Players

Transaction:

• Originally selected by the New York Giants in the fourth round (124^th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
• Signed with the Redskins as a free agent on July 30, 2011.

PRO:

• Played 95 career games with 94 starts.
• Amassed 274 career tackles (183 solo), 13.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

2011 (Redskins)

• Transitioned to nose tackle and started and played in all 16 games.
• Notched 63 tackles (27 solo), three sacks and one fumble recovery.
• Posted a career-high eight passes defensed.
• Helped linebacker London Fletcher lead the NFL with 166 tackles.
• Recorded six tackles (two solo) in his first game with the Redskins.

2010 (Giants)

• Played in all 16 regular season games with 16 starts.
• Totaled 54 tackles (40 solo).

2009 (Giants)

• Played and started in 16 games.
• Recorded 35 tackles (23 solo).
• Notched a season-high five tackles (three solo) vs. Atlanta.

2008 (Giants)

• Played and started in 15 games and one postseason start.
• Posted four tackles, one quarterback hurry and one quarterback hit in the NFL Divisional Playoff Game.
• Inactive for one game (knee injury).
• Forced his first career fumble.
• Recorded his first multi-sack season, finishing the season with three.

2007 (Giants)

• Played in 16 regular season games with 15 started and four postseason games with four starts.
• Started in the Super Bowl and recorded one tackle (one solo).
• Recorded only sack of the season at Philadelphia.

2006 (Giants)

• Played and started in all 16 games as a rookie.
• Became the first Giants rookie since 1981 to start all 16 games.
• Recorded his first sack at Atlanta.
• Played in his first career postseason game at Philadelphia.

College:

• Played collegiately at Northwestern.
• Saw action in 49 games with 36 starts, starting 36 of his last 37 games.
• Earned All-Big Ten Second-Team honors in 2005 as a senior.
• Finished with 197 tackles (88 solo), six and a half sacks for minus 22 yards and 15.5 stops for losses of 38 yards, 18 quarterback pressures with 8 pass deflections and a 16-yard interception return, recovered three fumbles and forced four others.
• Posted five and a half of his six and a half sacks and 11.5 of his 15.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage in his last two years.
• Played in every game as a true freshman in 2002 and registered 36 tackles (14 solo) with two stops for losses while causing and recovering a fumble in 12 contests.
• Earned a starting job at left defensive end as a sophomore and had 46 tackles (19 solo) in 13 contests. He added one sack, two stops for losses, six quarterback pressures, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
• Adapted to playing right defensive tackle in 2004, when he started 11 games, collected 52 tackles with three and a half sacks and five stops behind the line of scrimmage. He added five pressures and batted away three passes.

Personal:

• Attended the Champions for Children fundraiser gala benefitting the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation.
• Attended New York Presbyterian Hospital's International Year of the Lungs fundraiser gala.
• Attended the Giants Kickoff Luncheon benefitting St. Vincent's Medical Center.
• Played at Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School.
• Was a Super Prep All-Midwest Region and 2nd-team All- State defensive end in 2001.
• Earned 1st-team All-Lake Erie League and All-District honors.
• Registered 84 tackles, 19 stops behind the line of scrimmage, 12 sacks and 6 pass deflections his senior season.
• All-League and honorable mention All-District basketball player (11 ppg, 8 rpg, 5 apg. Also lettered in baseball and track, boasting an 11.75 clocking in the 100-meter dash.
• Was a Communication Studies/Sociology major.
• Married to wife, Kendra and has a son, Barry Joseph Cofield III, born May 27, 2010.
• Son of Cathy Cofield…Born Barry Joseph Cofield Jr. on March 19, 1984.