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55    KAWIKA MITCHELL     LB
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Transactions: Signed a four-year contract with Kansas City (7/14/03) ... Picked by the Chiefs in the second round (47th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

2005: Started all 16 games at MLB for the first time in his career ... Produced a team-high and a career-best 135 tackles (100 solo) with seven behind the line and 2.0 sacks (-14.0 yards) ... Added an interception, 12 QB pressures, a team-best 14 passes defensed and a fumble recovery ... Also had two special teams tackles ... Recorded 11 tackles, two passes defensed and recovered a QB Chad Pennington fumble vs. the N.Y. Jets (9/11) ... Totaled 10 tackles, a sack of Kerry Collins and one pass defensed at Oakland (9/18) ... Tied LB Derrick Johnson with a team-high 11 tackles vs. Philadelphia (10/2) ... Amassed 10 tackles vs. Washington (10/16) ... Had two passes defensed at Miami (10/21) ... Contributed a team-high 10 tackles, a pass defensed and one special teams stop at San Diego (10/30) ... Recorded seven tackles, a sack of Kerry Collins and a career-high five QB pressures vs. Oakland (11/6) ... Produced seven tackles, three QB pressures and a pass defensed at Buffalo (11/13) ... Amassed six tackles and two passes defensed vs. New England (11/27) ... Totaled a career-high 13 tackles (11 solo), an interception off Jake Plummer, a pass defensed and one QB pressure vs. Denver (12/4) ... Compiled nine tackles at Dallas (12/11) ... Tallied a team-high 12 tackles (11 solo), one pass defensed and two QB pressures at the N.Y. Giants (12/17) ... Registered seven tackles and a pass defensed vs. Cincinnati (1/1/06).

2004: Played in 15 games (12 starts) and was inactive for one game with a left ankle injury ... Was second on the club with 85 defensive tackles (62 solo), including four behind the line ... Also had a sack, 10 QB pressures, six passes defensed, two fumble recoveries and four special teams stops ... Was inactive at Denver (9/12) with a left ankle injury suffered in the preseason vs. St. Louis (8/28) ... Registered two tackles in a starting assignment when the club opened in a four-linebacker formation at Baltimore (10/4) ... Tallied seven tackles and two passes defensed in a starting role at MLB in place of an injured LB Monty Beisel vs. Indianapolis (10/31) ... Totaled a season-high 10 tackles (five solo) and two QBpressures at Tampa Bay (11/7) ... Recorded six tackles, four QB pressures and one special teams stop at New Orleans (11/14) ... Had 10 tackles (nine solo) with two behind the line vs. New England (11/22) ... Posted five tackles vs. San Diego (11/28) ... Produced six tackles and two passes defensed at Oakland (12/5) ... Registered five tackles, a pass defensed and two QB pressures at Tennessee (12/13). Also recovered a career-high two fumbles, one off RB Chris Brown and also returned a TE Shad Meier fumble for a 39-yard TD, his first career score ... Totaled nine tackles and a sack of Jake Plummer vs. Denver (12/19) ... Tallied 10 tackles (nine solo) and a pass defensed vs. Oakland (12/25) ... Recorded 10 tackles (eight solo) at San Diego (1/2/05).

2003: Appeared in 12 games on special teams and eight contests (six starts) on defense ... Was inactive for four games .... Shared the club’s Mack Lee Hill Award with DE Jimmy Wilkerson ... Had 25 tackles (19 solo), including one for loss, one QB pressure, an INT (three yards) and eight special teams tackles ... Had a special teams tackle in his first NFL game vs. San Diego (9/7) ... Was inactive at Houston (9/21), at Baltimore (9/28), vs. Denver (10/5) and at Green Bay (10/12) with a hamstring injury suffered vs. Pittsburgh (9/14) ... Registered two special teams tackles vs. Buffalo (10/26) ... Amassed two special teams tackles vs. Cleveland (11/9) ... Started the final six games of the year in place of an injured LB Mike Maslowski, beginning with a contest vs. Oakland (11/23) when he racked up a season-high six tackles ... Recorded three tackles at San Diego (11/30) ... Contributed three tackles and a special teams stop at Denver (12/7) ... Posted four tackles and intercepted his first career pass off QB Joey Harrington (three yards) vs. Detroit (12/14) ... Amassed five tackles at Minnesota (12/20) ... Tallied four tackles vs. Chicago (12/28) ... Registered six tackles in the club’s AFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Indianapolis (1/11/04).

 
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AGE: 28
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 253 lbs
BORN: Winter Springs, FL

 
POSITION: Linebacker
COLLEGE: South Florida
NFL EXPERIENCE: 6th Year
 
 
 
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