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Orpheus Roye

{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Orpheus Roye

| number = 71, 99, 96

| position = Defensive end
Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|1|21}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 315

| high_school = Miami Springs (FL)

| college = Florida State

| draftyear = 1996

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 200

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 499

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 18.5

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 4

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 5

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 2

| pfr = RoyeOr20

}}

Orpheus Michael Roye (born January 21, 1973) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL draft. In 2009, he won Super Bowl XLIII with the Steelers. He played college football at Florida State.

Roye also played for the Cleveland Browns.

Amateur career

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He graduated from Miami Springs High School in Miami Springs, Florida. He played for the legendary coach Buddy Goins at Miami Springs. He first attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, where he was named JC All-America, registering 76 tackles and 12 sacks. He then transferred to Florida State University.

Professional career

=Pittsburgh Steelers (first stint)=

Roye was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for them from 1996 to 1999.

=Cleveland Browns=

Roye signed with the Cleveland Browns before the 2000 season. Orpheus was a mainstay for the Browns since 2000 with his reliable play and overall dependability. He underwent arthroscopic surgery on August 2, 2007. This is the same knee that caused his 2006 season to end early.http://www.bradenton.com/510/story/111593.html{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He played for the Browns from 2000 to 2007.

=Pittsburgh Steelers (second stint)=

On August 17, 2008, Roye was re-signed by the Steelers after being released by the Browns. Coach Mike Tomlin called Roye, "a veteran defensive lineman, a guy who knows how to play the game, a professional."{{cite news |first= Ed|last= Bouchette|title= Steelers Notebook: Old familiar face joins defense|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08231/905178-66.stm|publisher= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= 2008-08-18|access-date=2008-08-21}} He became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2008 season.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|

| Won the Super Bowl

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996PIT

| 13 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

1997PIT

| 16 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

1998PIT

| 16 || 9 || 42 || 29 || 13 || 3.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1999PIT

| 16 || 16 || 57 || 40 || 17 || 4.5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

2000CLE

| 16 || 16 || 55 || 42 || 13 || 2.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 0

2001CLE

| 12 || 10 || 25 || 18 || 7 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2002CLE

| 16 || 16 || 55 || 38 || 17 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0

2003CLE

| 16 || 15 || 57 || 42 || 15 || 1.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2004CLE

| 15 || 14 || 38 || 30 || 8 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2005CLE

| 16 || 16 || 88 || 65 || 23 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2006CLE

| 9 || 9 || 32 || 26 || 6 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2007CLE

| 13 || 6 || 37 || 24 || 13 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| PIT

| 6 || 0 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|18012849936113818.522024580

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996PIT

| 2 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1997PIT

| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2002CLE

| 1 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|517432.000000000

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821102523/http://news.steelers.com/team/player/93688/ Pittsburgh Steelers bio]

{{Steelers1996DraftPicks}}

{{Super Bowl XLIII}}

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Category:1973 births

Category:Living people

Category:Miami Springs Senior High School alumni

Category:American football defensive ends

Category:American football defensive tackles

Category:Jones County Bobcats football players

Category:Florida State Seminoles football players

Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players

Category:Cleveland Browns players

Category:Players of American football from Miami