Chad Alan Bratzke was born on September 15,1971 and is an American former professional football defensive end in the National Football League.
21 Facts About Chad Bratzke
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Chad Bratzke was named Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Year and Kodak All-America.
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Chad Bratzke earned OVC All-Defense honors as a junior after totaling 71 tackles, nine sacks and one fumble recovery.
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Chad Bratzke signed as unrestricted free agent from the Giants on March 1,1999.
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Chad Bratzke was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL draft.
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In 2002, Chad Bratzke started 16 games for a defense that ranked seventh in the NFL in points allowed, eighth in overall defense.
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Chad Bratzke started every contest for the third time in four years with the franchise and started all 63 appearances.
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Chad Bratzke helped team establish a formidable pass rush with two sacks and five quarterback pressures in the first two games at Jacksonville and vs Miami.
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Chad Bratzke started the first eight games at RE, then started seven of the last eight games at LE.
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Chad Bratzke had 70 tackles, six sacks, 30 QB pressures, five fumbles forced, three batted passes, one pass defensed and one fumble recovered.
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Chad Bratzke ranked second on the team in QB pressures, while tackles ranked seventh.
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Chad Bratzke had stops in every contest with four or more tackles in 13 games and had six tackles, one sack and one forced fumble at Jacksonville.
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Chad Bratzke forced one fumble and had one sack and four solo stops vs Miami.
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Chad Bratzke had one sack vs Baltimore, and one sack and one forced fumble vs Dallas.
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Chad Bratzke made his first career start at defensive tackle and had six tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and two QB pressures at Cleveland as the team rallied with goal-line stand after overcoming 16-point deficit.
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Chad Bratzke has totaled 45 of 53.5 career sacks since 1998.
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Chad Bratzke had posted four straight seasons with 80+ tackles until having 70 in 2002.
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Chad Bratzke has had two three-sack games with Colts, one of nine Colts with a three-sack game since sacks became official in 1982, and it has been accomplished only 14 times during that span.
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Chad Bratzke has made sizable donations to Eastern Kentucky University to build the Student Athlete Academic Success Center.
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Chad Bratzke is currently heavily involved with CLF and Joy's House.
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Chad Bratzke has made several appearances on Colts 2000 Care-A-Van tours.