weekly release - New York Giants

ocky bernard
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DEFENSIVE tackle
Height - 6-3
Weight - 301
College - Texas A&M
Birthdate - April 19, 1979
High School - Sterling (Baytown, TX)
How Acquired - Free Agent (Seattle 2009)
NFL EXP. - 11th Year
GIANTS EXP. - 4th Year
new york football giants
TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a 5th round (146th pick overall)
draft choice by the Seattle Seahawks in
2002…Signed by the Giants as an unrestricted
free agent on Feb. 28, 2009…Released by
the Giants on July 29, 2011…Re-signed by
the Giants on Aug. 4, 2011…Re-signed by the
Giants on June 11, 2012.
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- Opened the 2012 season against Dallas
(9/5) as the team’s starting RDT...Sacked
Tony Romo on Dallas’ first offensive play.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 157 regular-season games
with 58 starts and played in 12 postseason
games with 8 starts…Career regular season
totals include 392 tackles (269 solo), 33.0
sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 8 fumble recoveries
and 19 passes defensed…Bernard’s postseason
totals include 31 tackles (26 solo), 5.0
sacks and 3 passes defensed.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Saw action at defensive tackle vs. New
Orleans (12/9)...Recorded one tackle.
- Saw action at defensive tackle at
Washington (12/3)...Recorded three tackles
(one solo), including one tackle for a loss.
- Saw action at defensive tackle vs. Green
Bay (11/25)...Recorded one assisted tackle.
- Saw action at defensive tackle at
Cincinnati (11/11)...Recorded one assisted
tackle.
- After missing four weeks due to a quad
injury...Saw action at defensive tackle vs.
Pittsburgh (11/4)...Recorded four tackles
(two solo).
- Inactive at Dallas (10/28) for the fourth
straight week due to a quadricep injury.
- Inactive vs. Washington (10/21) for the
third straight week due to a quadricep injury.
- Inactive at San Francisco (10/14) for the
second straight week due to a quadricep
injury.
- Inactive vs. Cleveland (10/7) due to a
quadricep injury.
- Started at RDT at Philadelphia (9/30)
where he tallied four tackles (two solo).
- Started at RDT at Carolina (9/20)...
Recorded two tackles (one solo).
- Started at RDT vs. Tampa Bay (9/16) and
had five tackles (four solo) in the 41-34 vic-
BERNARD’S BEST GAMES
Tackles: 9, 2 times, last vs. Wash. (9/13/08)
Sacks: 2.0, 5 times, last at SF (10/26/08)
Interceptions: None
Forced Fumbles: 1, 5 times, last at SF (10/26/08)
Fumble Recoveries: 1, 7 times, last vs. GB (10/12/08)
REGULAR SEASON
DATE OPP T A TT SKS FF FR stt
9/5 DAL 2 1 3 1.0 0 0 0
9/16 TB 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0
9/20 @CAR 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
9/30 @PHI 2 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
10/7 CLE INACTIVE
10/14 @SF INACTIVE
10/21 WAS INACTIVE
10/28 DAL INACTIVE
11/4 PIT 2 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
11/11 @CIN 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
11/25 GB 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
12/3 @WAS 1 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
12/9 NO 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
12/16 @ATL
12/23 @BAL
12/30 PHI
TOTAL 12 12 24 1.0 0 0 0