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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||||
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| Born | (1989-04-10)April 10, 1989 (age 36) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 303 lb (137 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Crenshaw(Los Angeles) | ||||||
| College | UCLA | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2010: 2nd round, 35th overall pick | ||||||
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Brian Larisso Price (born April 10, 1989) is an American former professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle for theTampa Bay Buccaneers of theNational Football League. He playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins, earning first-teamAll-American honors in 2009. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the2010 NFL draft.
Price attendedCrenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California where he had 85 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, four forced fumbles, and two recovered fumbles while battling double and triple teams in 2006. As a junior, made 111 tackles, including 22 sacks. Price was named "Coliseum League Defensive MVP" consecutive times in 2005 and 2006. He was selected to play in theU.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Considered a four-star recruit byRivals.com, Price was ranked fifth among defensive tackle prospects in the nation.[1] He picked UCLA over USC on March 11, 2006.
As a truefreshman in 2007, Price recorded 14 tackles (7.0 for losses) and one sack.
As a sophomore in 2008, Price led the Bruins with 14 tackles for loss. He was also second on the team with 4.5quarterback sacks. He earned a First-team All-Pac-10 selection by the league's coaches, and a First-team Sophomore All-American selection byCollege Football News.[2]
As a junior in 2009, Price started 13 games and made 48 tackles (23.5 for losses) and seven sacks. He also forced two fumbles and recovered one and deflected a pass. He was a First-teamAll-American by theAFCA and a consensusAll-Pac 10 selection. After UCLA's win in the2009 EagleBank Bowl, Price announced his decision to forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the2010 NFL draft.[3]
Price was taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 3rd (35th overall) pick in the 2nd round.[4]
Price was placed oninjured reserve with a pelvic injury on November 2, 2010. He only played in 5 games as a rookie, while battling hamstring injuries, which led to two radical surgeries to reattach both hamstrings to his pelvis, including a painful rehabilitation process in order to be ready for the following season. Price recorded his first professional sack onAtlanta Falcons quarterbackMatt Ryan during week 3 of the 2011 season.
During Week 13 of the2011 NFL season, against theCarolina Panthers, Price shoved Panthers guardMackenzy Bernadeau well after the end of a third-quarter play in whichCam Newton was sacked for a four-yard loss. Price was penalized for unnecessary roughness. The sack would have forced the Panthers into a 3rd-and-14 situation. However, the resulting 15-yard penalty gave the Panthers a first down, allowing them to complete a touchdown drive that put the game out of reach (the Panthers won 38–19). Buccaneers coachRaheem Morris was so incensed that he banished Price from the sideline for the rest of the game.[5] The move drew comparisons to thenSan Francisco 49ers coachMike Singletary banishingVernon Davis from the sideline after a personal foul in 2008.[6]
In May 2012, he missed organized team activities after being hospitalized during three days for exhaustion and grief in the wake of his sister's death in a hit-and-run accident (two of his brothers were murdered previously in Los Angeles).[7] On June 19, he got into a fight with first round draft choiceMark Barron during an offseason training practice. He was later held out of much of the offseason program as a result of this issue.
On July 26, 2012, Price was traded to theChicago Bears in exchange for a 7th round draft pick (#226-Michael Buchanan).[8] He was released on September 3.[9] On December 20, 2012, Price was brought in by theMinnesota Vikings for a workout.[10]
Price signed a futures contract with the Dallas Cowboys on December 31, 2012.[11] He was waived-injured on May 9, 2013.
On May 1, 2014, Price was assigned to theLos Angeles Kiss of theArena Football League (AFL). He appeared in one game for the Kiss during the2014 season.[12]
In May 2014, Price went to Jaguars Rookie Mini-Camp on a tryout basis.[13] He was not offered a contract.
Price grew up inSouth Los Angeles, where gang violence was a frequent occurrence. Two of his brothers, Eddie and Damon, were killed in gang-related shootings inCrenshaw. He also has six sisters.[14] In May 2012, his sister Bridget, 30, died as a result of a car accident inInglewood.[15][16]
His wife,Candice Davis Price, is atrack and field athlete and was the runner-up in the hurdles at the2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[17][18]
In 2017, video footage emerged of Price acting in an agitated manner outside an automotive repair shop inYpsilanti. Price was shown to dive through the store's glass door. This has since sparked debate on the mental injuries sustained by football players.[19]