Defensive end, Ohio State, 2005–⁠07

Vernon Gholston

Born
Jun 5, 1986, in Detroit, Michigan

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Vernon Gholston played defensive end at Ohio State (2005–⁠07). The New York Jets took Gholston in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2006

All-America: AP second team 2007; Pro Football Weekly 2007; Walter Camp second team 2007

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

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2006Ohio State1

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUHur
200613212849158.5121

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

2006 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 7vs.Bowling GreenW 35–⁠71

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 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′3″
Weight266 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.67 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press37 reps
3-cone drill7.12 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008New York Jets81100
2009New York Jets91500
2010New York Jets91000
NFL career263600

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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