DEMARCUS WARE
DeMarcus Omar Ware (born 1982) is a former American football player.
He played college football at Troy and was drafted by the Dallas
Cowboys with the 11th pick in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
After spending nine seasons with the Cowboys, Ware departed in 2013 as
the franchise's all-time leader in quarterback sacks with 117. Ware
also played for the Denver Broncos, with whom he won Super Bowl 50.
After the 2016 season with the Broncos, he announced his retirement
from the NFL. In 2017, he signed a one-day contract and retired as a
Dallas Cowboy. Ware played football, basketball, baseball, and ran track in high school; he attended Auburn High School (with defensive end Osi Umenyiora and linebacker Marcus Washington). In football, Ware played both linebacker and wide receiver,[1] and as a senior, he won every game, and was named the team's Most Valuable Wide Receiver and Most Valuable Linebacker, and won Top Leadership honors. He finished his senior season with seven sacks and 55 total tackles (40 solo tackles, 15 assisted tackles). In track & field, Ware was one of the state's top performers in the long jump (PB of 7.14 meters). He ran the 55 metres in 6.74 seconds and had a personal-best jump of 1.94 meters in the high jump. Ware accepted a scholarship from Troy University, where he was a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection for the Troy Trojans football team. As a senior, Ware was a dominant player, receiving the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year,[3] and was a finalist for the Hendricks Award, which is given annually to the top defensive end in college football. In 2004, he helped lead his team to the school's first-ever bowl appearance, the Silicon Valley Football Classic. He posted 53 tackles, 10.5 sacks (led the Sun Belt Conference), 19 tackles for loss and 4 forced fumbles. Ware is tied for the record of most seasons leading the league in sacks with two (2008 and 2010). Ware is tied with Mark Gastineau, 1983–84; Reggie White, 1987–88; Kevin Greene, 1994, 1996; Michael Strahan, 2001, 2003 and Jared Allen, 2007, 2011. On April 19, 2016, the governor of Alabama declared April 19 "DeMarcus Ware Day" in his honor. In March 2005, Ware married his high school sweetheart, Taniqua Smith, a former Air Force member and the daughter of a police officer. After three difficult pregnancies, including the birth and death of a son, Omar, in 2006, they adopted their daughter, Marley. In 2010, they had a son, DeMarcus Ware, Jr. Ware and Smith divorced in 2012. |
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DeMarcus Ware's NFL Pass Rusher Workout. His workout focuses on
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