Dana Stubblefield

Dana Stubblefield

No. 94
Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: November 14, 1970 (1970-11-14)
Place of birth: Cleves, Ohio
Career information
College: Kansas
NFL Draft: 1993 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Debuted in 1993
Last played in 2003
Career history
San Francisco 49ers (1993-1997) Washington Redskins (1998-2000) San Francisco 49ers (2001-2002) Oakland Raiders (2003) New England Patriots (2004) * *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl selection (1994, 1995, 1997) First Team All-Pro selection (1997) Second Team All-Pro selection 1995) 1993 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1997 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Super Bowl XXIX Champion
Tackles	434
Sacks	53.5
Interceptions	2
Stats at NFL.com

Dana William Stubblefield (born November 14, 1970 in Cleves, Ohio) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. After graduating from Taylor High School in North Bend, Ohio, Stubblefield attended the University of Kansas.

Professional career

Stubblefield was drafted in the first round (26th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. In his rookie year, Stubblefield led the 49ers with 10.5 sacks (making himself The NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year), and recorded 8.5 the following year. He appeared in the Pro Bowl in 1994 and 1995. The 1996 season was, by all counts, a failure for Stubblefield, but his 1997 season found him recording 15 sacks. He was rewarded for his efforts by being named 1997's NFL Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press.

After the 1997 season, he was granted unconditional free agency and signed with the Washington Redskins where his numbers greatly diminished despite the fact that he played opposite Dan Wilkinson, who often drew double-teams.^{[citation needed]} He returned to San Francisco in 2001 and 2002, and played with the Oakland Raiders as a free agent in 2003. In 2004 he was signed by the New England Patriots, but he was injured and got released before the start of the season.

BALCO incident

Stubblefield's name and those of several of his Oakland Raiders team members were found on the list of clients of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative that had given performance-enhancing drugs to Marion Jones and others. Although initially he lied to federal investigators about using both EPO and THG, after he was charged on January 18, 2008, Stubblefield cooperated with both federal and NFL investigators and turned over the names of players, agents and trainers he suspected of drug use.

Because of his cooperation with the investigation, he received a fairly light sentence after pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators on February 6, 2009. He will serve two years probation.

Acting

As an actor, he appeared in the movie Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, released in 2000. During filming, he knocked out Ben Affleck by accident.

Personal

He was formerly the varsity defensive line coach at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California. On October 12, 2010, former NFL agent Josh Luchs mentioned in an article for Sports Illustrated that he offered Stubblefield $10,000 dollars cash while he was still playing football at the University of Kansas, but Stubblefield refused to accept it.

On December 9, 2010 a San Francisco U.S. District Court judge sentenced Stubblefield to 90 days in jail for stealing his former girlfriend's mail by way of fraudulent submission of a change-of-address form.

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dale Carter	Defensive Rookie of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Tim Bowens