Ht: 6-3; Wt: 211

DOB: Dec. 20, 1981, in Odessa, Texas

Football Inspirations: “Herschel Walker, first and foremost. I played running back growing up, so I wanted to be him.”

Hobbies/interests: “Video games. I play video games all night. If I wasn’t playing football, I’d be a video game nerd.” (Roy also plays guitar, saxophone and piano.)

Nicknames: “I was Stinky when I was little. Don’t ask me why [smiles]. And coming through college (at Texas) I was The Legend.”

Favorite Movies: “Number one, first and foremost, The Lion King. Best movie of all time. And the other movie I like is Lean On Me”

Favorite TV Shows:”Deal Or No Deal. Family Feud. Grey’s Anatomy.”

Musical Tastes: “I’m all over the place. I’m everywhere but acid rock.”

First Job: “Car wash” (age 14).

First Car: “Pontiac Sunfire” (gold).

Early Football Memory: “Pee-wee football, city champions ‘93.”

Favorite Meal: “I’m gonna go with shrimp, any kind of shrimp, shrimp kebab, fried shrimp.”

Favorite Breakfast Cereal: “Honey-Comb.”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Cookie dough.”

Pregame Feeling: “Going out there and get this dub. And can’t nobody stop us.”

Greatest Sports Moment: “Being drafted” (seventh overall in 2004 by Detroit).

Most Painful Moment: “Being hit by Roy Williams — Texas-OU weekend.”

Funny Football Memory: “I scored one time at Texas, and was running through the end zone and Bevo (the Longhorns’ mascot, a 1,900-pound steer) was sitting down. And Bevo stood up when I was running toward him. So I kinda had to put the brakes on.”

Dream Position: “Corner.”

Favorite Uniforms: “Texas all white, when they wear all white. Best uniform in the nation.”

Embarrassing Football Memory: “I dropped the ball with kinda like no time left, I guess you could say, to win the game. In the 2000 Holiday Bowl, against Joey Harrington (Oregon).”

Closest NFL Friends: “Terrence Holt. That’s about it for me.”

Funniest Players: “That would be … I don’t know.”

Toughest Competitors Encountered: “Ray Lewis.”

Favorite Vacation Spot: “Las Vegas.”

People Qualities Most Admired: “Just peace.”

Status:  New Orleans Saints tight end.

HT:  6-5  WT:  251

DOB: August 18, 1980  In:  Ada, Oklahoma
 

Football Inspirations:  ”Walter Payton definitely is an inspiration – life and football.”

Nicknames:  ”Everybody calls me by my last name, no real nicknames.”
 

Hobbies/Interests:  ”Golf, fish, play video games, stuff like that.”
 

Favorite Movies:  ”Godfather, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Caddyshack, Stanley Kubrick movies…I could keep going on and keep going [smiles]”

Favorite TV Shows:  ”Seinfeld, Cops, Unsolved Mysteries.”

Musical Tastes:  ”I like old classical stuff – The Doors, Grateful Dead, stuff like that.”

First Football Memory:  ”Probably the first time in 7th grade, just the experience of the first year, going out there and playing and competing against other people.”

First Job:  ”This one right here [laughs].”

First Car:  ”[Laughs] Jeep. (Color?) White.”

Current Car:  “Original Hummer (black).”

Last Book Read:  ”Was ‘Killing Pablo’ (The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden).”

Favorite Meal:  ”Favorite meal? Wow. You got me. I don’t even know. Too many.”

Favorite Breakfast Cereal:  ”[Laughs] I don’t eat cereal, man.”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor:  ”Vanilla.”

Greatest Sports Moment:  ”Winning the Super Bowl.”

Most Painful Moment: “Losing.”

Pre-Game Feeling:  ”I just, you know, just go out there and execute and learning all my plays and going out there and playing and putting it all out on the field.”

Dream Position:  ”Just being a player and being able to be on the field. And not a reverse where all other people are cheering or coaching – I like to be playing the game.”

Favorite Uniforms:  “I like the…Dallas Cowboys [laughs].”

Closest NFL Friends:  ”I’m close with everybody. The offense, a lot of the offensive linemen. A lot of people.”

Toughest Competitors Encountered:  ”Michael Strahan.

Funny Football Memory:  ”Not really, man, I don’t have that many. (What about the one time as a kid you ate dirt on the field after a defeat – to remind of how much you hated the “taste” of losing?) No, that’s not funny. Who said that was funny? (Melissa Stark told the story on Monday Night Football.) Yeah, but that wasn’t funny. (It was funny to hear it.) It wasn’t funny for me. It’s bad tasting [smiles]. Ah, funny football memory. Man, I don’t know dude. Football is really not that funny to me.”

Last Vacation:  ”Was South America, Carnaval Brazil and I went to Argentina after that.”

Favorite Athletes To Watch:  ”I like to watch everybody who makes plays in football and any sport. I don’t really single anybody out, just try to watch everybody and just see how they compete.”

Childhood Dream:  ”Just being successful in life. Not in football or any athletics or anything, just going out there and making a name and whatever you do, having a job and doing it successful.”

People Qualities Most Admired:  ”Hard-workers. Determination. People that stand up and do their own thing.”

College:  Miami.

Web Site: www.jeremyshockey.com

Status: Indianapolis Colts All-Pro Defensive end.

Ht: 6-1 Wt: 268

DOB: February 19, 1980 In: Hartford, CT

Football Inspiration: “Lawrence Taylor.”

Nickname: “Free.”

Hobbies/Interests: “I like to watch movies, bowling and golf.”

Favorite Movies: “Scarface, Braveheart, give me a movie…Goodfellas.”

Favorite TV Shows: “Martin, Cosby Show, In Living Color.”

Musical Tastes: “Nas, Jay-Z, Big, Lil Jon.”

Early Football Memory: “I didn’t start till my sophomore year in high school so it wasn’t like early early. But I just remember going out there and having a hard time tackling and stuff like that.”

Favorite Meal: “Steak.”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Vanilla.”

First Job: “Was working as a paperboy – Hartford Courant.”

First Car: “Buick Skylark. (Color?) It was like a purple-grayish color.”

Pre-Game Feeling: “Just making sure I take care of my responsibilities. And win.”

Greatest Sports Moment: “Super Bowl.”

Most Painful Moment: “Losing in the playoffs.”

Favorite Uniforms: “Colts.”

Toughest Competitors Encountered: “Walter Jones and Jonathan Ogden.”

Funniest Player Encountered: “Raheem Brock.

Dream Position: “Defensive end.”

Embarrassing Football Memory: “None.”

Favorite Vacation Spot: “Miami.”

Favorite Player To Watch: “Robert Mathis. (Why him?) I think he’s a good player.”

People Qualities Most Admired: “Hard work. Hard worker.”

College: Syracuse.

Status: New York Jets linebacker

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 last 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.”