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Favre, Kiwanuka Win Senior
Bowl Alumni Top Performer Honors For Week Four
[Complete List of Senior Bowl
Top Performers]
MOBILE, Ala. (October 2, 2007) --
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre threw for 344 yards and two
TDs and broke fellow Senior Bowler Dan Marinos all-time NFL touchdown
pass record to give the Packers a 23-16 win and earned him the Senior
Bowl NFL Alumni Top Offensive Performer Award for Week Four.
Green Bay Packers quarterback
Brett Favre
Marino, who played in the 1983 Senior
Bowl, previously held the mark of 421 career TD passes. Favre played in
the 1991 Senior Bowl.
Defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka keyed a
stellar defensive effort by the New York Giants in a 16-3 victory over
the Eagles to win the Top Defensive Performer Award. Kiwanuka recorded
six total tackles and three quarterback sacks in the contest.
New York Giants Defensive end
Mathias Kiwanuka
Over 575 former Senior Bowl players are
currently active in the NFL.
The 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl is
scheduled for Saturday, January 26. For more information, visit
www.seniorbowl.com.
Other top performances by former Senior
Bowl players in the NFL during Week Four included:
Passing:
- Steve McNair, Baltimore Senior
Bowl Hall of Famer completed 34-53 for 307 yards and a touchdown.
- Matt Schaub, Houston passed for
317 yards and a touchdown.
- Chad Pennington, New York Jets
Completed 32 of 39 passes for 291 yards and one touchdown.
Rushing:
- Justin Fargas, Oakland rushed
for 179 yards on 22 carries in 35-17 win.
- Joseph Addai, Indianapolis
gained 136 yards and added a touchdown in 38-20 win over Detroit.
- LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego
2006 NFL MVP rushed for 132 yards and a TD.
- Travis Henry, Denver gained 131
yards on 26 carries.
- Larry Johnson, Kansas City
rushed for 123 yards in 30-16 Chiefs win.
Receiving:
- Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City rookie
first-rounder hauled in eight catches for 164 yards and a touchdown
to help lead Chiefs to 30-16 victory.
- Deion Branch, Seattle Former
Super Bowl MVP caught seven for 130 yards in 23-3 win over San
Francisco.
Defense:
- Darnell Docket, DL, Arizona had
six total tackles and 2.5 sacks in 21-14 win.
- Patrick Willis, LB, San Francisco
rookie had 12 total tackles, ten unassisted.
- Marcus Trufant, DB, Seattle had
two interceptions and two tackles in 23-3 Seahawks victory.
- Morlon Greenwood, LB, Houston
had 11 total tackles.
- Angelo Crowell, LB, Buffalo
recorded 11 total tackles.
- Brian Urlacher, LB, Chicago 2005
NFL Defensive Player of the Year recorded 12 total tackles.
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DL, Green
Bay had three sacks, three tackles and one forced fumble in
Packers 23-16 win.
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