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===2019 season===
===2019 season===
The 2019 season was a breakout season or Armstead. He recorded 54 tackles (32 solo) and a team-leading 10 sacks. He also ranked 2nd on the 49ers regarding tackles for loss.<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/2019.htm</ref>
The 2019 season was a breakout season for Armstead. He recorded 54 tackles (32 solo) and a team-leading 10 sacks. He also ranked 2nd on the 49ers regarding tackles for loss.<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/2019.htm</ref>


===NFL statistics===
===NFL statistics===

Revision as of 08:35, 20 January 2020

Arik Armstead
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Arik Armstead in 2018
No. 91 – San Francisco 49ers
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1993-11-15) November 15, 1993 (age 30)
Sacramento, California
Height:6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight:290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school:Pleasant Grove
(Elk Grove, California)
College:Oregon
NFL draft:2015 / round: 1 / pick: 17
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Total tackles:152
Sacks:19.0
Forced fumbles:3
Fumble recoveries:0
Pass deflections:3

Arik Armstead (born November 15, 1993) is an American football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon.

Early years

Armstead attended Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, California.[1] During his high school career. he had 126 tackles and 7.5 sacks. Armstead was a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and sixth best defensive end in his class.[2] He originally committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football but changed to the University of Oregon.[3][4] He also played basketball in high school.

College career

Armstead played in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2012, making one start. He finished the 2012 season with 26 tackles and a half-sack. During the spring he joined the Ducks basketball team, where he redshirted his first year. Armstead played in 13 games as a sophomore in 2013, recording 15 tackles and one sack. During the spring he re-joined the basketball team. He played in one game, before quitting to focus on football.[5][6][7] Armstead returned to the football team his junior season in 2014.[8][9]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press Wonderlic
6 ft 7+1⁄8 in
(2.01 m) 		292 lb
(132 kg) 		33 in
(0.84 m) 		10+1⁄2 in
(0.27 m)		 5.10 s 1.75 s 2.92 s 4.53 s 7.57 s 34 in
(0.86 m)		 9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)		 24 reps 26
All values from NFL Combine[10]

The San Francisco 49ers selected Armstead in the first round (17th overall) in the 2015 NFL Draft.[11] He was the fourth defensive end selected in 2015.

2015 season: Rookie year

Armstead was unable to attend training camp and organized team activities until Oregon's school year had concluded due to the NFL's policy that prohibits rookies joining teams until their year is officially completed. Upon arrival, he was competing for the job as the starting defensive end against Quinton Dial, Darnell Dockett, Glenn Dorsey, and Tank Carradine after it was left vacant due to the retirement of Justin Smith.[12] Head coach Jim Tomsula named him the fifth defensive end on the depth chart to begin the regular season, behind Quinton Dial, Glenn Dorsey, Tank Carradine, and Tony Jerod-Eddie.[13]

Armstead made his NFL debut in the season-opening 20-3 victory against the Minnesota Vikings. On September 27, 2015, Armstead recorded three combined tackles and made his first NFL sack on quarterback Carson Palmer for a four-yard loss during a 47-7 road loss to the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 11, he collected a season-high six combined tackles in a 29-13 loss at the Seattle Seahawks. On January 3, 2016, Armstead earned his first NFL start and made a solo tackle during a 19-16 overtime victory over the St. Louis Rams.[14]

Armstead finished his rookie year with 19 combined tackles (14 solo) and two sacks in 16 games and one start.[15]

2016 season

The San Francisco 49ers hired Chip Kelly as their new head coach and who was previously Armstead's head coach at Oregon.[16] Armstead competed to be the starting defensive end after Glenn Dorsey was moved to nose tackle. Armstead competed against DeForest Buckner and Quinton Dial. Kelly named Armstead and Dial the starting defensive ends for Week 1.[17]

On November 8, 2016, the 49ers placed Armstead on injured reserve with a left shoulder injury.[18] A week later, he had surgery to repair the injured shoulder.[19]

Armstead finished his second season with 15 combined tackles (nine solo), a forced fumble, and 2.5 sacks in eight games and four starts.[15]

2017 season

On October 17, 2017, Armstead was placed on injured reserve after suffering a broken hand in Week 6.[20] He finished his third season with 16 combined tackles (eight solo), 1.5 sacks, and a pass deflection in six games.[15]

2018 season

On April 30, 2018, the 49ers picked up the fifth-year option on Armstead's contract.[21] He finished the season with 48 tackles (33 solo) and three sacks.

2019 season

The 2019 season was a breakout season for Armstead. He recorded 54 tackles (32 solo) and a team-leading 10 sacks. He also ranked 2nd on the 49ers regarding tackles for loss.[22]

NFL statistics

Year Team Games Tackles Fumbles Interceptions
GP GS Comb Total Ast Sacks FF FR Yds TD Int Yds Avg Lng TD PD
2015 SF 16 1 19 14 5 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 SF 8 4 15 9 6 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 SF 6 6 16 8 8 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
2018 SF 16 16 48 33 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 SF 11 11 38 22 16 10.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Career 57 38 136 86 50 19.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1

Personal life

Armstead's brother, Armond Armstead, played college football at USC and in the Canadian Football League.[23]

References

  1. ^ "West notebook".
  2. ^ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  3. ^ "Oregon Ducks blue chip recruit Arik Armstead to bring rare two-sport prowess to Eugene (video)".
  4. ^ "Arik Armstead To Oregon: Five-Star Lineman Declares For Ducks". January 30, 2012 – via Huff Post.
  5. ^ "Oregon basketball: Denied a larger role, Arik Armstead chose to focus on football".
  6. ^ "Oregon basketball: Arik Armstead leaves Ducks basketball team to focus on football".
  7. ^ Oregon Ducks defensive end Arik Armstead bigger, stronger, more focused Archived December 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Arik Armstead dreams big: Inside the Oregon Ducks lineman's attempt to fulfill big expectations".
  9. ^ Register-Guard, Ryan Thorburn Eugene. "Armstead dedicates, delivers for Ducks".
  10. ^ "Arik Armstead - DT - Oregon - NFL Combine Results". nflcombineresults.com.
  11. ^ Emerick, Tyler (April 30, 2015). "San Francisco 49ers Draft Oregon DT Arik Armstead". 49ers.com. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  12. ^ Cohn, Grant (July 7, 2015). "49ers: Defensive Position-by-Position Breakdown and Depth-Chart Analysis". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "San Francisco 49ers Release Depth Chart for Week 1". 49ers.com. September 9, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  14. ^ "NFL Player stats: Arik Armstead (2015)". NFL.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "NFL Player stats: Arik Armstead (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  16. ^ "Full list of Chip Kelly's 49ers coaching staff". ninersnation.com. January 27, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  17. ^ "49ers release first regular season depth chart of 2016". 49erswebzone.com. September 6, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  18. ^ "49ers Place Arik Armstead on Injured Reserve, Claim DT Chris Jones". 49ers.com. November 8, 2016.
  19. ^ "49ers: Source says Arik Armstead will be ready for offseason". sfgate.com. November 15, 2016.
  20. ^ "49ers Announce a Pair of Roster Moves". 49ers.com. October 17, 2017.
  21. ^ Alper, Josh (April 30, 2018). "Arik Armstead gets 2019 option picked up". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
  22. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/2019.htm
  23. ^ "Patriots Notebook: Armond's lost career fuel for Arik Armstead".
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