks 9-12).
• at Minnesota (12/4): Totaled his fifth straight game with at least a half sack.
• vs. Chicago (12/11): Finished with a fumble recovery, three QB hits and a tackle for loss... Recorded a sack for the sixth consecutive game.
• vs. New England (12/18): Finished with a sack in addition to another tackle for loss and QB hit.
• at Buffalo (12/24): Had a sack and another tackle for a loss and QB hit.
• vs. Kansas City (1/1): Led the team with eight tackles including a tackle for a loss.

2010: Dumervil suffered a torn pectoral during training camp and was placed on injured reserve on Sept. 4.

2009: Dumervil, in his first year playing linebacker, was named a Pro Bowl starter after becoming the first Bronco in team history to lead the league in sacks with
a club-record 17 (88.5 yds.)... Saw time in all 16 games (14 starts) and added 49 tackles (42 solo), three pass breakups, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery... Earned first-team All-Pro recognition from the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Pro Football
Weekly/PFWA and ESPN.com... Named Pass Rusher of the Year by the NFL Alumni... Received the Darrent Williams Good Guy Award from the Denver media... Set Denver’s single-game sack record with four vs. Cle. (9/20) that tied for the most sacks in a game by an NFL linebacker since 2000... Tied for the second fastest in NFL history to 10 sacks, reaching that mark in six games... Joined Indianapolis defensive end Dwight Freeney as one of two players in history to win a sack title at the NCAA-FBS and NFL levels... Had 11 sacks on
third downs that tied for the most in the NFL since at least 1991... Led the league with a Broncos-record seven multiple-sack games.

2008: Dumervil saw time in all 16 games (15 starts) for Denver, tying for the team high with five sacks (35 yds.) and posting 44 tackles (30 solo)... Added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery... Recorded a seasonhigh eight tackles (5 solo) and two sacks (15 yds.) on Monday Night Football at N.E. (10/20) that marked the seventh multiple-sack game of his career... Had three tackles and a strip sack of quarterback Brett Favre at NYJ (11/30)
on a third down in the red zone in the third quarter.

2007: Dumervil was one of three Broncos defenders and the only defensive lineman to start all 16 games as the second-year player finished the year with a team-high 12.5 sacks (62.5 yds.), 56 tackles (43 solo), one interception (27 yds.), seven pass breakups, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries... Tied for sixth in the NFL and tied for ninth in club history for sacks in a season... Sack total also represented the most by a Bronco since
1999 (Trevor Pryce, 13)... Tied for the NFL lead among defensive linemen and ranked second among all Broncos with four takeaways (3 FUM, 1 INT)... Three fumble recoveries tied for third in the NFL (tied for AFC lead)... Four forced fumbles were a team high (T-9th in NFL) with two of them being returned by teammates for touchdowns... Seven pass breakups were the most by a Broncos defensive lineman since 1995 (Michael Dean Perry, 8)... Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors with a three-sack game vs. K.C. (12/9)... Had four multiple-sack games, marking the most by a Bronco since 2000 (Trevor Pryce, 4).

2006: Selected by the Broncos in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, Dumervil played 13 games (0 starts) as a rookie and posted 19 tackles (15 solo), 8.5 sacks (56.5 yds.), two forced fumbles and a teamhigh three fumble recoveries... Sack total ranked third among NFL rookies and tied for the third-highest total by a rookie in Broncos history... Had a sack on 44.7 percent of his tackles (8.5 sacks / 19 tackles) and became the first
NFL rookie to record five sacks in a two-game span since 2001 (Justin Smith, Cin.)... Posted the first two sacks of his career vs. Oak. (10/15)... Recorded three sacks, tying Denver’s franchise record for rookies (Rulon Jones, 1980), and recovered a fumble at Cle. (10/22).

COLLEGE: Dumervil finished his career at the University of Louisville ranked second on the school’s all-time sacks list with 32 and third on its all-time tackles-for-losses chart with 42.5... Played 44 career games (24 starts) at Louisville and posted 151 tackles (83 solo), 11 forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one interception and four pass breakups to go along with 32 sacks (223 yds.)... Earned several national accolades as a senior after a recordsetting
season that saw the defensive end lead the nation with a school-record 20 sacks (165 yds.) as a 12-game starter... 20 sacks marked the second-highest single-season sack total in NCAA history behind Terrell Suggs’ 24 sacks for Arizona State in 2002... Selected as the Bronko Nagurski Award winner (nation’s best defensive player) and was the Walter Camp Top 10 Player of the Year as well as a first-team All-American (AP) as a senior... Tabbed
the Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a finalist for the Vince Lombardi Award (nation’s top lineman) that year... Set an NCAA record with 10 forced fumbles as a senior and totaled 65 tackles (38 solo), one interception, one fumble recovery and four pass breakups... Nine sacks in Louisville’s first two games as a senior set an NCAA record for sacks in consecutive games.

PERSONAL: Dumervil was a three-year starter at Jackson High School in Miami, Fla., where he totaled a schoolrecord 78 sacks during his prep career and was a two-time all-state selection... Had 110 tackles and 30 sacks as a senior while forcing three fumbles and recovering four to earn the team’s defensive MVP honors... Played in the California-Florida All-Star Game as a senior... Earned the team’s MVP honor as a junior after posting 30 sacks on a team that reached the state semifinals... Works with American Group Home and Open Door Youth Gang
Alternatives on charitable projects... Bought tickets for and hosted 20 underprivileged children for each Broncos home game in 2010 when he was on injured reserve... Half-brother is Curry Burns, who was a defensive back at Louisville (2000-02) and spent time with the Texans, Giants, Redskins and Saints... Majored in justice administration at Louisville... Elvis Dumervil was born on Jan. 19, 1984, in Miami, Fla.