Mike Doss - Defensive Back

5-10, 207 Ohio State 4 years in the NFL D2-03 DOB: 03/24/1981

2005:  Third-year veteran who started 14 of 15 games at SS…missed at Baltimore 9/11 and did not start vs. Houston 11/13…had 97 tackles, 60 solo, three passes defensed and 2-8 interceptions…had multiple tackles in every outing and totaled 5+ stops in 14 games…had seasonal-best nine tackles vs. Cleveland 9/25 and vs. St. Louis 10/17…had eight stops and one pass defensed in consecutive games vs. Tennessee 12/4 and at Jacksonville 12/11…had seven tackles vs. Jacksonville 9/18, vs. Houston 11/13 and vs. Arizona 1/1…had six stops, five solo, and one interception at San Francisco 10/9…had five solo tackles and 1-8 interception vs. Pittsburgh 11/28…had six stops, four solo, and one pass defensed vs. San Diego 12/18…had three solo special teams stops vs. Houston.  POST-SEASON:  Started at SS vs. Pittsburgh 1/15 and had seven stops, five solo.  2004: Second-year veteran who started nine of 10 games at SS despite twice missing multiple games because of injuries…sustained hamstring injury in start 9/9 at New England and missed next four games…missed 11/8 vs. Minnesota and 11/14 vs. Houston with groin injury…had 49 tackles, 36 solo, one sack, two interceptions, one pass defensed and three FF…had two tackles, one solo, on special teams…had tackles in nine games, missing only 10/31 at Kansas City…had 11 tackles, nine solo, vs. Baltimore 12/19…had seven stops vs. Jacksonville 10/24 and vs. San Diego 12/26…had five stops vs. Tennessee 12/5 and at Denver 1/2…was 1-32 interceptions vs. Baltimore and had other interception at Chicago 11/21…had two FF at Kansas City and one FF vs. Baltimore. POST-SEASON: Was reserve DB 1/9 vs. Denver and 1/16 at New England…had one interception vs. Denver and had three stops at New England. 2003: Started 15 games at SS, missing 12/28 at Houston with ankle injury suffered 12/21 vs. Denver…had 101 tackles, 64 solo, four FF, three passes defensed, one interception and 13 special teams tackles, 10 solo…interception came at Tampa Bay 10/6…had two double-digit tackle games, tackles in 14 outings and 10 games with at least seven takedowns…had eleven tackles at Buffalo 11/23 and 10 vs. New England 11/30 for top totals…had nine stops vs. Jacksonville 9/21 and vs. Houston 10/26…had eight tackles at New Orleans 9/28, at Tampa Bay and at Jacksonville 11/9…had seven stops at Cleveland 9/7, vs. Carolina 10/12 and at Tennessee 12/7…had two FF at Tennessee and one vs. Jacksonville and vs. Denver…had special teams tackles in nine games, with two vs. Carolina, vs. Houston, at Tennessee and vs. Atlanta 12/14. POST-SEASON: Was inactive 1/4 vs. Denver…was reserve at Kansas City 1/11 and started at SS at New England 1/18…had 10 tackles, seven solo, and one pass defensed…had nine tackles, six solo, and one pass defensed at New England.

Four-year player who started 40 of 50 career contests…was starter for final three seasons… had 331 career tackles, 228 solo, 20 passes defensed, eight interceptions, eight fumbles recovered, six sacks and two fumbles forced…started 14 games as senior as team won national championship…had 107 tackles, 65 solo, eight passes defensed, two interceptions and one fumble recovered…had nine tackles vs. Texas Tech…had 45t interception for fourth career score (3 FR, 1 int.) vs. Kent State…had 14 tackles, eight solo, and one fumble recovered at Wisconsin…had 13 tackles vs. Michigan…had nine tackles and one interception in Fiesta Bowl win over Miami…was consensus All-America and All-Big Ten choice…named Big Ten Defensive Player-of-the-Year…was semi-finalist for Jim Thorpe, given to nation’s top DB…had 87 tackles, 57 solo, four fumbles recovered, three interceptions, three sacks and four passes defensed in 12 starts as junior…had seven tackles, one recovered fumble and one blocked punt at UCLA…blocked one punt in second consecutive game at Indiana…had 15 tackles, one sack and 30t fumble return vs. Northwestern…had 12 stops vs. San Diego State and 13 at Penn State…had seven tackles and one fumble recovered vs. Illinois and had eight tackles, one sack and one fumble recovered vs. South Carolina…was All-America choice by The Sporting News and Walter Camp…was All-Big Ten first-team pick and semi-finalist for Jim Thorpe Award…started 12 games as sophomore and had 94 tackles, 73 solo, three fumbles recovered, three interceptions, three sacks, one fumble forced and six passes defensed…had seven tackles, one interception and one fumble recovered vs. Fresno State…had two interceptions and eleven tackles at Purdue…had eight tackles and 73t fumble return vs. Michigan State…had 16 stops vs. Michigan…was All-America choice by The Sporting News…was All-Big Ten first-team pick…started two of 12 games as freshman…had 43 tackles, 33 solo, one fumble forced and two passes defensed…had 12 stops at Michigan State and 10 vs. Illinois…communications major.

Full name is Michael Allen Doss…born in Canton, Ohio…attended McKinley High School…helped team win state titles in final two years…rushed for 143 yards and four TDs in title game as senior…had 1,454 yards and 22 TDs, 111 tackles and three ints. as senior to win all-state honors…had 14 career ints….was USA Today All-America honorable mention…had 97 tackles and nine ints. as junior…single…resides in Canton, Ohio.