Name	Dwight Freeney
Height	6′1"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	February 19, 1980
Place of Birth	Hartford, Connecticut
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Born in Hartford, Conn on February 19, 1980 Dwight Freeney quickly became known around town as a stand-out athlete. He attended Bloomfield (Conn.) High School and earned several awards from a number of publications, including SuperPrep, Prep Football Report, USA Today, New Haven Register, Hartford Courant and Blue Chip Illustrated All-America. In addition, Dwight also collected PrepStar All-Regional honors as a defensive end and was All-Central Connecticut West pick and served as team captain and lettered at tight end as well. Dwight was a four-sport letterman, including three letters in football, four in basketball and baseball and one in soccer.

In college Dwight was a two-year starter for the Syracuse Orangeman. He opened 22 of 39 career games at RDE and became the school's premier career pass rusher. Dwight was ranked second in school history with 34 sacks, in addition to having a total of 104 tackles, 68 solo, 14 FF, three FR, 51 tackles for losses, 43 QB pressures and six passes defensed for career. He holds NCAA seasonal record for FF and FR (11, eight forced, three recovered, 2001). Also Dwight was consensus All-America and All-Big East Conference first-team; named Big East co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year; and was finalist for Lombardi (best lineman), Bednarik (top defensive player) and Nagurski (outstanding defensive player) Awards.

In 2002, Dwight was drafted 11th in the first round of the NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Now in his sixth year, he is the only Colts player with four consecutive double-digit sack seasons (2002-05, since sacks became official in 1982) and has recorded four of the 12 double-digit sack seasons in club history. He has the franchise-record 56.5 career sacks, surpassing LB-Duane Bickett (50) and is T5th-most sacks for the first five career seasons in NFL history. Dwight earned first Pro Bowl bid in 2003 to join Bickett (1987) as club's only defensive Pro Bowlers in team's Indianapolis era and became club's first Pro Bowl DL since DT-Mike Barnes and DE-John Dutton in 1977. In addition, he was named to the Pro Bowl team in 2004 and 2005. In 2007 Freeney helped the Indianapolis Colts win SuperBowl XL1. In July 2007, Dwight made history again becoming the highest paid defensive player in the NFL and the second highest paid NFL player behind his teammate Peyton Manning. Dwight is single and currently resides in Bloomfield, Conn.