Career Highlights
| Named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2002 by The Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly and Football Digest and selected all-rookie by Pro Football Weekly. | |
| Tied an NFL rookie record with two three-sack games in 2002, previously achieved by Leslie O'Neal with San Diego in 1986. | |
| Produced three games with at least two sacks to equal an NFL rookie record for multi-sack games in a season. | |
| Ranked second among rookies and fourth in the NFC with a team-high 12 sacks in 2002, the most ever recorded by a Panthers defensive lineman in team history. | |
| 12 sacks in 2002 tied for fifth all-time among NFL rookies with Charles Haley of San Francisco in 1986. | |
| Teamed with Mike Rucker as the only tandem of defensive ends in the NFL to each register at least 10 sacks in 2002. | |
| NFL Rookie of the Month for October 2002 after compiling six sacks, one interception, three forced fumbles and 25 tackles. | |
| Amassed a season-high nine tackles along with two sacks of quarterback Rob Johnson versus Tampa Bay (10/27/02). | |
| One of three NFL players to record three sacks and an interception in the same game in 2002, victimizing Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter at Dallas (10/13/02). | |
| Equalled team mark with three sacks of Lions quarterback Mike McMahon versus Detroit (9/15/02) in only his second NFL regular season game and later matched that effort with three sacks of Carter at Dallas (10/13/02). | |
| Played key role in game's biggest play versus Baltimore (9/8/02) in his first NFL contest when he batted a pass by Ravens quarterback Chris Redman that was intercepted by Dan Morgan to seal a 10-7 victory. | |
| Chosen second overall in the 2002 NFL Draft, the highest a player has ever been selected in Panthers history. |
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