Terrell Suggs
#55 OLB
Baltimore Ravens
Height: 6-3 Weight: 260 Age: 31
Born: 10/11/1982 Minneapolis , MN
College: Arizona State
Experience: 12th season
High School: Hamilton HS [Chandler, AZ]
Terrell Raymonn Suggs (born October 11, 1982) is an American football outside linebacker and defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Arizona State University, and was recognized as an All-American. The Ravens selected him with the tenth overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, and is now the team's all-time leader in sacks with 94.5.Suggs is a six-time Pro Bowl selection and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2011.
Transactions
Terrell Suggs was originally selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
Honors
• Five-time Pro Bowler (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011)
• Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
• Pro Football Weekly Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
• KC 101 Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
• AFC Defensive Player of the Month (Dec., 2011)
• AFC Defensive Player of the Month (Nov., 2010)
• AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 14, Week 12 and Week 1, 2011)
• AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 7, 2008)
• AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 13, 2005)
• Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year (2003)
• Associated Press first-team All-Pro (2011)
• Associated Press second-team All-Pro (2008)
• Butkus Award (best LB) co-winner with Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware (2011)
• Ed Block Courage Award Winner (2012)
• Football Digest second-team All-Pro (2006)
• Pro Football Weekly first-team All-NFL (2011)
• Sporting News All-Pro Team (2011)
• Tied an NFL rookie record (Santana Dotson) with a sack in each of his first four NFL games
• Defensive Rookie of the Month (Sept. 2003)
Early years
Suggs was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Laverne Diane (née Kennedy) and Donald Lee Suggs.He was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. While growing up in Saint Paul, Suggs played youth football, as a center, with future baseball player Joe Mauer.Suggs moved to Arizona either after eighth grade or after playing on Johnson Senior High School's freshman football team.As a teenager, he attended multiple schools, the first being Chandler High School. He later transferred to Hamilton High School where he set the Arizona Class 5A record for rushing yards in a game with 367 against Yuma Kofa as a junior in 1999.
As a senior, Suggs was named a Parade high school All-American in 2000, Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year, the No. 1 jumbo athlete in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine, Arizona Player of the Year by USA Today as well as an All-American by USA Today and the 60th-best player in the nation by Sporting News.
In addition, Suggs lettered three times in basketball and once in track and field.
High School, Personal: Parade All-American in 2000 and Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year at Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) HS...Rated the No. 6 player in the Far West and the No.3 Athlete in the Western region by PrepStar...Named to the All-American team and Arizona Player of the Year by USA Today…Ranked the 60th-best player in the nation by The Sporting News...Made second-team All-West Team by The Orange County Register...Rated the No. 19 player on the Western Region Super 30 by SportsLine/PrepStar...Arizona 5A Player of the Year by the Phoenix Metro...Arizona Player of the Year by Super All-State ‘99...Member of the first-team offense on the Super All-State 1999...First-team All-State and All-Region...Rushed 297 times for 2,274 yards and 26 TDs... Transferred from Chandler (AZ) HS, where he was a blocking back and LB...Set the school record with 367 rushing yards and 5 TDs in a single game...First in the state in rushing yards (2,274), third in TDs (26) and fourth in scoring (156)...Once scored 4 TDs and had 205 yards in three quarters...Lettered three times in football, three times in basketball and once in track and field...Is also a movie aficionado, with a TV, DVD player and sound system in his locker...Suggs co-wrote and produced “When Beautiful People Do Ugly Things,” a short film that was shot in Baltimore and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2011... Suggs’ independent film company, Team Sizzle Productions, had another film, “The Commitment,” selected to Cannes in 2012...Suggs was the producer, while Rich Volin wrote and directed the movie...Suggs’ third movie “The Coalition,” which he wrote and produced was released on Feb. 5, 2013... He is also in pre-production on his fourth movie “Everything about You,” due out in the summer of 2014...Also during the 2012 offseason, Suggs was one of 20 players selected to take part in the NFL’s first-ever Hollywood Boot Camp...The fourday event is designed to provide current and former players an opportunity to get a taste of the motion picture business.
