PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions

anDre fLueLLen
Defensive Tackle
Florida State
5th Year
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 302
Born: 3/7/85
Cartersville, Ga.
Draft: ‘08, R3b (87)-Det
Complete biographical information available on Detroitlions.com.
MANE FACTS
‣ Growing up, fluellen was a big fan of DT Warren sapp and the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers.
‣ fluellen’s favorite actor of all time is the late Bernie Mac and he thinks
Soul Man is the funniest movie he’s ever seen. He’s also a fan of The
Bernie Mac Show.
‣ one thing fluellen does not do prior to game time is listen to music because
he feels that sometimes he can get overly hyped before the game.
‣ fluellen has recently been getting into music and has a couple of
programs in his homemade studio that consists of a TB and a keyboard.
‣ During the offseason fluellen works on his marketing company that he
recently started and hopes that when his career is over in 15 years or
so it will be an easy carry over into the business world.
‣ after his playing career, fluellen hopes to be some type of sportscaster
or a news journalist writing sports stories. after being an english major
in college, he’d like to apply that in some aspect to his career.
TRANSACTIONS
‣ Drafted by the Detroit lions in the third round (87th overall) of the
2008 Nfl Draft.
PRO
fluellen has progressed for the lions in his first four years with the club
and emerged as a regular in the defensive line rotation, including time at
both defensive end and defensive tackle positions.
‣ Has played in 51 career games (5 starts).
‣ Career defensive tallies include 46 tackles (28 solo), 2.5 sacks (23.5
yards lost), 1 pass defense and 1 forced fumble
2011: fourth-year back-up defensive tackle and contributor on special
teams.
‣ forced his first career fumble in season opener at Tampa Bay (9/11).
‣ Part of a defensive unit that helped the lions to a 27-20 against
the Bucs. Through the first three quarters, the lions defense forced
three-and-outs on five of the Bucs’ first eight possessions, including
three-straight to open the third quarter.
‣ The defense allowed just 56 yards on the ground against the Buccaneers.
it is the lowest rushing total allowed by the lions on the road in a season
opener since allowing 31 yards at seattle september 12, 1999. it was
also their lowest rushing total allowed overall on opening day since
limiting the Green Bay Packers to 46 yards september 11, 2005. No
Bucs running back rushed for more than 15 yards and just 1 of their 17
first downs came on the ground. Tampa’s leading rusher was QB Josh
freeman, who finished with 26 yards.
‣ inactive vs. san francisco (10/16) and at Chicago (11/13).
‣ Had 3 tackles vs. Minnesota (12/11).
COLLEGE
Closed out florida state career with 81 tackles (38 solo), 5.0 sacks, 18
tackles for loss and five pass defenses.
‣ Named to several preseason all-american and all-atlantic Coast
Conference teams, in addition to earning a berth on the Bednarik award
Watch list (nation’s top defensive player) before senior season in 2007.
‣ as a junior in 2006, fluellen started 11-of-13 games at the nose guard
position and two at the defensive tackle position and finished seventh
on the team in tackles, and first among all defensive linemen, with a
career-high 28 stops.
‣ in first season as a regular on the defensive line in 2005, fluellen started
12-of-13 games at the defensive tackle spot and tied for second on the
team in tackles by a defensive lineman with 26 and his 7.5 tackles for
loss ranked sixth on a florida state team that led the nation in that
category with 126.
‣ appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman and finished the
year with six tackles, including one for loss and two passes defensed.
‣ recorded two tackles in a game twice (Miami and Duke).
PERSONAL
Graduated from Cartersville in 2003 and named a three-star player by
rivals.com and the 28 th rated defensive tackle in the country. rated by
rivals.com Georgia Top 50.
‣ recorded 93 tackles and 11.0 sacks his senior season.
‣ as a junior he had 88 tackles, 10.0 sacks, six forced fumbles and scored
two touchdowns.
‣ Had a 345 lb. bench press, a 495 lb. squat and a 330 lb. power clean.
‣ Played on both the offensive and defensive lines in high school.
‣ Majored in literature at florida state and his favorite class was
Greek Mythology.
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FLUELLEN' S SINGLE-GAME BESTS
Tackles: ...................................................................................................................4 (twice) last at Cin 12/6/09
sacks: ................................................................................................................. 1 (twice) last vs. GB 12/12/10
Pass Defenses: ..........................................................................................................................1 vs. TB 11/23/08
FLUELLEN' S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Tm G S TT ST AT Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
2008 Det 8 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Det 14 3 18 9 9 1.5 10.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Det 16 0 10 8 2 1.0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Det 13 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 5 46 28 18 2.5 23.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
POSTSEASON
Year Tm G S TT ST AT Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
2011 Det iNaCTiVe
2011 (Det)
Date Opp G S TT ST AT Sk SkY Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
9/11 at TB 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9/18 KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9/25 at Min 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/2 at Dal 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/9 CHi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/16 sf 0 0 iNaCTiVe
10/23 aTl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/30 at Den 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/13 at Chi 0 0 iNaCTiVe
11/20 Car 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/24 GB 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/4 at No 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/11 MiN 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/18 at oak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/24 sD 0 0 iNaCTiVe
1/1 at GB 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Postseason
Date Opp G S TT ST AT Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
1/7 at No iNaCTiVe