Clint Sintim
Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||
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Position: | Linebackers coach | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. | February 21, 1986||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 256 lb (116 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Gar-Field (VA) | ||||
College: | Virginia | ||||
NFL draft: | 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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As a coach: | |||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Clint Kofi Sintim (born February 21, 1986) is the linebackers coach for the
Early years
A native of Fairfax County, Virginia, Sintim attended Gar-Field Senior High School, where he made 35 tackles and had three quarterback sacks as a senior and earned first-team all-state and SuperPrep All-American honors. Sintim broke his left leg playing for Gar-Field's boys basketball team on January 13. He is of Ghanaian descent.
Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Sintim was listed as the No. 30 strongside defensive end prospect in the nation.[1] He picked Virginia over Tennessee and Virginia Tech on February 2, 2004.
College career
Sintim lined up as rush linebacker in Virginia's
In 2007, he started all 13 games and had 78 tackles, with 44 being solo and nine going for a loss. He also had nine sacks and forced three fumbles and was second on the team behind
Professional career
2009 NFL Draft
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Wonderlic
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6 ft 2+3⁄4 in (1.90 m) |
256 lb (116 kg) |
4.75 s | 1.56 s | 2.71 s | 4.40 s | 7.37 s | 34+1⁄2 in (0.88 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
17 | |||
All values from NFL Combine[4][5] |
New York Giants
Sintim was drafted in the second round of the
References
- ^ Rivals.com Strongside defensive ends 2004
- ^ Virginia's Sintim, Indiana's Thigpen generating interest; Top 32 shuffled
- ^ NFL Draft Scout
- ^ "Clint Sintim". NFL Draft Scout.com. March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
- ^ Nawrocki, Nolan (April 21, 2009). "The Way We Hear It — draft edition". Pro Football Weekly website. Retrieved April 25, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2009 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ Vacchiano, Ralph (July 30, 2009). "Giants ink two second-round picks". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ "Giants' Clint Sintim announces retirement". espn.com. May 6, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
External links
- Delaware football bio
- Virginia football bio Archived October 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine