Originally entered the league as a sixth round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2007 NFL Draft, but has appeared in all 21 career games (10 starts) with the Bears... Posted 39 tackles (22 solo), 2.0 sacks, 3 PBUs, 2 TFLs and 1 fumble recovery in his career... Spent the first 14 weeks of the 2007 regular season on the Bengals practice squad before being signed to the Bears active roster... Made an immediate impact with the Bears by recording 2 TFLs in his first NFL game in 2007... Played in 2 career playoff games.

2010 SEASON: Appeared in a career-high 16 games, making 10 starts... Collected career highs in tackles (33), sacks (2.0), PBUs (2) and fumble recoveries (1)... Made his first career start vs. GB (9/27)... Posted his first career sack vs. PHI (11/28)... Played in both postseason games. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-10

PREVIOUS SEASONS:
2009 - Played in 1 game, vs. PIT (9/20), but did not record a tackle... Was inactive for other 15 games.
2008 - Saw action in one game vs. NO (12/11), gathering 1 tackle and 1 PBU... Inactive for Games 1-13 and 15-16.
2007 - Made NFL debut at MIN (12/17/07), racking up 2 TFLs in the process... Finished the season with 5 tackles and 2 TFLs in three games.

Played in 48 games with 27 starts at Oregon (2002-06), starting every game his junior and senior seasons... Finished his career with 5 starts at RDE and 22 at RDT.

SENIOR: Earned all-Pac 10 honorable mention, tallying 3 TFLs and 1 fumble recovery among 36 tackles... Recipient of Joe Schafford Trophy, given to the team's most outstanding defensive lineman.

JUNIOR: Started 2 games at RDE and 10 at RDT, posting career highs in sacks (3.0), TFLs (6) and PBU (4).

SOPHOMORE: Played in 10 games, making two starts... Led the Ducks with 3 fumble recoveries.

FRESHMAN: Appeared in every game... Redshirted in 2002.

Born in San Francisco, but grew up in Pago Pago, American Samoa... Attended Samoana High School in Utulei, American Samoa... Younger brother, Simi, was a defensive lineman at Oregon. Majored in political science.

Drafted by Cincinnati in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft... Signed by the Bengals (7/25/07)... Cut by Cincinnati (9/2/07)... Signed to the Bengals practice squad (9/4/07)... Signed by Chicago off the Bengals practice squad (12/12/07). SIGNED through 2013.