Samari Rolle

• Games Played/Started: (1998, 15/1); (1999, 16/16); (2000, 15/15); (2001, 14/14); (2002, 16/16); (2003, 13/13); (2004, 11/11); (2005 16/16); (2006, 16/16); (2007, 6/5); (2008, 10/10) Total 148/133
• Playoffs: (1999, 4/4); (2000, 1/1); (2002, 2/2); (2003, 2/2); (2006, 1/1) (2008, 2/2) Total 12/12
• A Pro Bowl performer (2000), who has been consistently productive throughout his 11-year career
• Rolle has also played in 12 postseason contests, including a start in Super Bowl XXXIV
• Enters 2009 with 454 career tackles (379 solo), 138 PD, 31 INTs, (1 returned for a TD), 8 FRs and 3 FFs
• Started all 10 games in which he played in 2008 (missed 6 games with shoulder and neck injuries) and recorded 27 tackles (22 solo), 3 INTs, 13 PD and a FF as part of the NFL’s 2nd-ranked defense
• Earned the Ravens’ 2007 Ed Block Courage Award from his teammates after being diagnosed with epilepsy
• Samari first suffered a physical reaction to his medication, but still returned to play at a high level before being sidelined with a shoulder injury (missed 10 games due to the illness and a shoulder injury) in 2007
• In his 7 seasons in Tennessee, Rolle collected 297 career tackles (242 solo), 93 PD, 23 INTs, 9 FRs, 8.5 sacks and 1 FF
• Rolle led or tied (2001 - Andre Dyson) for the team lead in INTs in 4 of his 7 seasons with Tennessee
• Rolle and former Oiler Darryll Lewis (1994-97) are the only players in Titans franchise history to tie or lead the team in INTs for 3 consecutive seasons
• Rolle was voted to start his 1st Pro Bowl and was named All-Pro by the AP after he tied Miami’s Brian Walker with an AFC-high 7 INTs in 2000
• Named to the USA Today’s All-Joe Team (players who are critical to their team, but don’t receive the Pro Bowl nod) in 1999 he tied a Titans’ franchise record with 3 INTs in a single game (vs. Jax. 12/26/99).

• Samari Rolle re-signed with the Ravens (4-year contract) on 4/6/09
• Waived by the Ravens on 3/17/09
• Signed with Baltimore as a free agent on 3/7/05
• Originally drafted by the Oilers in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft.

• 2008: (with Baltimore) Started all 10 games in which he played (missed 6 games with shoulder and neck injuries) and recorded 27 tackles (22 solo), 3 INTs, 13 PD and a FF as part of the NFL’s 2nd-ranked defense
• Recorded 3 solo tackles, posted a career-high 5 PD, and pulled in an INT, which was part of 5 forced turnovers (4 INTs and 1 FR) by the Ravens in game 11 vs. Phi. (11/23). Rolle’s INT led to a FG in the 36-7 win
• Started 2 postseason games (missed the AFC Championship with a groin injury) and posted 6 tackles (4 solo), 2 PD and an INT.
• 2007: (with Baltimore) Earned the Ravens’ Ed Block Courage Award from his teammates after being diagnosed with epilepsy
• Samari first suffered a physical reaction to his medication, but still returned to play at a high level before being sidelined with a shoulder injury (missed 10 games due to the illness and a shoulder injury)
• Posted 25 tackles (23 solo), 5 PD and 1 INT before being placed on Injured Reserve with a shoulder injury on 12/21
• Returned to action for the 1st time in 4 weeks and posted 3 tackles, 2 PD and helped force the Rams into a Ravens’ franchise single-game-record 5 INTs in the 22-3 win ingame 6 vs. STL (10/14).
• 2006: (with Baltimore) Started all 16 games at CB, posting 60 tackles (2nd highest total of his career), 13 PD, 3 INTs and 1 sack
• Posted 3 solo tackles, 2 PD and intercepted Carson Palmer in the 1st quarter, which he returned 24 yards
• As he was being tackled, Rolle handed off to Ed Reed, who raced 25 yards for a TD in the 26-20 win in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/5).
• 2005: (with Baltimore) Started all 16 games in his 1st year with the Ravens, posting 45 tackles (40 solo), was 2nd on the team with 14 PD, posted 1 FF and 1 INT
• Had 1 solo tackle, 3 PD and his 1st INT as a Raven in the 48-3 win in game 14 vs. GB (12/19).
• 2004: (with Tennessee) Started and saw action in 11 games before a knee injury sidelined him for final 5 games of the season
• Posted 26 tackles (24 solo), 6 PD and 1 INT in limited action
• Started and tallied 2 tackles and 1 INT when he intercepted Jay Fiedler in the end zone to end the Dolphins’ 2nd quarter scoring drive in the season opener at Mia. (9/12)
• The INT was the 23rd of his career, which surpassed Marcus Robertson for 10th on the team’s all-time list.
• 2003: (with Tennessee) Started each of the 13 games he played, recording a team-high 6 INTs, his 2nd-highest total in his career (7 in 2000)
• Covered the opposing team’s best WR on a weekly basis, collecting 29 tackles, 16 PD and 2 FRs
• Started both postseason games, collecting 9 tackles, 2 PD and 1 INT, his 2nd-career postseason INT
• Missed 3 games after dislocating his left elbow in game 5 at NE (10/5).
• 2002: (with Tennessee) Started every game, collecting 44 tackles and 2 INTs, helping the defense to the 10th-overall ranking in the league
• Posted a career-high 9 tackles as he held Pro Bowl WR Marvin Harrison to 9 yards per catch (13.5 career average) and kept RB James Mungro out of end zone on a 4th-and-goal play in game 8 at Ind. (11/3).
• 2001: (with Tennessee) Started 14 games and tied for the team lead with 3 INTs, which marked the 3rd consecutive season he led the team or tied for the team lead in INTs
• He collected 56 tackles, 14 PD, 2 sacks and 2 FRs.
• 2000: (with Tennessee) Named as a starter in his 1st Pro Bowl and was named 1st-team All-Pro by AP, Sporting News, Football Digest and College and Pro Football Newsweekly and was named All-AFC by Football News and All-AFC and All-NFL by Pro Football Weekly
• Led the team and tied for 1st in the AFC with 7 INTs, including 6 picks over a 5-game stretch (10/30 to 11/26)
• Helped the team to the NFL’s top ranking in pass defense (151.5 ypg) and total defense (238.4 ypg)
• Intercepted 2 Brad Johnson passes in a Monday Night Football win in game 8 at Was. (10/30). Rolle returned the 1st pick for an 81-yard TD with no time left on the clock in the 1st half
• Was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week, and the TD return won the DirecTV “NFL Play of the Week” Award.
• 1999: (with Tennessee) Started all 16 games for the 1st time in his career and led team with 4 INTs
• Also ranked 2nd on the team with 17 PD
• Was named to the USA Today’s All-Joe Team, which honors players who are not Pro Bowl players yet, but soon will be
• Matched his career high with 2 sacks ingame 5 vs. Bal. (10/10).
• 1998: (with Tennessee) Saw action in 15 games as a rookie with 1 start (at Sea., 11/29), seeing the majority of his action in nickel and dime packages
• Led all Titans rookie defenders with 30 tackles and ranked 3rd on the team with 7 PD
• Recorded his 1st-career sack in game 13 vs. Bal. (12/6), dropping Jim Harbaugh twice in the 4th quarter
• Made his 1st-career NFL appearance in game 2 vs. SD (9/13), recording 3 tackles
• Suffered a concussion to his spinal cord in training camp, which caused him to miss the final 3 preseason games and the season opener.

