Jason Ferguson

Ferguson with the Dolphins during the 2009 season.
No. 72, 95
Nose tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1974-11-28) November 28, 1974 (age 37)
Place of birth: Nettleton, Mississippi
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
College: Georgia
NFL Draft: 1997 / Round: 7 / Pick: 229
Debuted in 1997 for the New York Jets
Career history
New York Jets (1997–2004) Dallas Cowboys (2005–2007) Miami Dolphins (2008–2009)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Tackles 325 Sacks 21.5 INT 0 Stats at NFL.com

Jason O. Ferguson (born November 28, 1974) is a former American football defensive tackle who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, for the New York Jets—who originally selected in the seventh round of the 1997 NFL Draft—, Dallas Cowboys, and Miami Dolphins. A native of Nettleton, Mississippi, he played college football at Georgia.

Early years[link]

Ferguson attended Nettleton High School, and earned varsity letters in football, as a center on the basketball team, and in track and field. In football, he was a two-time All-South honoree and a three-time All-District honoree.

College career[link]

Ferguson played college football at Itawamba Community College for two years and was a two-time All-Area and an All-State honoree. In 1994, he also earned Junior College All-American status, after recording 88 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Ferguson originally intended to go Ole Miss from Itawamba, but switched to Georgia in the final 72 hours before 1995 National Signing Day.^[1]

Playing for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1995 and 1996, he lined up next to Jermaine Smith in Georgia's defensive front. In a memorable game against Auburn, Ferguson sacked quarterback Dameyune Craig on fourth-and-3 in the fourth overtime, sealing Georgia's 56-49 win.^[2]

Professional career[link]

Former Cowboys teammates Ferguson (right) and Akin Ayodele in Miami in 2009.

New York Jets[link]

Falling to the seventh round of the 1997 NFL Draft, Ferguson was selected 229th overall by Bill Parcells' New York Jets. The Jets were the only club to invite him for a visit before the draft, because most teams apparently dissuaded from considering him after he was tested positive for marijuana at the pre-draft combine, reportedly being the only player to do so.^[4] Seventeen defensive tackles were taken ahead of him, including Darrell Russell and Renaldo Wynn in the first round. Parcells originally expressed reluctance to pick Ferguson at all, but trusted Georgia's head coach, Jim Donnan.^[5] Ferguson was signed to a two-year deal by the Jets only few days after the draft.^[6]

In his first season with the Jets, Ferguson shared time with veteran Ernie Logan at nose tackle, before replacing him as starter at the beginning of the 1998 NFL season. In 1999, Ferguson was suspended for four games after testing positive for steroids.^[7] After earning a $12 million contract during the 2000–2001 offseason, Ferguson tore his right rotator cuff during the first practice and missed all of the 2001 NFL season.^[8] He returned to the field to following season and played all games in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Dallas Cowboys[link]

A highly coveted free-agent in 2005, coming off a very strong 2004 season in which he totaled 59 tackles and 3½ sacks, Ferguson left the Jets for the Dallas Cowboys, rejoining Bill Parcells who had become their head coach in 2003. Ferguson was signed to a five-year, $21.5 million contract that included a $9 million signing bonus.^[9] A replacement for La'Roi Glover most of the season, Ferguson started three games in 2005. After Glover left for the Rams in 2006, Ferguson took over as full-time starter.

Following a season-ending biceps injury in the Cowboys' victory over the New York Giants in Week 1 of the 2007 season, Ferguson lost his starting job to Jay Ratliff. That following off-season he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a sixth round draft pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. The teams also swapped their 2008 sixth-rounders, with the Cowboys moving up from the bottom third to the top of that round.^[10]

Miami Dolphins[link]

Ferguson (#95) with fellow 2009 Dolphins team captains Jason Taylor, Joey Porter and Chad Pennington.

Rejoining Bill Parcells on a third team, Ferguson became the Dolphins' starting nose tackle in 2008. He has since appeared in all games and, as of November 2009, compiled 55 tackles (33 solo). In 2008, the Dolphins' opponents averaged only 101.3 rushing yards per game, and 4.2 yards per carry.^[11]

In a game against the Carolina Panthers on November 19, Ferguson suffered right knee injury that caused him to miss the rest of the 2009 NFL season. Considering his age and that fact that he is playing on the last year of his contract, it was believed that this injury would end his 13-year tenure as an NFL player because he planned to either re-sign with the Dolphins, or retire.^[12]

On March 6, 2010, Ferguson was suspended for the first eight games of the 2010 NFL season. He was penalized for taking steroids, the second time he failed the NFL drug test.^[13] Three days later, he re-signed with the Dolphins.^[13] However, on July 15, 2010, Ferguson announced his retirement from the NFL.^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Miami Dolphins bio

Ryan Cabrera
Background information
Birth name	Ryan Frank Cabrera
Born	(1982-07-18) July 18, 1982 (age 29) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock, acoustic
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Atlantic, EMI
Website	www.facebook.com/ryancabrera

Ryan Frank Cabrera (born July 18, 1982) is an Colombian-American pop rock musician. In 2004, Cabrera debuted with his single "On the Way Down", a top ten hit in the U.S., and album Take It All Away. He continued his career with two more albums, You Stand Watching in 2005 and The Moon Under Water in 2008.

