Donte Whitner
Donte Whitner
Donte Demetrius Whitneris an American football strong safety who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills eighth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. Whitner has also played for the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1985
CityCleveland, OH
defensive key pressure stopped
We wanted to get after Tate and take him out of the game. The key was our defensive line. They put pressure on Tate and we stopped the run.
knew outside stopped
We stopped him from getting outside the pocket, and we were making him uncomfortable. Once he spiked the ball, I knew we'd got to him.
good
I think Cleveland's an up-and-coming team. We have a good division.
great jersey looks player puts smith wilson
Wilson is going to be a great player here. He puts on that No. 93 jersey and he looks like Will Smith a little bit. He's going to be a great one.
bother good half rushing second
It didn't really bother us. We just couldn't let them have a good day rushing and a good day passing. In the first half, they had a good day rushing, but the second half we slowed them down.
ball burst game great learns looks talking
We were talking about it today. If you put that No. 93 on him and look at him from behind, he looks like Will Smith. A lot of things he does on the field, he has a lot of characteristics Will had. His stance, his burst off the ball look like Will's. Once he really learns the game on this level, he's going to be a great player.
came corners knowing leave loaded throw whenever
We came in knowing that if we loaded up in the box, they would throw outside. Whenever you load the box, you leave the corners out to dry.
chess college teams
It's going to be a big chess match. Offensively, they don't do a lot of different things than other college teams, but they do a lot of things better than a lot of college teams do.
against athletes match
We're going to match our athletes against their athletes.
changed needed offense speed upgrade
They've changed their offense because of those freshmen. They really needed to upgrade their speed and talent.
games hogs leave number room share
They're so good. A.J. hogs the tackles. There were a number of games he had 20-some tackles. If Bobby, A.J. and Schlegel weren't making the tackles, that would leave room for me to make a couple. Then sometimes I had to share them with Nate. It wasn't easy.
gonna stop throw welcome
They?re gonna throw the ball. We welcome that. It?s up to us to stop them.
advantage curious everybody ought reports
You're just curious about what they think about you; it's something I think everybody ought to take advantage of. If the reports are very favorable, then you really have to think about what you're going to do.
bragging field great guy happens humble regular selfless walks
Off the field, A.J. is quiet. He's a humble guy. He is a great player, but he's not a guy who walks around bragging on himself. He's a humble guy, a selfless guy. And that selflessness, that's a big thing with his teammates. To us, he's just a regular guy, who happens to be an All-American.