Mark Roman
{{Short description|American football player (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Mark Roman
| image = Mark Roman sideline.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Roman with the San Francisco 49ers in 2009
| number = 20, 23, 26
| position = Safety
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|26}}
| birth_place = New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 205
| high_school = New Iberia
| college = LSU
| draftyear = 2000
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 34
| pastteams =
- Cincinnati Bengals (2000–2003)
- Green Bay Packers (2004–2005)
- San Francisco 49ers (2006–2009)
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 561
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 8.0
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 5
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 13
| statlabel5 = Interceptions
| statvalue5 = 6
| pfr = RomaMa20
}}
Mark Emery Roman (born March 16, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the LSU Tigers.{{cite web|title=Mark Roman NFL Football Statistics|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RomaMa20.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=April 22, 2016}}
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 5
| height in = 10 7/8
| weight = 188
| dash = 4.55
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2000-combine.htm|title=Pro-Football-Reference: 2000 NFL Combine Results|work=National Football League|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1565&DraftYear=2000 |title=2000 Draft Scout Mark Roman, LSU NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=draftscout.com}}
}}
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Roman in the second round (34th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Roman was the first safety drafted and fourth defensive back drafted in 2000. He also became the highest safety drafted from LSU since Tommy Casanova in 1972, but was later surpassed by LaRon Landry (sixth overall) in 2007 and Jamal Adams (sixth overall) in 2017.{{cite web |title=Pro-Football-Reference: LSU Draft History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/lsu/drafted.htm |accessdate=August 30, 2018 |website=pro-football-reference.com}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2000 | CIN
| 8 || 2 || 17 || 16 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | CIN
| 13 || 8 || 51 || 44 || 7 || 2.0 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 1 || -1 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | CIN
| 13 || 1 || 31 || 24 || 7 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | CIN
| 16 || 16 || 74 || 55 || 19 || 0.5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | GNB
| 16 || 15 || 72 || 53 || 19 || 3.5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | GNB
| 16 || 16 || 90 || 70 || 20 || 0.0 || 2 || 2 || 18 || 0 || 12 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | SFO
| 16 || 11 || 59 || 47 || 12 || 1.0 || 3 || 1 || 27 || 0 || 27 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | SFO
| 16 || 16 || 61 || 46 || 15 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 44 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | SFO
| 16 || 16 || 53 || 39 || 14 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | SFO
| 16 || 1 || 53 || 46 || 7 || 1.0 || 3 || 1 || 27 || 0 || 27 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 25 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 146 | 102 | 561 | 440 | 121 | 8.0 | 18 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 27 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 68 | 0 |
= Playoffs =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2004 | GNB
| 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bengals2000DraftPicks}}
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Category:Players of American football from New Iberia, Louisiana
Category:American football safeties
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:LSU Tigers football players
Category:San Francisco 49ers players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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