TRANSACTIONS:

-           Originally a 7th round (253rd pick overall) draft choice by the Green Bay Packers in 2006…Waived by the Packers on Sept. 2, 2006…Signed to the Packers’ practice squad on Sept. 4, 2006…Signed by the Oakland Raiders on Jan. 23, 2007…Waived by the Raiders on Sept. 1, 2007…Signed to the Raiders’ practice squad on Sept. 3, 2007…Signed by the Giants on Oct. 2, 2007.

GIANTS NOTES: 

-           Tollefson had a least a half-sack in each of his first 4 games in 2008.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

-           Played in 19 games for the Giants the previous 2 seasons…Recorded 18 tackles (9 solo), 3.5 sacks, 1 pass defensed along with 5 special teams tackles.
-           In 2008, played in 13 games…Was inactive for 3 regular season games and the NFC Divisional Playoff Game…Finished the season with 15 tackles (7 solo), 3.5 sacks and 1 pass defensed.
-           Inactive for the first 2 games, Tollefson was active for the 1st time vs. Cincinnati (9/21) and picked up his 1st career sack when he dropped Carson Palmer for an 8-yard loss in the 3rd quarter…Inactive at Cleveland (10/13)…Sacked Matt Hasselbeck for a 3-yard loss vs. Seattle (10/5)…Teamed with Fred Robbins to sack J.T. O’Sullivan for a 3-yard loss vs. San Francisco (10/19)…Sacked Ben Roethlisberger for a 7-yard loss early in the 3rd quarter at Pittsburgh (10/26).
-           In 2007, saw his 1st regular season action, playing in 6 games as a reserve defensive end and on special teams…Also played in all 4 postseason games…Finished the regular season with 3 tackles, (2) solo and 1 special teams tackle…Recorded 2 tackles in postseason play.
-           Was inactive for his first 6 Giants games…Debuted vs. Minnesota (11/25) and had 2 tackles (1 solo) in reserve action at defensive end and 1 special teams tackle.
-           Played on special teams and at defensive end vs. New England (12/29) and had a 1 QB hit and 1 QB hurry…Had 2 assisted tackles and a QB hurry in the NFC Divisional Playoff at Dallas (1/13).
-           Allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europa by the Raiders in 2007…Recorded 4.5 sacks, 25 tackles and 5 passes defensed for Galaxy.

COLLEGE:

-           Set school single-season sacks record in 2005 with 12.5 and tied for second all-time in career sacks with 21.0…Also finished with 29.5 tackles for loss, the 8th-highest total in school history…Two-time All-Mid America Intercollegiate Athletics Association pick and garnered conference defensive MVP recognition in 2005…
-           Finalist for the ‘Gene Upshaw Lineman Award,’ given each year to the top offensive or defensive lineman in Division II.
-           Spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons as an outside linebacker at Los Medanos Community College in Pittsburg, Calif.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY:
 
-           Played in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Golf Outing Fundraiser.
-           Attended the Giants Kickoff Luncheon benefitting St. Vincent's Medical Center.
-           Visited cadets at West Point Military Academy, and cheered on their football team at “Giants Appreciation Day.”
-           Attended Everyday Health’s 2nd Anniversary Celebration.
-           Attended the Giants annual “Jingle Jam” holiday party at Giants Stadium for 500 N.J. foster children.

PERSONAL:

-           Married (Megan). They have a son, Tucker Niles Tollefson (TNT), who was born last summer.
-           Majored in corporate recreation…An avid fisherman, he owns a bass boat along with three friends…Has lent volunteer assistance in the classroom and on field trips to his mother, Debi Crocker, who teaches developmentally disabled students at Concord (Calif.) High School.
-           Born David Timothy Tollefson in Walnut Creek, Calif., on July 10, 1982.