 Cody with the Texans in 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1983-01-22)January 22, 1983 (age 42) Whittier, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 307 lb (139 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Los Altos(Hacienda Heights, California) | ||||||||||||
| College: | USC (2001–2004) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2005: 2nd round, 37th pick | ||||||||||||
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Shaun Michael Cody (born January 22, 1983) is an American former professionalfootball player who was anose tackle in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theUSC Trojans, earning consensusAll-American honors. TheDetroit Lions chose him in the second round of the2005 NFL draft. He is currently a commentator for the USC football team.
Cody was born inWhittier, California. After spending his freshman year atDamien High School inLa Verne, he attendedLos Altos High School inHacienda Heights, and he played for the Los Altos Conquerorshigh school football team. Lining up asdefensive end, Cody recorded 105 tackles and 22 sacks as a senior, while helping Los Altos to a 14–0 record and its second consecutiveCIF Division VII championship. As a junior, he had 150 tackles, 51 tackles for losses, 35 sacks, 10 deflections and 10 forced fumbles. Cody was recognized byUSA Today as its 2000 All-USA Defensive Most Valuable Player. He also played in the first-everU.S. Army All-American Bowl game on December 30, 2000.
One of the most-sought after recruits of his class, Cody was particularly heavily recruited by the USC Trojans and their newly hired coachesPete Carroll andEd Orgeron. Cody was Carroll's firstblue-chip recruit, which attracted other talented players and eventually led to USC's dominance in the early 2000s.[1]
Cody attended theUniversity of Southern California, and played for coach Pete Carroll'sUSC Trojans football team from 2001 to 2004. He was a backup defensive lineman for USC's first four games of 2001, and started the last eight at tackle, and posted 39 tackles, including seven for losses (with five sacks), and one fumble recovery. He was a first-team Freshman All-America selection. As a sophomore in 2002, Cody started for his second season at defensive while starting the first six games, and compiled 20 tackles, including one for a loss, a deflection, fumble recovery, and a blocked field goal.
Cody started all thirteen games as a junior defensive tackle in 2003, and had 26 tackles, including 10.5 for losses (with six sacks), plus a forced fumble, a deflection and three blocked field goals. He was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection and received third-team All-American honors from the Associated Press. He was recognized as a first-team All-Pac-10 selection and consensus first-teamAll-American as a senior in 2004, after he compiled a career-high 45 tackles (29 solo), 10 sacks, 13 stops for losses, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three pass deflections. He was also a team captain and voted Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.
Projected as a late first-round selection bySports Illustrated, Cody was ranked as the No. 2 defensive tackle available in the2005 NFL draft, behind onlyTravis Johnson.[2] He eventually was the fourth lineman off the boards, after Johnson,Luis Castillo, and his USC teammateMike Patterson.
Cody was selected with the fifth pick of the second round of the2005 NFL draft out of theUniversity of Southern California.[3] He played four seasons for the Lions, recording 91 tackles, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one interceptions in 53 games, before becoming a free agent following the 2008 season.
Anunrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Cody agreed to terms on a three-year contract with theHouston Texans on March 23, 2009.[4] In Week 9 against theBuffalo Bills in 2012, Cody suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs, but later returned to finish the game.[5]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2005 | DET | 16 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | DET | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | DET | 15 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | DET | 16 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 14 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | HOU | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | 68 | 191 | 122 | 69 | 3.0 | 19 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2011 | HOU | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | HOU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cody participated in a series forSpike TV entitledSuper Agent, in which a number of sports agents competed to work for him and negotiate his NFL contract.
Cody is the host of "On The Nose", a behind-the-scenes internet video show with a humorous, irreverent style, interviewing several Texans includingConnor Barwin andBob McNair.
