Wesly Mallard

American football player (born 1978)

American football player

Wesly Mallard

No. 51, 53, 96, 54

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Born:

(1978-11-21) November 21, 1978 (age 45)
Columbus, Georgia, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

230 lb (104 kg)

Career information

High school:

Hardaway (Columbus, Georgia)

College:

Oregon

NFL draft:

2002 / Round: 6 / Pick: 188

Career history

New York Giants (2002–2004)
New England Patriots (2005)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2005–2006)
Denver Broncos (2007)*
Seattle Seahawks (2008)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

Second-team All-Pac-10 (2001)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Wesly Allen Mallard (born November 21, 1978) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Oregon and was drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft.

Mallard has been a member of the New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, in addition to the Giants.

Biography

He attended Seoul American High School in Seoul, Korea and later went on to attend Hardaway High School in Columbus, Georgia in the United States.

He walked on to the University of Oregon and eventually led the defense in personal tackles in his senior year. He made a name for himself early in his college career on a controversial block he made on Michael Jolivette from Arizona during a punt return in 2000.^[1]

He was drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft.^[2]