PRO CAREER: Retiurns to Chicago where he recorded 7 INTs in 46 career games (16 starts)… Tallied 117 tackles, 7 PBUs and 2 FF… Added 22 career special teams stops and has recovered a fumble in the end zone on special teams… Saw his rookie season come to an end early when he was injured in his first NFL game vs. MIN (10/19).
PRO CAREER: Retiurns to Chicago where he recorded 7 INTs in 46 career games (16 starts)… Tallied 117 tackles, 7 PBUs and 2 FF… Added 22 career special teams stops and has recovered a fumble in the end zone on special teams… Saw his rookie season come to an end early when he was injured in his first NFL game vs. MIN (10/19).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick (142nd overall) by Chicago in the 2008 NFL Draft... Signed a 4-year contract with the Bears (7/1/08)... Signed 1-year contract with Minnesota (3/27/12)... Cut by Vikings 9/1/12... Signed 1-year contract with Bears (10/16/12) SIGNED through 2012
COLLEGE CAREER: Attended the University of Nebraska (2005-2007) after spending two seasons at New Mexico Military Institute… Saw action in 22 games, including 9 starts as a Cornhusker… Compiled 56 tackles (46 solo), 17 PBUs, 3 INTs and 2 TFLs in Lincoln… Suffered torn ACL during fall practice of his senior season and redshirted... Earned junior college All-America honors and was the No. 2 junior college recruit in the nation in 2004 according to Rivals.com… Notched 10 INTs - including 2 for TDs - and 22 PBUs at New Mexico Military Institute.
PERSONAL: Three-time all-state first team-selection at Bartlett H.S. in Anchorage, Alaska… Took home Player of the Year honors as a senior… Also starred on the basketball team where he was teammates with 2008 Final Four hero Mario Chalmers… Son of Zackary and Zelma Bowman… Majored in sociology.