College
Shattered school, conference and NCAA single-season records with 24 sacks in 2002...One of the most dominant pass rushers in the history of college football, Suggs entered the draft after his junior season...His career totals of 44 sacks and 65.5 TFL set school records...Started 34 of 36 games over his 3-year career at Arizona State, amassing 163 tackles (109 solo), including 44 sacks, 14 FFs, 3 FRs, 2 INTs and 9 PD...Consensus All-American and first-team All-Pac 10 Conference selection as a junior…Recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Award (nation's top defensive player), Lombardi Trophy (nation's top lineman) and Morris Trophy (Pac-10's top lineman)…Also named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year...Winner of the Hendricks Award, given to college football's premier DE and voted team MVP…Started every game at DE as a junior and recorded 73 tackles (44 solo)…Set school, conference and NCAA single-season records with 24 sacks, topping the previous school and conference marks of 19 by Al Harris (Arizona State) in 1978 and 17.5 by Syracuse's Dwight Freeney in 2001...His 31.5 stops for losses broke the previous conference mark of 28 by Stanford's Ron George in 1990...Second-team All-American selection by The NFL Draft Report, third-team All-America from Football News and a first-team All-Pac 10 choice as a sophomore...Named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year...Football News first team Freshman All-American and third-team Freshman All-America selection by The Sporting News...Secondary education/history major.
Career
• Ravens all-time leader in sacks (84.5) and sack yardage (-625)
• Also owns the Ravens’ record for FFs (29) and is second in FRs (11)
• Produced a single-season franchise-record 7 FFs in 2011
• His 682 tackles (461 solo) are third most in Ravens history
• Owns 49 PD and 7 INTs (2 returned for TDs - both in 2008)
• Scored his first-career TD on a 44-yard INT return at Mia. (10/19/08)
• Earned a career-high 102 tackles (62 solo) in 2008
• Tallied a franchise-rookie-record 12 sacks in 2003
• Ravens all-time leader in postseason sacks and yards (12-77)
2003: (16/1, 1/1) Finished fourth in the AFC and eighth in the NFL with a franchise rookie-record 12 sacks...Totaled 33 tackles, 6 FFs, 4 FRs, 3 PD and 1 INT in 2003...Became just the second Raven (Peter Boulware – 1997) to earn Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year honors... Also earned Defensive Rookie of the Month (September).
2004: (16/16) Earned his first-career Pro Bowl berth after leading the team with 10.5 sacks (third in the AFC)...Recorded 72 tackles, had 1 FF and recovered 2 more
Posted 7 tackles, including 1 sack (-7 yards) in game 10 vs. Dal. (11/21)...Sack was the 20th of his career in his 26th game, tying him for the fourth-fastest in NFL history to the 20-sack mark…Also had 1 FR, which led to a Ravens' TD two plays later.
2005: (16/16) Finished fifth on the team with 86 tackles (65 solo), 8 sacks (-64.5 yards), 6 FFs, 1 FR, 3 PD and a career-high 2 INTs.
Shared the defensive game ball (Adalius Thomas), when he netted 6 tackles (5 solo) and a career-high 3 sacks (-24 yards) and 1 FF in the 16-15 win in game 12 vs. Hou. (12/4)
Posted 11 tackles, including 8 solo, with 1 TFL in game 6 at Chi. (10/23).
2006: (16/15, 1/1) Named to his second Pro Bowl after posting 86 tackles, including 63 solo...Also tied for third on the team with 9.5 sacks (-64.5 yards), 7 PD, 3 FFs and 2 FRs
Started and produced a postseason career high 10 tackles, 1 FF and the team lead with 6 QB hits while helping hold the Colts to 2.9 yards per rush in the Divisional Playoff vs. Ind. (1/13/07)
2007: (16/16) Finished fourth on the team with 95 tackles, including a team-leading 5 sacks (-34 yards)...He also recorded 7 PD (tied a career high) and 1 FF
Led the team with a career-high 14 tackles, 1 sack (-9 yards) and 3 additional QB hits in game 8 at Pit. (11/5)
Helped hold the Jets to 2.6 yards per rush, posting 6 tackles (4 solo), 1 TFL and a career high 3 PD in the 20-13 win in game 2 vs. NYJ (9/16)
2008: (16/16, 3/3) Earned his third Pro Bowl nod after finishing third on the team with a career high 102 tackles (62 solo), a team-leading 8 sacks (-69.5 yards), 11 PD, 2 FFs, 1 FR and tied his career high with 2 INTs, both of which he returned for TDs (44 and 42 yards respectively) for the NFL's second-ranked defense...Ravens finished 2008, not allowing a 100-yard rusher in 35 consecutive games
