Davin Joseph, professional American football player

Though Davin Joseph was national heavyweight wrestling champion and two time 2A state champion, he is much known as an American football guard. He was born on November 22 in 1983 in Hallandale of Florida of Haitian parents.

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Joseph is famous mainly for his playing career in the team Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has been playing National Football League for Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 2006. He also was an important part of college football team at Oklahoma.

Davin Joseph chose his path to become a football player when he attended Hallandale High School in Hallandale, Florida. He played at the school team both as guard and defensive line. He made a record appearance in a total of 532 games. During the final year of his school he had 100 tackles and 24 sacks which earned him an award of All State and became the Broward County Defensive Player of the Year.

After finishing school, Davin Joseph started playing in the college team at Oklahoma. During his early years in the college, The Sporting News declared him as the Freshman All-Big 12. During his final year he was chosen as a Consensus First-Team All-Big 12. He played 50 games in his college football career where he started twenty nine at guard and eleven at left tackle.

Davin Joseph was just the second player to be drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round from the University of Oklahoma. He missed only one game during his rookie year and appeared in all the sixteen games in the second season at right guard. During the last season in 2011 he was selected to his second Pro Bowl. His first came after the 2008 season when he was selected as a substitute.

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