Personal background[link]

Cabrera was born in Dallas where he went to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School in Richardson, Texas and then Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, and his ethnic background is Colombian. Listening to Dave Matthews Band influenced him to play acoustic guitar in another band, Rubix Groove, which opened for artists like Cheap Trick and Third Eye Blind. Cabrera composed three songs that impressed a studio engineer, who then let Cabrera record a full-length album, Elm Street, for free at Deep Ellum Studios.^[1] Cabrera has dated Ashlee Simpson, Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas, Riley Keough, and Audrina Patridge.^[2]

In 2010, he appeared in several episodes of The Hills during its sixth and final season. The episodes chronicled his romance and eventual break-up with Patridge. In 2010 he also appeared in the E! television show, Pretty Wild.

Music career[link]

[edit] Take It All Away

Cabrera was signed to Atlantic Records in 2001.^[1] His major debut single "On the Way Down" debuted on American radio in May 2004.^[3] "On the Way Down" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[4]

Take It All Away was released on August 17, 2004, at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart and sold over 66,000 copies in its first week ^[5] and eventually was certified Double Platinum.^[6] John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, produced Take It All Away.^[3] The second single was "True", whose music video featured Taylor Cole, an actress from the TV show Summerland.^[7] The third single was "40 Kinds of Sadness". Cabrera appeared on the Son of the Mask soundtrack with the song "Inside Your Mind"^[8] and the Fantastic Four soundtrack with the song "Always Come Back To You".^[9] Cabrera has starred in a concert film, Live at the Wiltern, with him performing songs from his album Take It All Away.

[edit] 2005-2008: You Stand Watching

Cabrera's second album, You Stand Watching, was released on September 20, 2005, and it included his singles "Shine On" and "Photo". Cabrera's relationship with Ashlee Simpson inspired "Photo".^[10] Several songs were co-written with singer/songwriter Andrew Ripp. You Stand Watching debuted at #24 on the Billboard 200 and sold around 37,000^[11] in its first week and eventually got certified gold.^[6]

On MTV, Cabrera hosted a dating series Score, which also incorporated songwriting in its format.^[12]

[edit] I Will Remember You

In 2006, Cabrera released a single called I Will Remember You. The song quickly got heard by television executives, and used as the closing montage for the entire series of Will & Grace. Soon after, another show requested to use the song as their good-bye anthem. The song I Will Remember You was used to send off the female contestants of So You Think you Can Dance's 3rd season.^[13] Cabrera was then asked to perform the song on the season finale and after he did so, the song cracked into iTunes 100 most downloaded songs.^{[citation needed]} He then added a re-recorded version of the song at the end of his third record, The Moon Under Water.

[edit] 2008: The Moon Under Water

The Moon Under Water was released on May 13, 2008, under Frolic Room Records/ Papa Joe Records and peaked at #177 on the Billboard 200.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

Music videos[link]

References[link]

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Sam Hurd

Hurd during the 2011 NFL season.
No. --     Free agent
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1985-04-24) April 24, 1985 (age 27)
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College: Northern Illinois
Undrafted in 2006
Debuted in 2006 for the Dallas Cowboys
Career history
Dallas Cowboys (2006–2010) Chicago Bears (2011)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2011
Receptions 53 Receiving Yards 739 Receiving TDs 2 Stats at NFL.com

Samuel George Hurd, III (born April 24, 1985) is an American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for six seasons. He played college football at Northern Illinois University, and, though undrafted, was signed after graduation by the Dallas Cowboys in 2006. He played for the Cowboys from 2006–2010 before joining the Chicago Bears in 2011. He was released by the Bears in December 2011, after he was arrested on federal drug charges.

Early life[link]

Hurd attended Brackenridge High School In San Antonio, Texas. At Brackenridge he was an all-state receiver catching 20 touchdowns his senior year.

College career[link]

At Northern Illinois University, he teamed with P.J. Fleck, Shatone Powers and Dan Sheldon to form one of the best wide receiver groups in the MAC. Hurd helped NIU to a victory in the 2004 Silicon Valley Football Classic in a game that was delayed nearly 40 minutes due to a power outage. In his career at NIU he amassed 143 receptions (tied for fifth in school history), 2,323 yards (second in school history) and 21 receiving touchdowns (third in school history).