Dominated by making 9 tackles, 2 QB hits, 2 PD and an INT, which he returned 42 yards for a TD to seal a 10-point victory in game 8 at Cle. (11/2)...It was his second INT returned for a TD in three weeks
Turned in another massive performance, recording 9 tackles, including 2 TFL and 1 sack - the 50th sack of his career - in the 29-10 victory in game 7 vs. Oak. (10/26)
Earned AFC Defensive player of the Week honors after posting 8 tackles (6 solo), a sack (-7 yards) and an INT (first pick since 2005 season), which he returned 44 yards for his first-career TD in the 27-13 win in game 6 at Mia. (10/19)
Posted 11 tackles, 1 FR and a postseason career-high and team-leading 4 sacks (-35 yards) while starting all three games
Started and produced a postseason career high 2 sacks (-17 yards) despite playing with a significant shoulder injury after not practicing all week in the AFC Championship at Pit.(1/18/09)
2009: (13/13, 2/2) Finished sixth on the team with 58 tackles (41 solo), 5 PD, 4.5 sacks (-33 yards), 1 FF and 1 FR for a squad that ranked second in the AFC and third in the NFL in overall defense, despite missing three games with a knee injury
Started and recorded 3 tackles and a sack (-8 yards) on a defense that held the Raiders to 51 rushing yards (2.6 avg.) in the 21-13 victory in game 16 at Oak. (1/3/10)
Posted 3 tackles for a defense that tied a franchise record, forcing 6 turnovers and holding QB Jay Cutler to a Ravens' franchise record - low 7.9 QB rating in the 31-7 victory in game 14 vs. Chi. (12/20)
Played in his 100th-career game and posted 6 tackles, including a sack (-14 yards), a FF (on the sack, which was recovered by Dwan Edwards for a TD) and a PD in game 4 at NE (10/4)
Started both playoff games and tied for fourth on the team with 10 tackles, 1 sack (-9 yards), 1 FF and 1 FR on a defense that allowed just 106 rushing yards and 2.5 yards per rush
Netted 3 tackles, a sack (-9 yards), a FF and a FR (which led to a Ravens' TD 5 plays later) as part of a defense that allowed just 64 yards rushing in the 33-14 victory in the Wild Card Game at NE (1/10/10)...Ravens held QB Tom Brady to a 49.1 QB rating, while forcing 4 turnovers, including 3 INTs.
2010: (16/16, 2/2) Earned his fourth Pro Bowl nod after recording 58 tackles (38 solo), a team leading 11 sacks (-73 yards), 2 PD and 2 FFs
Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors for November after posting 14 tackles and 4 sacks in four games
Posted 4 tackles (3 solo) and a sack (-11 yards), marking the first time since 2007 that he has posted at least one sack in three consecutive games in game 10 at Car. (11/21)
Recorded 4 tackles, including 2 sacks (-14 yards), marking his first multi-sack game since 9/20/09, in game 9 at Atl. (11/11)
Netted 2 tackles, including a sack (60th career sack), in the 17-14 win in game 4 at Pit. (10/3)
Posted 10 tackles, including a team-leading 5 sacks and 1 FF for a defense that forced 7 turnovers in two postseason contests
Turned in a dominant performance, recording 6 tackles, a franchise-record-tying 3 sacks and a FF (that was recovered by the Ravens and returned for a TD) in the Divisional Game at Pit. (1/15/11)
Netted 4 solo tackles, including 2 sacks (-7), for a defense that held the Chiefs to 161 total yards and forced 5 turnovers in the 30-7 victory in the Wild Card Game at KC (1/9/11)
2011: (16/16, 2/2) Earned his fifth Pro Bowl nod and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year (by multiple outlets) after leading the AFC with a career-high 14 sacks and recording a single-season franchise-record 7 FFs for the NFLs third-ranked defense (288.9 ypg)...Baltimore was also second against the run (92.6 ypg) and the league’s top red zone defense...Also had 70 tackles, 6 PD and a career-hightying 2 INTs
• Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors (Dec./Jan.) after producing 21 tackles, 4 sacks, 2 PD and 4 FFs, helping the Ravens to a 4-1 record to close out the season
