Dumervil Added to Senior Bowl Roster
January 21, 2006 | Football
Jan. 21, 2006
MOBILE, Ala. (Jan. 20) - - Louisville defensive end Elvis Dumervil, who enjoyed one of the greatest defensive seasons in NCAA history in 2005, has been named to the South roster for the 2005 Senior Bowl, officials have announced.
Dumervil led the nation in three major defensive categories during a remarkable senior season with 20 quarterback sacks, 23 tackles for loss and set an NCAA record with ten forced fumbles.
Winner of the 2005 Nagurski Award, presented annually to the best defensive player in college football, he was also named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year. He recorded 65 total tackles during the season.
The 6-0, 255-pound native of Miami, Fla., was also a consensus first-team All-American selection and set a Big East and school single game record when he made six sacks against Kentucky early in the season, a performance which also earned him Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week honors.
He finished his career ranked second in school history with 32 sacks, and his 11 career forced fumbles is also a school record.
The Senior Bowl is the nation's premier pre-draft showcase, annually featuring the top senior NFL draft prospects on teams coached by the entire coaching staffs of two National Football League teams.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Nolan and his staff will coach Dumervil's South team in this year's contest, while Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and his staff will coach the North.
Senior Bowl practices are also attended by over 700 NFL general managers, head coaches, scouts and other front office personnel each year.
In 2005, ten Senior Bowlers were chosen in the first-round of the NFL Draft and 83 players were drafted overall. Ninety-five percent of last year's Senior Bowl players made active rosters in the NFL in 2005, including the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year - running back Cadillac Williams of Tampa Bay.
Over 560 former Senior Bowl players were on active rosters in the NFL in 2005. Twenty-six former Senior Bowlers were named to rosters for this year's NFL Pro Bowl game including the league's MVP, running back Shaun Alexander of the Seahawks, and Bears' linebacker Brian Urlacher, the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year.
The Senior Bowl is also a non-profit, charity event that, together with its charitable partner Food World, distributed over $1.2 million to charities in 2005.
The 2006 Senior Bowl will kickoff at 3:00 p.m. on January 28, and the game will be nationally televised by ESPN. Senior Bowl practices will also be televised the week of January 23-28 on both ESPN and the NFL Network.
The Senior Bowl is also a non-profit, charity event that, together with its charitable partner Food World, distributed over $1.2 million to charities in 2005.