Professional career[link]

Sam Hurd scoring a TD in a 2009 regular season game

Against the Houston Texans in the 2006 season, Hurd recorded his first NFL reception on Tony Romo's first NFL pass (33 yards). Four weeks later, Hurd got his first start against the Arizona Cardinals recording four catches for 42 yards and also caught a touchdown pass that was negated due to offensive pass interference against Patrick Crayton. He ended the 2006 season with 5 catches for 75 yards and collected 11 tackles while also forcing 2 fumbles along with recovering 2 fumbles, while playing on special teams.

Hurd while a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

After playing five years with the Cowboys, on July 29, 2011, he signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears.^[1]

The Bears cut Hurd from the team on December 16, 2011 following his arrest on drug-related charges.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Beginning in 2007, Hurd started co-hosting Inside the Huddle, a one-hour player commentary show that airs on live on 105.3FM Radio in Dallas as well as a 30 minute television show on Time Warner Cable's ESPN2 and Video on Demand service. In 2007, the show was co-hosted by quarterback Tony Romo, but in 2008, Hurd teamed up with wide receiver Terrell Owens for the show that aired on Tuesday nights on KLLI from the House of Blues in Dallas. Hurd runs a program called "Running with the Hurd," which is aimed at helping underprivileged young children.^[3]

On December 14, 2011, Hurd was arrested in Chicago for allegedly attempting to purchase and distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana and will be facing federal drug charges in the Dallas Division of the Northern District of Texas. The case is being investigated by the ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).^[4] The investigation started in July 2011, during the NFL lockout, and while Hurd was a member of the Cowboys. According to the complaint it was alleged that Hurd had negotiated to pay $25,000 per kilogram of cocaine, and another $450 per pound of marijuana. Police believe that Hurd is connected to a group of dealers arrested in California in August 2011, because a phone number traced to Hurd was found in the caller ID of one of the dealers. On January 24, after finding a new attorney Hurd entered a plea of not guilty for setting up a drug dealing network.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dallas Cowboys bio

Jason Biggs
Biggs at the American Reunion premiere in Sydney 2012.
Born	Jason Matthew Biggs (1978-05-12) May 12, 1978 (age 34) Pompton Plains, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991 – present
Spouse	Jenny Mollen (2008–present)

Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films.

Personal life[link]

Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager.^[1][2] He grew up in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School there.^[3] Biggs had success in athletics while in high school, both in tennis^[4] and in wrestling.

Biggs is Italian American and Roman Catholic; he has mentioned in interviews that he is sometimes cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he was in American Pie (other examples include his roles in Saving Silverman and Anything Else), though he is not Jewish himself.^[5][6]

In January 2008, he became engaged to his My Best Friend's Girl co-star, actress Jenny Mollen; they married on April 23, 2008.^[7] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Career[link]

Biggs began acting at the age of five. In 1991, he made his television debut in the short lived Fox network series Drexell's Class. He also made a one-off HBO special, The Fotis Sevastakis Story, but due to licencing arguments, it was never aired. That same year, Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, which helped pave the way for him to participate in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns. He was nominated for the award of Best Younger Actor at the daytime Emmy Awards for his role.

Biggs attended New York University briefly from 1996–1997, but soon afterwards, he returned to pursue his acting. And so he would be seen again in another short lived television series, 1997's Camp Stories. He then starred in American Pie, which went on to become an international hit that has spawned three sequels (also starring Biggs) and four spinoffs (that did not star Biggs). After that, Biggs accepted starring roles in movies such as Loser in 2000, and others. He appeared in the 2002 Broadway production of The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock along side Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone. And in the 2004–2005 season Biggs portrayed an Orthodox Jew in Daniel Goldfarb's comedy, Modern Orthodox, staged at Dodger Stages theater in New York City. In 2006, Biggs was seen in the MTV reality show Blowin' Up with Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone which led to his participation in a hip-hop recording with Bay Area rapper E-40. Jason returned to the stage in the fall of 2008 in Howard Korder's Boys' Life at New York City's Second Stage Theatre.

Biggs appears in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) as himself playing Silent Bob in the movie within the movie scene, opposite James Van Der Beek as Jay, in which he is referred to as "the guy who fucked the pie" (referring to his infamous scene in American Pie). He has appeared in several other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie and Over Her Dead Body.

In 2010, he made his literary debut by contributing "Scratch-and-Sniff," a poem about growing up in New Jersey, to the anthology What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour through New Jersey (Word Riot Press, 2010), alongside writers such as Joyce Carole Oates, Tom Perrotta, Robert Pinsky, Gerald Stern, and J. Robert Lennon.

He reprised his role as Jim Levenstein in American Reunion, which was released on April 6, 2012.

Filmography[link]

Biggs at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival

He appeared in the band Wheatus' music video, "Teenage Dirtbag" in 2000 and also co-hosted a popular YouTube show "Equals Three" (=3) with Ray William Johnson

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jason Biggs at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason Biggs at AllRovi