Scott Paxson

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Scott Paxson
No. 69, 71
Position:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:292 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school:Roman Catholic (PA)
College:Penn State
Undrafted:2006
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:21
Sacks:1.0
Fumble recoveries:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Scott M. Paxson (born February 3, 1983) is a former

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 has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns and Montreal Alouettes
.

Early years

Paxson attended

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.

College career

Paxson was named

Penn State University
. He majored in crime, law and justice.

Professional career

First stint with Steelers

Paxson signed as an

2006 NFL Draft
, but was released during the preseason.

Green Bay Packers

Paxson spent several weeks with the Green Bay Packers during the 2006 regular season.

Second stint with Steelers

Paxson signed a future contract with the Steelers on January 8, 2007.

practice squad and renewed his contract on January 15, 2008.[2]

On October 4, 2008, Paxson was promoted to the Steelers' active roster

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

On 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

Paxson signed with the Montreal Alouetteson June 10, 2013.

He was released on June 21, but re-signed with the Alouettes on August 2.

Personal

Scott Paxon has

Type I diabetes.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Steelers Sign Two Players to Reserve/Future Roster". steelers.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  2. ^ "Steelers Sign Defensive Tackle Scott Paxson To Reserve/Future List". steelers.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  3. ^ "Steelers promote DL Paxson from practice squad". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  4. ^ Brown, Scott (2008-10-04). "Steelers sign Paxson, release Bailey". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  5. ^ "Steelers release 10 players to make room for 53 man roster". Pittsburgh Steelers. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  6. The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original
    on 2005-04-01. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

External links
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