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46 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 4 f PLAYING ON SUNDAYS The following is a look at former Boilermakers on NFL rosters in 2013 and their statistics. Tennessee Titans #66 OT Mike Otto: Played in 15 games, including two starts #31 SS Bernard Pollard: Had 99 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 10 passes defensed, 3 int., in 16 starts Dallas Cowboys #8 QB Kyle Orton: Had 398 yards on 33-of-51 passing with 2 TDs / 2 int., for an 85.3 QB rating in three games, one start #93 LB Anthony Spencer: Had two tackles in one game (missed rest with knee injury) Carolina Panthers #99 DT Kawann Short: Had 30 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 FF in 16 games Denver Broncos #90 LB Shaun Phillips: Had 35 tackles, 10 sacks, 5 passes defensed, 1 int., 2 FF in 16 games, 12 starts Green Bay Packers #96 DE/LB Mike Neal: Had 47 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 pass defensed, 1 FF in 16 games, 10 starts Jacksonville Jaguars #77 RG Uche Nwaneri: Started 16 games Miami Dolphins #81 TE Dustin Keller: Missed season with knee injury New England Patriots #50 DE Rob Ninkovich: Had 91 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 pass defensed, 2 FF in 16 starts New Orleans Saints #9 QB Drew Brees: Had 5,162 yards on 446-of-650 passing (68.6 percent) with 39 TDs / 12 int., for an 104.7 QB rating in 16 starts New York Giants #17 QB Curtis Painter: Had 57 yards on 8-of-16 passing (50 percent) with 0 TDs / 2 int., for an 19.0 QB rating in three games Philadelphia Eagles #67 OL Dennis Kelly: Was inactive San Diego Chargers #61 C Nick Hardwick: Started 16 games Seattle Seahawks #56 DE Cliff Avril: Had 20 tackles, 8 sacks, 4 passes defensed, 5 FF in 15 games, two starts Tampa Bay #86 TE Kyle Adams: Appeared in six games (one with Chicago), including one start Washington Redskins #91 LB Ryan Kerrigan: Had 66 tackles, 8.5 sacks, 3 passes defensed, 4 FF in 16 starts interest in returning to the Packers. But he might command too much money and interest for Green Bay to be able to hold him. "I don't know what the market's go- ing to be like," Neal told the Milwau- kee Journal Sentinel in January. "But I do think I had a pretty good year for a first year at a new position. I'm only going to get better." Tennessee Titans Bernard Pollard and Mike Otto are also free agents, as is New York Giants' backup quarter- back Curtis Painter. Free agent running back Kory Sheets, the MVP of the Grey Cup for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, signed a free agent contract with Oakland in February. Also, wide receiver Royce Adams, who spent the fall in the Jets' camp, was signed by Cleveland. j For daily headlines on recruiting and other Purdue sports news, check out