Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 8/24/08: #2 DE, #9/750 Overall, Projected Rnd: 1 2008: Earned All-American first-team honors from the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation...Recipient of the Nagurski Trophy (nation's top defensive player), Lombardi Award (nation's top lineman) and Hendricks Award (nation's top defensive end)...Finalist for the Lott Trophy (defensive IMPACT player of the year) and named Big Twelve Conference Defensive Player of the Year...Unanimous first-team All-Big Twelve selection...Appeared in twelve games, starting eleven contests at the "quick" defensive end position...Missed the second half of the Texas Tech game and the Baylor contest due to a knee injury and was also was limited at Kansas as a result of that injury... Still managed to record 40 tackles (32 solos), as he ranked second in the league and sixth in the nation with 11.5 sacks for minus-100 yards, the tenth-best season sack total by a Longhorn...Ranked second in the Big Twelve and 14th nationally with 17.5 stops for losses totaling 112 yards...Registered 15 QB pressures and caused four fumbles...Also deflected two passes...Had a very impressive performance in the trenches...On 38 running plays that he made tackles on, the opposition netted just one yard, a miniscule 0.026 yards per carry...Had a hand on 20 pass plays, resulting in his opponents gaining just 56 yards on four receptions, an average of only 2.8 yards per pass attempt...Made fourteen of his stops on third-down snaps and three more on fourth-down...Nine of his tackles came inside the red zone, including three on goal-line snaps...2007: 9 GP; 8 GS; 27 Sol-37 TT, 9 TFL, 5.5 SK, 2 PBU, 12 QBH, 1 FF; Appeared in nine games, starting eight, missing four due to a right knee injury suffered against Arkansas State ... earned Defensive MVP honors in the Holiday Bowl ... earned one of UT's Frank Medina Rehabilitation Awards and was named one of the Longhorns' Outstanding Defensive Ends ... helped UT allow just 93.4 rushing yards per game (sixth NCAA) ... tallied 37 tackles, nine TFL, 5.5 sacks, 12 pressures, two PBD and a forced fumble. 2006: 13 GP; 1 GS; 18 Sol-26 TT, 6 TFL, 4.5 SK, 2 PBU, 11 QBH; Played in all 13 games, recording 26 tackles, six TFL, 4.5 sacks and two PBD ... named one of the Lowe's Most Improved Defensive Players.
Post-Draft Outlook:BEST PICK: The Redskins were thwarted in their efforts to move up to choose Southern California quarterback Mark Sanchez and Texas linebacker Brian Orakpo, but then lucked out to have Orakpo still be there at No. 13. Orakpo will begin his NFL career at left end but is versatile enough to play strong-side linebacker. Those were the Redskins' biggest needs going into the draft and are the positions that five-year starter Marcus Washington filled the past five years (the latter often as a pass rusher on third downs). Orakpo was sixth in the nation with 11.5 sacks as a senior and should be the Redskins' best outside pass rusher. A closer look at the Redskins' picks: Round 1/13 -- Brian Orakpo, DE, 6-3, 260, Texas...The Redskins biggest dilemma with Orakpo will be whether to play him at left end (where he'll begin his career) or strong-side linebacker. The son of Nigerian immigrants was the first defensive lineman picked by Washington in the first round in 12 years. - by The Sports Xchange
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01/14/10 - LB Brian Orakpo set the franchise rookie sacks record while tying the team single-game mark with four, the most by an NFL newcomer in 22 years. The college defensive end wasn't, as feared, a major liability in coverage.
12/30/09 - OLB Brian Orakpo was selected to the ProBowl as a rookie. "At the end of the day I'm not an individual guy," Orakpo said. "I'm always a team-oriented type of guy. So Pro Bowl ... never really came across my mind. I was just so disappointed about our season. But ... the coaches and fans and everybody really knew what I brought to the table each and every time I played, it really humbled me because it really showed that people watching really know what I can do out there." The 13th overall pick out of Texas where he won the Lombardi, Nagurski and Hendricks awards as a senior in 2008, Orakpo is the first Redskins' rookie to be chosen for the Pro Bowl since kick returner Tony Green in 1978. Orakpo leads all rookies with 11 sacks and is tied with Dallas' DeMarcus Ware for the top spot among NFC linebackers. He has nearly doubled Washington's previous rookie record. Four of his sacks came in Week 14 at Oakland, tying the franchise record and were the most by an NFL rookie in 21 years. His 44 yards in losses on those sacks were the most since the NFL began keeping that statistic in 1994.
12/16/09 - LB Brian Orakpo was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after recording four sacks last Sunday at Oakland. Orakpo's four sacks tied a Redskins record and were the most by an NFL rookie in 22 years. His 44 yards in losses were the most since the league began keeping track of that statistic in 1994. "It's a huge honor, I never would have imagined," said Orakpo, the 13th pick overall after winning the Lombardi (top lineman), Nagurski (top defensive player) and Hendricks (top defensive end) awards as a senior at Texas. "I'm just out there trying to make plays."
12/15/09 - LB Brian Orakpo tied a Redskins record with four sacks against the Raiders.
12/13/09 - LB Brian Orakpo became the first NFL rookie to record four sacks in a game since Buffalo's Cornelius Bennett in 1987. Orakpo's four sacks moved him into a tie for the team lead with Andre Carter with 11 apiece.
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