Tim Dobbins with the San Diego Chargers, 2009
With the San Diego Chargers, 2009. Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Kari R. Rodriguez; cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Iowa State, to 2005

Tim Dobbins

Born
Dec 10, 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee

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Tim Dobbins played linebacker at Iowa State (to 2005). The San Diego Chargers took Dobbins in round 5, No. 151 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2005
First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 151
Round 5, 2006 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Iowa State2
2005Iowa State1
On file (2004–⁠05)3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
20051248551037.511313

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2005 Iowa State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 12vs.ColoradoW 30–⁠161
2004 Iowa State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 16atColoradoL 14–⁠191
Nov 6vs.NebraskaW 34–⁠271

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′1⅛″
Weight246 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.39 s

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, 91 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2006San Diego Chargers131400
2007San Diego Chargers131600
2008San Diego Chargers165101
2009San Diego Chargers134711
2010Miami Dolphins133910
2011Houston Texans101300
2012Houston Texans134301
NFL career9122323

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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