Barry Church

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Barry Church
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Church in 2015
No. 42 Dallas Cowboys
Position: Strong safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1988-02-11) February 11, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Career information
High school: Penn Hills
College: Toledo
Undrafted: 2010
Career history
Roster status: Injured Reserve
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015
Total tackles: 396
Interceptions: 3
Passes deflections: 12
Forced fumbles: 5
Fumble recoveries: 3
Player stats at NFL.com

Barry Michael Church (born February 11, 1988) is an American football Strong safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.[1] He went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Early years

Church attended Penn Hills High School, where he was a two-sport star in football and track. In football, he recorded 80 tackles, 9.0 sacks and four interceptions while playing safety as a senior, that year he also played wide receiver, catching 30 passes for 670 yards and four touchdowns. He was named to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s "Terrific 25" team, second-team all-state Class AAAA, first-team Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League-East honors, and played in the Big 33 Football Classic.

Also an standout track & field athlete, Church was one of the state's top performers in the triple jump event, and captured the state title at the 2005 PTFCA Indoor State Championships with a leap of 14.32 meters (46 ft, 7 in).[2] In addition, he also recorded a 4.47-second 40-yard dash at the Metro Index camp.

Church was a four-year starter while at The University of Toledo, finishing with 354 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, 18 pass breakups, 6 forced fumbles and 3 blocked kicks. In his first year he was named second-team freshman All-American by The Sporting News and would be selected first-team All-MAC four straight years, becoming the first Toledo and the third Mid-American Conference player ever to achieve that distinction.

As a senior he was second on the team with 98 tackles, including 8.5 tackles for loss, one interception, one forced fumble, 2 pass deflections and 3 blocked kicks. He was one of the semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award and also played in the East-West Shrine Game.

Professional career

2010

After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft because of concerns about his speed, he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent.[3] As a rookie he was active for every game except the season opener, finishing fourth on the team with 16 special teams tackles while also contributing 14 tackles on defense.

2011

In 2011 he became a key substitute in the defensive packages, until dislocating his right shoulder in the fourteenth game of the season against the New York Giants and being placed on the injured reserve list.

2012

After two seasons of increasing playing time as a hybrid linebacker and safety, in 2012 he won the starting strong safety position a few weeks into training camp. He suffered a season ending torn Achilles injury in the third game of the season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was lost for the year. Still rehabbing from a serious injury, the Cowboys took a gamble that he would make a full recovery and on October 26, 2012, Church re-signed with a four-year contract.[4]

2013

In 2013, he quickly regained his starter job and helped improve a position where three different safeties started next to him throughout the year. When injuries impacted the depth at linebacker, Church also provided help by playing linebacker on passing situations. He would lead the team in tackles from his safety position with 135, and in solo tackles with 107, which also led all NFL defensive backs. He registered his first career interception, 6 passes defensed and led the team with 3 forced fumbles.

2014

In 2014, he led the team with 97 tackles (2 for loss), while also recording two interceptions, six passes defensed, one quarterback pressure, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

2015

Church finished the 2015 second on the team in tackles with 117 combined. His season ended a game early as he broke his arm in the Week 16 matchup against the Buffalo Bills.

Career statistics

NFL Career Statistics
Dallas Cowboys
Year Team GP Comb Solo Ast Sack FF FR FR Yds Int Int Yds Avg Long TD PD
2010 DAL 15 20 15 5 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2011 DAL 13 28 21 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2012 DAL 3 6 4 2 0.0 0 1 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2013 DAL 16 135 107 28 0.0 3 1 27 1 0 0.0 0 1 6
2014 DAL 16 97 77 20 0.0 1 1 -1 2 49 25.0 45 0 6
2015 DAL 15 117 78 39 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Career NFL 78 403 302 101 0.0 6 3 32 3 49 16.3 45 1 12

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  • Key to Abbreviations

GP = Games played
Comb = Combined tackles
Solo = Solo tackles
Ast = Assisted tackles
Sack Quarterback sacks
FF = Fumbles forced
FR = Fumbles recovered
FR Yds = Fumble return yards
Int = Interceptions
Int Yds = Interception return yards
Avg = Interception return average
Long = Longest interception return
TD = Defensive touchdowns
PD = Passes defended

References

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External links

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