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50 Cato June - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 229
COLLEGE: Michigan
NFL EXP: 7th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2009 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
HONORS: 2005 NFL Pro Bowl, 2005 Associated Press NFL All-Pro second team, 2005 Pro Football Writers All-AFC Team and All-NFL Team. CAREER: Versatile linebacker who has shown ability to drop back in coverage and support the run…selected to his first Pro Bowl and named Associated Press NFL All-Pro second-team in 2005…has played in 88 career games with 73 starts, and has appeared in eight playoff contests with seven starts…career totals include 490 tackles, 12 interceptions with two returned for touchdowns, 22 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one sack and 19 special teams tackles. 2006 (Indianapolis 16/16): Stared all 16 regular season games and all four playoff contests, including Super Bowl XLI, at weakside linebacker for Indianapolis…led the Colts with a career-high 162 tackles and tied for the team lead with three interceptions…also recorded one sack, five passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery during the regular season…led the team with 26 postseason tackles…recorded a season-high 16 tackles vs. Washington (10/22)…had nine tackles, 0.5 sacks and one forced fumble at Denver (10/29)…tallied 10 tackles and two interceptions at New England (11/5)…totaled 11 tackles, 0.5 sacks, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one interception in the regular season finale vs. Miami (12/31)…had seven tackles in AFC Wild Card Game vs. Kansas City (1/6/07)…had eight tackles in AFC Divisional Game at Baltimore (1/13/07)…recorded four tackles in AFC Championship Game vs. New England (1/21/07)…had seven tackles in Super Bowl XLI vs. Chicago.
2008 (Tampa Bay 16/14): Played in all 16 contests with 14 starts…ranked third on the team with 104 tackles…ranked second on the team with five tackles for loss…had one interception and two passes defensed…notched five tackles in season opener at New Orleans (9/7)…finished with five tackles vs. Atlanta (9/14)…posted nine tackles at Chicago (9/21)…had four tackles vs. Green Bay (9/28)…notched eight tackles at Denver (10/5)…tallied seven tackles vs. Carolina (10/12)…posted three tackles vs. Seattle (10/19)…recorded eight tackles, including one TFL, and one pass defensed at Dallas (10/26)…notched four tackles at Kansas City (11/2)…posted seven tackles vs. Minnesota (11/16)…had eight tackles at Detroit (11/23)…finished game vs. New Orleans (11/30) with eight tackles, one interception of QB Drew Brees and one pass defensed…had five tackles at Carolina (12/8)…tallied eight tackles at Atlanta (12/14)…posted five tackles vs. San Diego (12/21)…registered 10 tackles in season finale vs. Oakland (12/28).
2007 (Tampa Bay 16/14): Played in all 16 regular season games with 14 starts…declared inactive for playoff game because of injury…helped Buccaneers pass defense surrender a league-low 170.5 yards per game and rank second in the league in overall defense (278.4 yard per game)…ranked tied for third on the team with 120 tackles…added one interception, one forced fumble, two passes defensed and one special teams tackle…totaled nine tackles, one interception and one pass defensed vs. New Orleans (9/16)…had a season-high 13 tackles at Indianapolis (10/7)…inactive in NFC Wild Card game vs. N.Y. Giants (1/6/08) because of injury.
2005 (Indianapolis 13/13): Started all 13 regular season games he appeared in and started Indianapolis' lone playoff contest…named to his first Pro Bowl with Indianapolis…named Associated Press NFL All-Pro second team and Pro Football Writers All-AFC Team and All-NFL Team…ranked third on the team with 109 tackles and added a team-leading and career-high five interceptions, returning two for touchdowns…also added six passes defensed…recorded seven postseason tackles and one interception…had 13 tackles and one interception, which was returned 30 yards for a touchdown, at Baltimore (9/11)…tallied seven tackles and two interceptions, returning one 24 yards for a touchdown, at San Francisco (10/9)…recorded seven tackles and two interceptions the following week vs. St. Louis (10/17)…had a season-high 14 tackles vs. Houston (11/13)…started vs. Pittsburgh in AFC Divisional Game and recorded seven tackles and one interception.
2004 (Indianapolis 16/16): Started all 16 regular season games and both playoff contests for Indianapolis…recorded a team-high 128 tackles and added two interceptions, seven passes defensed and two fumble recoveries…finished with eight special teams tackles on the season...recorded 16 tackles in two playoff games…had 13 tackles and one fumble recovery at Jacksonville (10/3)…totaled nine tackles and one interception vs. Oakland (10/10)…had six tackles and one fumble recovery at Chicago (11/21)…recorded eight tackles, one pass defensed and one interception, which he returned 71 yards, vs. Baltimore (12/19)…had eight tackles in the AFC Wild Card Game vs. Denver (1/9/05) and in AFC Divisional Game at New England (1/16/05).
2003 (Indianapolis 11/0): Played primarily on special teams in 11 regular season games and one postseason contest with Indianapolis…recorded nine special teams tackles and one tackle in the playoffs…also had one special teams tackle in the playoffs…saw action on special teams in AFC Wild Card Game vs. Denver (1/4/04) and recorded one tackle and one special teams tackle.
Played three years at the University of Michigan…named All-Big 10 honorable mention as a senior…started 26 of the 36 career games played and ended his college career with 138 tackles, six sacks, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and three interceptions…as a senior, started 11 games and recorded 53 tackles, two sacks, three passes defensed and one forced fumble…majored in general studies.
Selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round (198th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft…signed by Colts on July 24, 2003…signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 19, 2007…released by Buccaneers on Feb. 25, 2009…signed by the Houston Texans on April 6, 2009...placed on reserve/injured list by Texans on Aug. 28, 2009...waived on Sept. 3, 2009.
Married to Nicole, and the couple has one son, Cato Nicolas…provides the Cato June Scholarship of Champions every year for disadvantaged youth…attended Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) High School…three-year starter who totaled 354 tackles and 22 interceptions…also played running back and totaled 234 carries for 2,033 yards and 26 touchdowns…earned USA Today All-American (second team), Parade All-American and District of Columbia Player of the Year honors…lettered three times in track and was the class' salutatorian…started the June Family Foundation in 2008…born in Riverside, Calif.
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