Chris Hoke

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Christopher L. Hoke (born April 6, 1976) is an American former professional football player. Hoke was a nose tackle for his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars.

Early life

Hoke attended Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California, and won three varsity letters each in football and track and field. In football, he was a three-time All-League honoree, a two-time All-CIF honoree, and a two-time All-County honoree. As a senior, he was also named the League Defensive Player of the Year and helped lead his team to the CIF quarterfinals. In track and field, he was a three-time League Champion, and a three-time CIF Meet participant. Hoke graduated from Foothill High School in 1994.[1]

College career

Hoke's college career was put on hold for a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Belgium and France. Hoke played college football for the BYU Cougars, where he finished his collegiate career with 141 tackles and 14 sacks. He majored in communications.

Professional career

Hoke was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent after the 2001 NFL draft. For the first three years of his Steelers career, he was inactive for the majority of time and did not get any playing time. In 2004, Hoke totaled 24 tackles and 1 sack after taking over the starting nose tackle position for the injured Casey Hampton six games into the season. In 2005, he recorded six tackles and was also part of the Steelers team that won Super Bowl XL where he also recorded a tackle. The following season, he played in all 16 games and finished the season with 12 tackles. On June 21, 2007, he signed a 3-year extension through 2010.[2] He finished the 2007 season with six tackles and 0.5 sacks.[3] Hoke started his first game of the 2008 season in Pittsburgh's Monday Night Football game against the Ravens, in Week Four of the 2008 season.[4]

Hoke announced his retirement on January 25, 2012. He spent his entire 11-year professional career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[5]

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2004PIT14103922171.04000000000
2005PIT15012750.01000000000
2006PIT161171250.02000000000
2007PIT1619540.51000000000
2008PIT163161240.52000000000
2009PIT1604130.00000000000
2010PIT15112750.02000000100
2011PIT623300.02000000000
1141811269432.014000000100

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2004PIT225231.01000000000
2005PIT404311.02000000000
2007PIT111010.00000000000
2008PIT300000.00000000000
2010PIT301100.00000000000
13311652.03000000000

Broadcasting career

In 2015, Hoke replaced fellow ex-lineman Edmund Nelson as the Steelers post-game analyst on KDKA-TV.[6]

References

  1. ↑"Chris Hoke (team bio)". Pittsburgh Steelers. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  2. ↑"Chris Hoke". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. ↑"Chris Hoke (career stats)". NFL.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  4. ↑Dulac, Gerry (September 27, 2008). "Steelers Notebook: Confidence runs high in Hoke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  5. ↑"Chris Hoke announces his retirement". Pittsburgh Steelers. January 25, 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  6. ↑Former Steelers Charlie Batch and Chris Hoke join KDKA-TV broadcastsArchived 2015-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Steelers.com (05/05/2015)