Cato June
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Cato Nnamdi June (born November 18 , 1979 in Riverside, California ) is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League .
High school career June attended Anacostia High School in Washington D.C. As a senior, he was named the All-Met Player of the Year, Parade All-American, Gatorade player of the year, and won second team USA Today All-America honors. June played under coach Willie Stewart who coached them 7 consecutive appearances in the DCIAA championship three of which June was a part of winning one in 1995 where june was MVP. The legendary Coach Willie Stewart is currently head coach today for Anacostia HS today. June also excelled in basketball, track, and baseball. He was a starting small forward on the three-time DCIAA championship basketball team. He received all-conference honors his senior year.
College career June played college football at the University of Michigan , where he played safety and wore jersey #2. June excelled at Michigan. In 2002, his senior season, June had 36 tackles, 17 assists, four tackles for loss, and two sacks. He had 102 career tackles and 36 career assists, 10 tackles for loss, and six sacks.
NFL career June was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round (25th pick) of the 2003 NFL Draft . In 2005, June was a first time Pro Bowl starter at linebacker. During the 2006 NFL season he led the Colts in tackles and helped the Colts win Super Bowl XLI . On March 17 , 2007 he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , where he is expected to play opposite Derrick Brooks at strong-side linebacker .[1] He made his first interception as a Buccaneer on Week 2 of the 2007 season playing against the New Orleans Saints .
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Michigan Wolverines football
All-time record: 868–286–36 (.745)
Key Personnel
Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez • Offensive Coordinator: Calvin Magee • Defensive Coordinator: TBD
Playing Fields
Ann Arbor Fairgrounds • Regents Field • Ferry Field • Michigan Stadium
Rivalries
The Ohio State Game • Michigan State-Paul Bunyan Trophy • Notre Dame • Minnesota-Little Brown Jug
Head Coaches
Murphy • Crawford • Barbour • McCauley • Ward • Ferbert • Lea • Yost • Little • Wieman • Kipke • Crisler • Oosterbaan • Elliott • Schembechler • Moeller • Carr • Rodriguez
Retired Numbers
#11 Al Wistert , Alvin Wistert , and W. Wistert • #47 Oosterbaan #48 G. Ford • #87 Kramer • #98 Harmon
Heisman Trophy Winners Harmon • Howard • Woodson
Big Ten Most Valuable Player Friedman • Newman • Harmon • B. Elliott • Pace • Timberlake • Johnson • Lytle • Leach • Carter • Harbaugh • Howard • Woodson • Perry • Edwards
College Football Hall of Fame Benbrook • Brown • Carter • Chappuis • Crisler • Curtis • Dierdorf • B. Elliott • P. Elliott • Evashevski • Friedman • Harmon • Heston • Hirsch • Johnson • Kipke • Kramer • Little • Mandich • Maulbetsch • McKenzie • Newman • Oosterbaan • Pregulman • Raymond • Schembechler • Schulz • Snow • Vick • Westfall • Wieman • Al Wistert • Alvin Wistert • W. Wistert • Yost
First Team All-Americans Consensus , ^Unanimous)
1890s : Cunningham 1900s : Snow Heston Heston Schulz Benbrook 1910s : Benbrook Wells Pontius Craig Maulbetsch Culver • Steketee 1920s : Vick • Kipke Blott Slaughter • Brown • Oosterbaan Friedman Oosterbaan Friedman Oosterbaan • Pommerening 1930s : Morrison • Petoskey • ^Newman • Bernard • Petoskey • W. Wistert Bernard • ^Heikkinen • Harmon 1940s : ^Harmon • Frutig • Westfall Al Wistert Franks Daley • Pregulman • Madar • Chappuis B. Elliott • P. Elliott • Rifenburg Alvin Wistert Alvin Wistert Wahl 1950s : Wahl • Perry • Walker • Kramer Kramer • Pace 1960s : Timberlake • Yearby • Yearby Clancy • Johnson • Volk • ^Mandich • Curtis 1970s : Hill • Dierdorf Huff • McKenzie Taylor • Darden • Seymour Logan Gallagher Brown Brown • Dufek • Smith • O'Neal • Lytle Donahue Donahue • Downing • Anderson • Leach • Greer • Simpkins Lilja 1980s : Carter • ^Carter • Muransky Becker Carter • Paris • Dixon • Humphries • Hammerstein Cochran Rivers J. Elliott • J. Elliott Vitale Messner • ^Welborne 1990s : ^Welborne • Dingman • Skrepenak • ^Howard • Anderson • ^Skrepenak • C. Hutchinson • Hamilton • Law • Horn • Payne • Irons Woodson • Steele • ^Woodson • Tuman • Jansen • Renes 2000s : ^S. Hutchinson • Walker • Perry Edwards • Baas Jackson Shazor Hall Long Woodley
First Round Draft Picks
Harmon • Evashevski • Westfall • Pregulman • Hirsch • Lund • Madar • Chappuis • Dworsky • P. Elliott • Derricotte • Kramer • Pace • Mack • Yearby • Detwiler • Johnson • Darden • Taylor • Seymour • Gallagher • Greer • Kenn • Anderson • Giesler • Gold • Owens • Woolfolk • Brooks • Harbaugh • Bunch • Howard • Everitt • Alexander • Wheatley • Law • Jenkins • Biakabutuka • Woodson • Terrell • S. Hutchinson • Backus • Perry • Edwards • Jackson • Hall
Pro Football Hall of Fame Hirsch • Hewitt • L. Ford • Dierdorf • Mack • Allen • Friedman
NFL Pro Bowlers
Al Wistert • L. Ford (4) • Hirsch (3) • Zatkoff (3) • Kramer • Morrow • Barr (2) • Keating (2) • Volk (3) • Mack (11) • Dierdorf (5) • Darden • Logan (2) • Kenn (5) • Hicks (4) • Brown • Haji-Sheikh • Carter (2) • Bostic • Hoard • Harbaugh • J. Elliott • Law (4) • Woodson (4) • Grbac • Howard • Brady (4) • Gold • Runyan • S. Hutchinson (5) • June • Griese • Edwards
Alumni Active in the NFL
Askew • Avant • Baas • Backus • Brady • Branch • Breaston • Burgess • Campbell • Collins • Dudley • Edwards • Feely • Foote • Gold • Goodwin • Griese • James Hall • Leon Hall • Harris • Hobson • Hutchinson • Jackson • Jansen • Jones • Joppru • June • Law • LeSueur • Manning • Massaquoi • Navarre • Orr • Pape • Pearson • Perry • Riley • Runyan • Shea • Terrell • Thomas • Toomer • Tuman • Watson • B. Williams • M. Williams • Woodley • Woods • Woodson
Active First-Team
Hart • Kraus • Long • Manningham
Other Important Figures
Bell • Canham • Franklin • Henne • Mallett • Morris • Streets • Ufer • Vaughn
National Championships (11) 1901 , 1902 , 1903 , 1904 , 1918 , 1923 , 1932 , 1933 , 1947 , 1948 , 1997
Big Ten Championships (42) 1898 , 1901 , 1902 , 1903 , 1904 , 1906 , 1918 , 1922 , 1923 , 1925 , 1926 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1933 , 1943 , 1947 , 1948 , 1949 , 1950 , 1964 , 1969 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1997 , 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2004
All-Time leaders
Receiving • Passing • Rushing
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