Mike Pennel
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Pennel in 2015 | |||||||||||
| No. 64 Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 9, 1991 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Topeka, Kansas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 332 lb (151 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | Aurora (CO) Grandview | ||||||||||
| College: | CSU-Pueblo | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016 | |||||||||||
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Michael Maurice Pennel Jr. (born May 9, 1991) is an American football nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado State-Pueblo. Pennel was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
College career
Pennel played college football at Scottsdale Community College, Arizona State University and Colorado State University–Pueblo. He was suspended indefinitely by Arizona State in 2012 for comments he made over Twitter and transferred to Colorado State-Pueblo.[1]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 4 in | 332 lb | 33 3⁄8 in | 9 7⁄8 in | 5.23 s | 1.82 s | 3.03 s | 4.84 s | 7.94 s | 28.5 in | 8 ft 6 in | 23 reps | ||||||||
| All values are from NFL Combine[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft, Pennel signed with the Green Bay Packers on May 12, 2014.[4] Pennel joined Jayrone Elliott as undrafted players to make the Packers roster. During his rookie season in 2014, Pennel made 13 game appearances with 8 tackles. In 2015, Pennel appeared in all 16 games, starting 5 of them with 24 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 forced fumble.
On February 19, 2016, Pennel was suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season due to violating the league's substance abuse policy.[5]
Statistics
Source: NFL.com
| Year | Team | G | GS | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GB | 13 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | GB | 16 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Postseason | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | GB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/20121002asu-mike-pennel-suspended-indefinitely.html
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Mike Pennel". NFL.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Mike Pennel - Colorado State-Pueblo, DT : 2014 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Packers announce roster moves". Packers.com. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Ortega, Mark (February 19, 2016). "Packers' Mike Pennel suspended four games". NFL.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
External links
- Green Bay Packers bio
- CSU–Pueblo ThunderWolves bio
- Arizona State Sun Devils bio
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • CBS Sports • Yahoo! Sports • Pro-Football-Reference