Michael George Vrabel is an American football coach and former linebacker. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He joined the New England Patriots as a free agent in 2001, and became an All-Pro and a three-time Super Bowl champion. He is the first player since 1982 to have two touchdown catches and a sack in the same game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Michael George Vrabel is an American football coach and former linebacker. He played college football at Ohio State University, where he earned consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He joined the New England Patriots as a free agent in 2001, and became an All-Pro and a three-time Super Bowl champion. After retiring as a player following the 2010 season, he was the linebackers and defensive line coach atOhio State for three seasons. His NFL coaching career began in 2014 with the Houston Texans as linebackers coach and then defensive coordinator, before being hired in 2018 as head coach of the Tennessee Titans. In 2012 he was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame. He is the first player since 1982 to have two touchdown catches and a sack in the same game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He has been named to the Pro Bowl for the start of the 2007 and 2008 NFL seasons, and was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for the 2007 season.
In December 2007 he was selected to the NFL All- Pro Bowl; he was also named the All-NFL First Team in January 2008. He also played in Super Bowl XXXVIII and XXXIX, all with the Patriots, and one each in 2009 and 2010 with the Kansas City Chiefs. His versatility was good enough for NFL Network to rank him #7 on their Top 10 episode of the Most Versatile Players. He would occasionally come in as an eligible receiver, lining up as a tight end. In 2004, he became the first defensive player to score a Super Bowl touchdown on offense since William \”Refrigerator\” Perry did so for the Chicago Bears against the Patriots in 1986’s Super Bowl XX. In 2005, on the final Monday Night Football game, he caught a 1-yard touchdown pass to Tom Brady, making him one of 17 players to catch two or more touchdown passes in Superbowls.
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