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  Kampman  against the Chicago  Bears

   

  Aaron Kampman was selected with the 21st pick in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Green Bay  Packers.

   

  Kampman started six games and registered 24 tackles as a rookie in 2002. He  started 12 games in 2003 with 29 tackles, and led the NFC with three sacks in  the 2003 playoffs. Kampman was also named the Packers' 2003 "Walter Payton Man  of the Year" for community service.

   

  Kampman has become a steady defender who has anchored the left side of the  Packers' line most of the last two years. He started all 16 games for Green Bay  in 2004, as well as their playoff game. ^[3] He had a  career high 67 tackles in 2004 and improved to make 81 tackles in 2005. ^[4]

   

  On March 11, 2006, he signed a four-year contract extension to stay with the  Packers. ^[5] In week 8 of the 2006 NFL season Kampman  was named the defensive player of the week after a solid performance against the  Arizona  Cardinals. He recorded two sacks and the Packer defense held Arizona to a  total of 218 yards. In week 16, he registered another 3 sacks against the  Minnesota Vikings to earn his second NFC defensive player of the week award.^[6] In earning this  award he joined Reggie  White (1998) as the only Packers to win defensive honors twice in the same  season. In 2006 Kampman was second in the NFL, behind San Diego's Shawne Merriman with  15.5 sacks. He ended the season with 89 tackles. His achievements helped him  earn a bid to the 2007 Pro  Bowl as well as being named second team All-Pro by the Associated Press.

   

  On November 1, 2007 Kampman was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month  for October, having recorded 5.5 sacks during that time period.^[7] Since the start of  the 2006 season, the Pro Bowl defensive end leads the NFL with 23.5 sacks.^[8]

   

  Aaron Kampman attended the 2008 Pro Bowl, along with teammates Chad Clifton, Donald Driver, and Al Harris, as well as head coach Mike McCarthy. Packers  defensive line coach Carl Hairston has called Kampman the most complete player  he has coached in the NFL.^[9]

• His 41 career sacks rank fifth in Packers' history, ½ sack behind No. 4 Ezra  Johnson
• • Led the NFC and was second in the NFL with 15½ sacks in 2006, the  third-highest single-season total in team history
• • Posted 113 tackles in 2006, a franchise record for a Packers defensive  lineman, surpassing the 107 by Johnson in 1983, a total he nearly eclipsed in  2005 with 105 tackles
• • Was only the second player drafted by Green Bay out of the University of  Iowa over the prior 15 years (OT Ross Verba in 1997 being the other)

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