• Posted 5 solo tackles, including a career-high-tying 3 sacks and a career-high 3 FFs, for a defense that allowed just 167 total yards and held the Colts to 14% (2-of-14) on third down in the 24-10 victory in game 13 vs. Ind. (12/11)... With 3 sacks, Suggs established a new single-season career high with 13 sacks...Set a franchise single-game record with his 3 FFs, earning his third Defensive Player of the Week award in 2011
• Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording a FF and a career-high-tying 3 sacks, part of a franchise-record-tying 9 sacks, in the 16-6 victory in game 11 vs. SF (11/24)
• Led the team with 13 tackles, 1 sack and 2 QB hits (one of which led to a Ravens’ INT) for a defense that held the Cardinals to 18% on third down (2-of-11) and recorded 6 sacks in the 30-27 victory in game 7 vs. Ari. (10/30)
• Recorded 3 tackles and 2 QB hits for a defense that forced 4 turnovers and tied an NFL record with 3 defensive TDs in the 34-17 victory in game 4 vs. NYJ (10/2)
• Netted 4 solo tackles and a sack (part of 5 by the Ravens’ defense) in the 37-7 victory in game 3 at STL (9/25)
• Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors after turning in a dominant performance, posting 5 solo tackles and a career-high-tying 3 sacks (-25 yards), becoming the Ravens’ all-time sacks leader in the 35-7 victory in the season opener vs. Pit. (9/11)...Also posted 2 FFs (both of which were recovered by the Ravens and led to scores) for a defense that forced a franchise-record 7 turnovers
• Finished third on the team with 11 tackles and a PD for a team that forced 7 turnovers in two playoff games.
2012: (8/8, 4/4) Produced 22 tackles (17 solo), 2 sacks (-15 yards) and 4 PD despite playing in just eight games due to injury (missed first six games of the season with an Achilles injury, missed one game due to a biceps injury and another game on a coach’s decision to rest injuries)
• Posted 4 solo tackles, including a sack (-7 yards) and 1 PD, for a defense that held the Chargers to 20% on third down (3-of-15) in game 11 at SD (11/25)
• Started and finished with 3 tackles (2 solo) and 2 PD in the 55-20 victory in game 9 vs. Oak. (11/11)
• Started his first game of the season after returning from an Achilles injury and recorded 4 tackles (3 solo), 1 sack (-8 yards) and 1 PD in game 7 at Hou. (10/21)
• Activated from the PUP list on 10/20
• Was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list (Achilles) on 8/27 and missed the first six weeks of the season
• Totaled 21 tackles (13 solo), 2 sacks, 1 PD and 1 FF for a defense that forced 10 turnovers in four playoff games
• Finished second on the team with 10 solo tackles, 2 sacks (-8 yards), 1 PD and 1 FF in the 38-35 double-overtime win in the Divisional Playoff at Den. (1/12/13)
Posted 5 tackles (3 solo), including 2 sacks (-9 yards), which established a new franchise rookie record with 12 sacks (Peter Boulware – 11.5 in 1997) in game 15 at Cle. (12/21)
Tied an NFL record (Santana Dotson – 1992) with a sack in each of the first four games of his career in game 4 vs. KC (9/28)
Was used mainly in passing situations at DE and recorded his third sack in as many games in the 24-10 win in game 3 at SD (9/21)...Pulled in his first-career INT against the Chargers, leading to a Jamal Lewis TD two plays later
Subbed and recorded his first NFL sack (-7 yards) in his first NFL game in the season opener at Pit. (9/7)
2013
The 2013 season began very well for Suggs compared to the year prior. Within 12 weeks into the season, Suggs had registered 9.0 sacks and one fumble recovery. Overall in 2013, Suggs started all 16 games with 80 tackles, a fumble recovery, and 10 sacks. For his efforts, Suggs was elected to participate in the Pro Bowl (6th overall).
Community: Annually hosts the “Team Sizzle Worldwide Celebrity Weekend,” a charitable event to benefit the William E. Proudford Sickle Cell Fund...Inspired by a chance encounter with a teen who suffers from sickle cell anemia, Suggs’ charitable focus is on funding research efforts and care for those who have the disease...Continues to support his alma mater, Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) HS, and has provided uniforms, cleats and gloves to the football team... Also supports his teammates’ and the Ravens’ charitable initiatives, including the 2011 Anquan Boldin Foundation Fundraising Dinner, the Ngata Family Foundation Event and former Raven Jonathan Ogden’s “A Ringside Gala” (2012).
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