Former Football: U of L Standout, Kyries Hebert is on the Pro Bowl Ballot – voting info included

Former Football: U of L Standout, Kyries Hebert is on the Pro Bowl Ballot – voting info included

As one of the hardest working players in the NFL and Bengal’s

Special Teams captain, Kyries is on the ballot for the second time

in a row for being one of the fiercest tacklers on Defense and

Special Teams! Even though he holds the franchise record for

most tackles on special teams in a single season and had the stats

to be in the Pro Bowl last year, unfortunately he did not receive

enough votes from fans. So, vote at www.nfl.com/probowl under the

special team category as many times as you can before balloting

closes which will be on Monday, December 21 following the

conclusion of Monday Night Football. The teams will be

announced at 3 p.m. (CT) Tuesday, December 29 on a special NFL

Total Access 2010 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.

In addition, Kyries Hebert is bringing the NFL to the Acadiana

community April 3-4, 2010! The Kyries Hebert JockSmart SportsFest

will include current NFL players and coaches in a weekend

with 3 on 3 Basketball, 5 on 5 Flag Football, a football clinic, a

concert by Keith Frank and a banquet with an appearance fromrecording artist, New Cupid. Part of the proceeds will benefit the

Eunice High School Athletic Fund, the Kyries Hebert Scholarship

Fund and the Ragin Cajun Athletic Foundation JockSmart

Scholarship Fund. Sponsors or fans who would like to be involved,

email kyrieshebertjocksmartsportsfest@live.com for further

information.

Kyries Hebert Bio

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Second-year pro, voted by teammates

as special teams captain, has played in Games 1-8, logging

seven special-teams tackles (tied for second on team) …

One tackle on defense … Selected by Bengals coaches as

team’s special teams player for fans’ Pro Bowl ballot … On

Oct. 25 vs. Chicago, had his first tackle of the season on

defense, along with one special-teams stop …Tied for team

lead with two special-teams tackles in Nov. 8 win vs. Baltimore, and he downed a punt

at Ravens one-yard line in second quarter … Led Bengals last season with 23 specialteams

stops …Played in all four ’09 preseason games, with five tackles.

PREVIOUS NFL EXPERIENCE: 2008 – Signed with Bengals as free agent on Jan. 2 … His

16games played included starts in Games 13-14, as he subbed due to injuries … Had a

fumble recovery Sept. 14 vs. Tennessee, after Titans punter Craig Hentrich was unable

to handle snap in third quarter …Recorded four special-teams tackles Sept. 21 at N.Y.

Giants … Led team in special-teams tackles (three) Sept. 28 vs. Cleveland … Led in

special-teams tackles (three) Oct. 12 at N.Y. Jets … Tied for lead in special-teams

tackles (two) Oct. 19 vs. Pittsburgh, and led with three special-teams stops Nov. 16 vs.

Philadelphia … On Nov. 30 vs. Baltimore, recorded his first defensive statistics of

season, with two tackles, and also had one special-teams tackle … On Dec. 7

atIndianapolis, started at SS and tied for team lead in defensive tackleswith 10,

including a long sprint to catch Colts WR Marvin Harrison atfour-yard line … On Dec. 14

vs. Washington, registered six tackles inhis second start, and tied team lead for

special-teams tackles with two.

2005 – Signed Jan. 31 as free agent with Tampa Bay … Waived by Bucs on March 2.

2004 – Not with an NFL team. 2003 – Re-signed with Houston on March 20, and waived

(injury settlement) on July 29. 2002 – Signed with Minnesota as college free agent on

April 25 … Waived on Sept. 1 … Signed Dec. 18 to Houston practice squad … Signed

Dec. 24 to Houston’s 53-player roster, and was gameday inactive for season finale,

Dec. 28 vs. Indianapolis.

CFL EXPERIENCE: 2007 – Had 53 tackles and three INTs for Winnipeg team that lost to

Saskatchewan in Grey Cup game … Also had five sacks for defense that ranked No. 2 in

league in fewest yards allowed. 2006 – Acquired by Winnipeg on waivers on April 19 …

Did not join the team until season’s fifth game, but started 12 of the final 14 contests …

Logged 34 tackles with two sacks, plus 23 special-teams tackles. 2005 – Led Ottawa

with 66 tackles on defense and shared the league lead in special-teams stops (29) …

Also had three INTs, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one sack. 2004 –

Played in all 18 games for Ottawa, recording 56 tackles on defense and 27 on special

teams.

COLLEGE: Led Louisiana-Lafayette in tackles for each of his three seasons (1999-

2001), posting totals of 99, 88 and 83 … Played in every game over the three campaigns

… Made position switch from WR to FS during fall drills in 1999 … Redshirted as a

freshman in 1998.

PERSONAL: Hometown is Lafayette, La. … Attended Eunice High School, where he

competed in football, basketball and track … Active in community service, he has

worked to organize fundraisers for breast cancer research … Name is pronounced

“KYE-riss AY-bear.”