Position: Linebacker, #97

 

Ht: 6-4

 

Wt: 270

 

DOB:  October 28, 1980

 

In:  Detroit, Michigan

 

College:  Wake Forest

 

Football Inspirations:  "My parents (Nancy and Calvin Pace)."

Hobbies/Leisure Activities:  "Deep sea fishing, reading, cooking and traveling."

Nicknames:  "Diddy Man."

 

Favorite Movies:  "Life, Menace II Society, Friday After Next, and Player’s Club."

Last Book Read:  "'Battlefield Mind' by Joyce Meyer."

Favorite TV Show:  "Heroes."

 

Musical Tastes:  "Rap and R&B - anything by Jadakiss, Lil Wayne, T.I, and T Pain."

First Football Memory:  "My first interception - in seventh grade."

First Job:  "Loading and unloading 18-wheel trucks at Fed Ex...it showed me that I needed to step my game up in football [smiles]."

  
First Car:  "Ford Explorer."

Current Car(s):  "Range Rover, ‘74 Impala, Ferrari 360 Modena, and Bentley Continental."

 

Pre-Game Feeling:  "Go outside and warm up and then sit in the locker room and crack jokes with Bryan Thomas. I believe that you have to be loose before games because although it’s serious business, in the end football is just a game."

Favorite Meal:  "Sushi from Nobu 57."

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor:  "I can't eat ice cream, it doesn’t agree with my stomach."

Favorite Web Sites:  "Nfl.com of course, and anything that has to do with exclusive sneakers. My shoe game is sick."

Childhood Dreams: "I'm living my dream by playing in the NFL." 

 

Greatest Sports Moment:  "Signing with the New York Jets (March 2008)."

  
Most Painful Moment:  "Being de-activated my second year in the NFL (with Arizona in 2004). It killed me for someone to tell me that I was doing so poorly that I couldn’t even put on a uniform. I used it as motivation to go back to practice and work harder to get better and become more complete player."

Dream Position:  "To play free safety. I think I would be in the Sean Taylor / Ed Reed mold."

Closest Jet Friends:  "Everybody...we are a very close-knit team."

 

Funniest Jet(s):  "Brad Kassel."

 

Toughest Competitors Encountered:  "Walter Jones of the Seattle Seahawks. (What is it about him?) He is the most athletic and physical offensive tackle in football, bar none!"

Funny Football Memory:  "Earlier in the season I was returning a fumble recovery. I've always thought that I was fast and super athletic, but when I got the ball I felt like I was running with a refrigerator on my back. And when I finally scored I was on the brink of passing out because I was so tired [smiles]."

Embarrassing Football Memory:  "None, yet."

 

Last Vacation:  "Turks and Caicos."

 

Favorite Athletes To Watch:  "Kyle Vanden Bosch, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Michael Vick, Jared Allen, DeMarcus Ware, Terrell Owens, Anquan Boldin, Adrian Wilson."

 

Most Memorable Touchdown You Ever Scored:  "Returning fumble this year against St. Louis Rams."

People Qualities Most Admired:  "I respect hard-working people that are humble and positive about life no matter what happens to them."