Defensive tackle, Oregon State, 2008–10
Stephen Paea
- Number
- No. 54
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 311 lb
- Hometown
- Los Altos, CA
- Born
- May 11, 1988
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Stephen Paea played defensive tackle at Oregon State (2008–10). He was a consensus All‑American in 2010. The Chicago Bears took Paea in round 2, No. 53 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2008Second-team All-Pac-10
- 2009, 2010Pac-12 Morris Trophy
- 2009, 2010First-team All-Pac-10
- 2010Consensus All‑American
- 2010Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008N | 13 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 8.5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| On file | 57 | 73 | 130 | 30.5 | 15 | 3 | 9 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Oregon State | 54 | DT | ||
| 2010 | Oregon State | 54 | DT | 6′1″ | 311 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¼″ |
| Weight | 303 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅞″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| Wingspan | 78″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.98 sW |
| Bench press | 49 reps |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 23 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Chicago Bears | 9 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | Washington Redskins | 9 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 65 | 125 | 14 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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