Gabriel Andrew Carimi is a former American football guard.
45 Facts About Gabe Carimi
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Gabe Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl.
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Gabe Carimi was awarded the 2010 Outland Trophy, as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman.
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Gabe Carimi was a unanimous All-American, and the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year.
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Gabe Carimi was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round, 29th overall pick, of the 2011 NFL Draft.
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Gabe Carimi began the 2011 season as the Bears' starting right tackle.
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Gabe Carimi was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on June 9,2013, for the Buccaneers' 2014 6th round pick.
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Gabe Carimi signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014, and played in all 16 games for them that season, making 7 starts.
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Gabe Carimi attended Monona Grove High School in Monona, Wisconsin.
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Gabe Carimi grew into his body, worked on his flexibility, and developed his athleticism by becoming a karate black belt.
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Gabe Carimi earned four letters in track, and was team captain in his senior year.
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Gabe Carimi was voted a football Parade All-American and PrepStar All-American as a senior, while he captained the team.
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Gabe Carimi was the Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year, first-team all-state in 2005, a first-team selection by the Associated Press and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, and was twice first-team all-conference.
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Gabe Carimi chose it because of its academic and football reputations, a scholarship that he was offered, and its proximity to his home.
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Gabe Carimi majored in civil engineering, and played football for the Wisconsin Badgers football team.
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Gabe Carimi had played right tackle and defensive end in high school.
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Gabe Carimi was described that season as running very well, and having tenacity, athletic ability, and impressive lateral movement while pass-blocking.
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Gabe Carimi started all 13 games as a freshman at left tackle for the Badgers in 2007, replacing All-American Joe Thomas, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns at No 3 in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
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Gabe Carimi was a second-team Freshman All-American selection by Rivals.
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Gabe Carimi was a first-team Mid-season All-Big Ten selection by Phil Steele, a first-team All-Big Ten selection by media, a fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele, and Academic All-Big Ten.
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Gabe Carimi contributed to an offense that was ranked 5th in the nation in scoring, and 12th in rushing.
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Gabe Carimi was the second Outland Trophy winner in school history, joining Joe Thomas, and the 14th Big Ten awardee.
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Gabe Carimi was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American, having received first-team honors from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News, and Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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Gabe Carimi was named a mid-season first-team All-American and first-team mid-season All-Big Ten by Phil Steele, and second-team All-American by Sports Illustrated.
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Gabe Carimi was drafted in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, with the 29th pick on April 28,2011.
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Bears Head Coach Lovie Smith said Gabe Carimi would come in as a left tackle.
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At the January 2011 Senior Bowl weigh-in, Gabe Carimi was the second-tallest player at.
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Matt Bowen of the National Football Post said that Gabe Carimi was his favorite prospect in the draft, and was one of the five players who most impressed him at Senior Bowl activities.
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Gabe Carimi played well against top competition and his feet are quick enough to play left tackle.
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Gabe Carimi ran the 40-yard dash in under 5.2, which was faster than expected and considered very good.
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Gabe Carimi began his rookie 2011 season as the Bears' starting right tackle.
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Gabe Carimi played two games for the season, starting both of them at right tackle.
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In 2012, controversy ensued when the Saints were found working with a bounty program, which led to questions over whether Gabe Carimi was among the players targeted.
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On June 9,2013, Gabe Carimi was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 2014 sixth-round selection.
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Gabe Carimi started the first two games of the season at left guard.
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Gabe Carimi had two years left on his contract, and was scheduled to earn a guaranteed base salary of $1,016,000 in 2013.
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Gabe Carimi's release came after a few weeks of his former Bears head coach, Lovie Smith, being hired as the Buccaneer's new head coach.
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On February 17,2014, Gabe Carimi signed with the Atlanta Falcons for one year.
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Gabe Carimi played left and right tackle, right guard, and tight end, playing 597 snaps.
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Gabe Carimi weighed 24 pounds by the time he was four months old.
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Gabe Carimi grew up on the Northeast Side of Madison, and then in the nearby town of Cottage Grove when he was a freshman in high school.
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Gabe Carimi's sister Hannah, who is two years older than he is, was a kick fighter when she was younger and later rowed for the University of Wisconsin, on its women's openweight crew team.
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Gabe Carimi is a practicing Jew and very committed to his religion, and found time as a youth to both go to his football practices and to attend Madison's Temple Beth-El, a Reform synagogue.
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Gabe Carimi explains that as The Hebrew Hammer was taken "they had to come up with something else", and that the "hammer" aspect refers to his penchant for throwing opposing players down on the field.
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Gabe Carimi's uncle suffered from leukemia as a child and underwent chemotherapy while he was in second grade, losing his hair in the process and ultimately passing away at the age of nine.