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A. J. Hawk
No. 50 Cincinnati Bengals
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: January 6, 1984
(age 31)
Place of birth: Kettering, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 240 lb (109
kg)
Career information
High school: Centerville
(OH)
College: Ohio State
NFL draft: 2006 /
Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Green Bay Packers (2006–2014)
Cincinnati Bengals (2015–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Champion (XLV)
NFC Champion (2010)
Pro Bowl Alternate (2009)
First-team All-Rookie (2006)
Unanimous All-American (2004, 2005)
Lombardi Award (2005)
Jack Lambert Trophy (2005)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2015
Total tackles: 939
Sacks: 20.0
Forced fumbles: 3
Fumble recoveries: 5
Interceptions: 9
Stats at NFL.com
Aaron James Hawk (born January 6, 1984) is an American football
linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He
was drafted by the Green Bay Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He
played college football at Ohio State, where he earned All-American honors
twice and won the Lombardi Award as a senior. A.J. also runs his own podcast
called The HawkCast.[1]
Early years[edit]
Hawk was born in Kettering, Ohio, and he grew up in Centerville,
Ohio.[2] He attended Centerville High School, near Dayton, Ohio where he was a
teammate of current Cincinnati Bengals kicker Mike Nugent on the football team.
As a freshman at Centerville High School, Hawk made the Varsity Football
team.[2] He holds multiple defensive records and is one of three active NFL
players who played for the Centerville Elks high school football team.[3] A. J.
Hawk's records include most tackles in a game (31) on three separate occasions.
He also has the most career tackles (583).[4] Hawk was a 2-time All-State
player in high school (1999 and 2000).
College career[edit]
Hawk enrolled in the Ohio State University, and played for coach Jim
Tressel's Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 2002 to 2005. During his
four-year Buckeye career, he played in 51 games, starting 38 of them.[5] He had
394 tackles with 196 of them solo, 41 of them for losses, 15 and a half sacks,
7 interceptions, and 13 fumbles recovered.[5] He also had two fumble recoveries
and three forced fumbles and two touchdowns, one on a blocked punt and one on
an interception. His performances earned him first team All Big Ten honors in
all three years he started and the Most Valuable Player award for the Tostitos
Fiesta Bowl. Following his senior season of 2005, he won the Lombardi Award as
the best college football linebacker, and was recognized as a unanimous
first-team All-American.
Professional career[edit]
Pre-draft measureables[edit]
Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd
split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 1 in 248 lb 4.59 s 1.56
s 2.72 s 3.96 s 6.82 s 40 in 9
ft 7 in 24 reps
40 from Ohio State Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine.[6]
Green Bay Packers[edit]
Hawk in 2006 during player introductions.
On April 29, 2006 Hawk was drafted in the 1st round of the 2006 NFL
Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He was the 5th overall pick of the draft. He
signed a 6-year contract with the Packers, worth $37.5 million, on July 28,
2006.[7] He recorded his first NFL sack on September 24, 2006, when he sacked
Detroit Lions Quarterback Jon Kitna in the fourth quarter. Hawk was selected
the NFL Rookie Of The Week on October 23, 2006, in a win against the Miami
Dolphins. He led Green Bay with 12 total tackles in the game and recorded one
sack in the Packers’ 34–24 victory.
For his effort in the November 12, 2006, 23–17 victory over the
Minnesota Vikings, Hawk was selected the NFL Rookie of the Week for the second
time. Hawk recorded 13 total tackles and 1.5 sacks, and forced one fumble.
Early in the third quarter, Hawk sacked the Vikings quarterback Brad Johnson
for a 10-yard loss. He later combined with teammate Nick Barnett for another
10-yard sack.
On December 10, 2006, Hawk recorded his first NFL interception when he
picked off Alex Smith during a 30–19 win over the San Francisco 49ers. On
December 31, during the Packers' final game of the 2006 season, Hawk recorded
his second interception of the season during a 26–7 win over the Chicago Bears.
In his rookie season, Hawk led the Packers' defense with 119 total
tackles, 82 of them solo. He also recorded 2 interceptions, 3.5 sacks, 6 passes
defended and 1 forced fumble.[8] He was third place in voting for the
Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year.[9]
In his second season he was second on the team with 105 total tackles,
78 of them solo. He also had one interception, one sack, four passes defended
and one forced fumble. During the 2007 postseason he recorded eight tackles and
one sack in two games.
In 2008, after spending the first nine games as the Packers' weakside
linebacker Hawk was moved to middle linebacker after Nick Barnett tore his ACL.
Hawk had 86 tackles and 3 sacks in the full 16 game season he started for Green
Bay.[8]
With a Dom Capers' hiring and the preceding switch to the 3-4 defense,
Hawk moved to inside linebacker for the 2009 season.
Hawk was released by the Packers on March 2, 2011,[10] then resigned
the following day, March 3, 2011, with a new five-year deal.[11]
In 2011, Hawk was fined $10, 000 by the NFL after flipping the bird
during a game against the St. Louis Rams.
In March 2013, Hawk restructured his contract, reducing his 2013 salary
from $5.45 million to $3.6 million. His 2014 salary was reduced by $2.5 million
and his 2015 salary was reduced by nearly $3 million. All told, the total value
of the remaining three years on Hawk's deal is reduced by about $7 million
($17.85 million to $10.6 million), providing the Packers with more cap
space.[12]
On February 25, 2015, Hawk was released by the Packers.[13] Hawk led
the team in tackles in five of his nine seasons in Green Bay.[14]
Cincinnati Bengals[edit]
Hawk signed a two-year, $3.25 million contract on March 10, 2015. He
received his first Sack with the Bengals in a Week 10 Match with the Houston
Texans[15][16]
Career statistics[edit]
Year Team GP COMB TOTAL AST SACK FF FR FR
YDS INT IR
YDS AVG IR LNG TD PD
2006 GB 16 119 82 37 3.5 1 2 0 2 31 14 25 0 8
2007 GB 16 105 78 27 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 10 10 0 4
2008 GB 16 86 67 19 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 GB 16 89 67 22 1.0 0 0 0 2 42 21 29 0 2
2010 GB 16 111 72 39 0.5 0 1 0 3 31 10 21 0 10
2011 GB 14 84 53 31 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2012 GB 16 120 81 39 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 GB 16 118 74 44 5.0 1 1 0 1 7 7 7 0 4
2014 GB 16 89 53 36 .5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total Total 142 921 627 295 19.0 3 5 0 9 121 13 29 0 33
[17]
Key
GP: games played
COMB: combined tackles
TOTAL: total tackles
AST: assisted tackles
SACK: sacks
FF: forced fumbles
FR: fumble recoveries
FR YDS: fumble return yards
INT: interceptions
IR YDS: interception return yards
AVG IR: average interception return
LNG: longest interception return
TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
PD: passes defensed
Personal[edit]
Hawk is married to Laura Quinn. Laura is the sister of former NFL
quarterback Brady Quinn. Hawk's final game with the Buckeyes was the 2006
Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, where Quinn was playing at the time. During the
game Laura wore a custom made jersey which was half Ohio State and half Notre
Dame, combining Brady's number 10 and AJ's Number 47, making the number 17.
Hawk managed to sack his future brother-in-law twice during the game and become
co-MVP of the bowl which ended with an Ohio State victory.[18] Laura gave birth
to the couple's first child, a daughter named Lennon Noel, on December 4, 2010.
They welcomed their second child, a son named Hendrix Knight, in January 2013.