Karlos Dansby

"When you look at everything that we've done, the sacrifices our defensive line made for that certain individual to make his plays and going into a game not being selfish, our d-line don't care about sacks and tackles and stuff. We come in to do our job to hold guys off our linebackers."-Karlos Dansby

Karlos Dansby is a linebacker for the National Football League (NFL). Karlos played for the Arizona Cardinals for six seasons including Super Bowl XLIII before playing for the Miami Dolphins and then returning to Arizona. In 2014 Dansby left Arizona again to the frustration of many of his teammates. He now plays for the Clevland Browns.

Early Career
Dansby played a variety of high school sports including basketball, track and field, and football in which he played linebacker and wide receiver. Karlos Dansby graduated from Woodlawn High School in his home town of Burlington, Alabama in 1999. He was accepted by the Auburn Tigers in 2000 where he at first played strong safety and later shifted to linebacker. By his senior year in 2003 Dansby was more than ready for his NFL career.

NFL Career
In 2004 Dansby was drafted to the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the NFL Draft (33 overall). Arizona had a lot of new talent in those next years but it took a while for them find their potential as a Super Bowl contender. In 2005 Karlos Dansby became the first Cardinal to record two interceptions returned for touchdowns. In 2008 the Arizona team found themselves in the playoffs and with the help of Karlos and the Arizona defense the Cardinals went to the Super Bowl howevr they would lose in heartbreaker in the last minute. The next season the Cardinals found themselves in an overtime Wildcard game hosting the Green Bay Packers. On his first drive in OT Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers got stripped of the ball and Karlos returned the fumble 17 yards for a game winning touchdown making the final score 51-45, the highest scoring playoff game in NFL history. The Cardinals would lose in the next round to the New Orleans Saints. There was nothing anyone could do after the Saints purposely injured quarterback Kurt Warner and they would lose 45-14 and as the Cardinals season ended so did Dansby's Arizona career which had just expired along with his contract. For two seasons Karlos would play for the Dolphins before being released at the end of 2012 and then returning home to Arizona. In that 2013 season Dansby was part of what some say was one of the greatest defenses of all time. After the '13 season Dansby left Arizona not wanting to take a pay cut. This was greatly scorned upon by many fans, coaches, and players especially Super Bowl teammate Darnell Dockett who believed that Dansby only cared about the money. In 2014 Dansby signed a four year deal with the Clevland Browns.