Scott M. Paxson (born February 3, 1983) is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He won Super Bowl XLIII with the Steelers over Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Penn State. Paxson was also a member of the Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns and Montreal Alouettes.
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 3, 1983 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 292 lb (132 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Roman Catholic (PA) | ||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||||||
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Early life
editPaxson attended Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
College career
editPaxson was named All-Big Ten Conference following his senior season at Penn State University. He majored in crime, law and justice.
Professional career
editPittsburgh Steelers (first stint)
editPaxson signed as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers shortly after the 2006 NFL draft, but was released during the preseason.
Green Bay Packers
editPaxson spent several weeks with the Green Bay Packers during the 2006 regular season.
Pittsburgh Steelers (second stint)
editPaxson signed a future contract with the Steelers on January 8, 2007.[1] He spent the 2007 season as a member of the Steelers' practice squad and renewed his contract on January 15, 2008.[2]
On October 4, 2008, Paxson was promoted to the Steelers' active roster[3][4] and made his first regular season NFL appearance that week versus Jacksonville. He was waived on October 18 when the team promoted offensive tackle Jeremy Parquet to the active roster. He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 21, and promoted to the active roster again on December 1.
He was waived on September 4, 2009.
Paxson was re-signed to a future contract on January 7, 2010.
Paxson was again released on September 3, 2010, to make room for the mandatory 53-man roster.[5]
Cleveland Browns
editOn January 8, 2011, it was announced that Paxson had signed with the Cleveland Browns on a future/reserve contract.
Paxson played in all 16 games with the Cleveland Browns in 2011, recording 21 tackles (10 solo, 11 assists and 1 sack).
In 2012, Paxson was injured during a pre-season game and missed the entire year.
Montreal Alouettes
editPaxson signed with the Montreal Alouetteson June 10, 2013.
He was released on June 21, but re-signed with the Alouettes on August 2.
Personal
editScott Paxon has Type I diabetes.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Steelers Sign Two Players to Reserve/Future Roster". steelers.com. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ^ "Steelers Sign Defensive Tackle Scott Paxson To Reserve/Future List". steelers.com. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ^ "Steelers promote DL Paxson from practice squad". Yahoo! Sports. October 4, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ^ Brown, Scott (October 4, 2008). "Steelers sign Paxson, release Bailey". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ^ "Steelers release 10 players to make room for 53 man roster". Pittsburgh Steelers. September 4, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ Levarse, Derek (November 11, 2004). "Diabetes to motivate Penn State lineman". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on April 1, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2008.