• Played in 38 games, starting 24 at Florida State
• Posted 111 career tackles and hauled in 12 INTs in his 4 seasons with the Seminoles
• Four of his career INTs came versus in-state rival Miami
• As a senior, Rolle was named 3rd-team All-America by Football News and 1st-team All-ACC after recording a team-high 7 INTs
• He was named ACC DB of the Week after picking off a pair of passes in a 47-0 victory over Miami
• As a junior, recorded an INT in a No. 1-vs.-No. 2 showdown with Florida in Tallahassee
• Majored in political science

• Named SuperPrep Dixie Defensive Player of the Year and was a Dream Team selection by Blue Chip Illustrated for the Miami Beach (FL) High Tide
• He had 62 tackles and 6 INTs as a senior and also threw for 1,217 yards and 8 TDs at QB, rushed for 402 yards and returned 3 punts for TDs
• Played in the Super 24 Florida-Georgia All-Star Game
• Along with his wife, Danisha, and the Samari Rolle Foundation, in 2002, he kicked off a bowling tournament featuring his Titans teammates, members of the media and corporate sponsors
• His foundation, which helps inner-city residents, had also sponsored a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway, a Christmas toy giveaway, an event that provided free makeovers for homeless women and free sneakers from his Reebok account to inner-city youth
• One of his framed jerseys of NFL players in Rolle’s “Game Room” is of former HS teammate CB Duane Starks, who was chosen by the Baltimore Ravens in the 1st round of the 1998 draft
• He wears No. 22 with the Ravens as a tribute to Starks
• Rolle had a satellite dish installed in order to watch HS football games featuring teams from the states of Florida, California and Texas
• Rolle, who wants to become a scout or coach following his playing days, watches live games in his living room on Friday nights or taped contests following games on Sundays
• His interests are always on the up-and-coming CBs in the country
• In Dec. 2005 and ‘06, Samari participated in the Ravens ACT Auction party that benefits the Ravens All Community Team Foundation and all of the player foundations
• During the 2007 offseason, Samari and his wife joined Jaguar RB Fred Taylor and his wife and Eagles CB Lito Sheppard and his wife on a safari to South Africa
• Partners annually with WR Derrick Mason and QB Kyle Boller to host the Annual Holiday Helpers Shopping Event at Target locations: In conjunction with their foundations, the players donated $10,000 in 2005 and $15,000 in 2006 and ‘07 to provide 100 children with $150 gift certificates to Target
• Samari took part in the 2008 National Walk for Epilepsy in Washington D.C. in March 2008, which helped raise $1.3 million for the foundation
• Home Depot and KaBOOM! honored Samari Rolle as a NFL Neighborhood MVP in Oct. 2008
• Rolle participated in a playground build and was presented with a check for his Rolle With Me Foundation
• Samari and Danisha have 2 daughters, Samara, 8 and Amari Michelle, 2 and a son, Jamir
• Named after an African king, “Samari,” which means “strength”
• Full name: Samari Toure Rolle

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