Mike Vrabel Biography
Mike Vrabel (Michael George Vrabel) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the current head coach of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State University, where he earned consensus All-American honors.
He was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, joined the New England Patriots as a free agent in 2001, where he became an All-Pro and a three-time Super Bowl champion, then finished his career with the Kansas City Chiefs.
After retiring as a player following the 2010 season, he was the linebackers and defensive line coach at Ohio State for three seasons. His NFL coaching career began in 2014 with the Houston Texans as linebackers coach and then defensive coordinator, before being hired in 2018 as head coach of the Titans
Mike Vrabel Age
Vrabel was born on August 14, 1975, in Akron, Ohio, United States. He is 47 years old as of 2022.
Mike Vrabel Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall. Mike has a weight of 261 kg.
Mike Vrabel Parent | Mike Vrabel Father | Mike Vrabel Sisters | Mike Vrabel Family
Vrabel was born Michael George Vrabel in Akron, Ohio on the 14th of August 1975. He was born to his father Chuck Vrabel. Mike was born and raised together with his sisters Annalise and Laura respectively.
Mike’s father, Chuck Vrabel, works as the principal of Buckeye High School. Chuck was sometime in 2015 accused of making inappropriate comments to a female teacher which led to a sexual harassment investigation by the school district.
The superintendent in charge of the investigation ended up placing Chuck on a 10-day leave, two of which were without pay.
Mike Vrabel Wife
He is married to his wife Jennifer. Vrabel and his wife, have two sons, Tyler and Carter. Vrabel founded the “Mike’s Second and Seven Foundation” with his former Ohio State teammates Ryan Miller and Luke Fickell to promote literacy in the Ohio area.
In March 2011, he was arrested and charged with a Class D felony for theft at an Indiana casino. According to reports from Kansas City television station KMBC and ProFootballTalk.com, the incident involved eight bottles of beer at a deli. Vrabel was released after posting a $600 bond.
Mike Vrabel Son
Tyler Vrabel, Mike Vrabel’s son, announced his commitment to Boston College on Monday. The younger Vrabel is an offensive tackle at Houston school St. Pius X and will head to Chestnut Hill as a project recruit for coach Steve Addazio.
The younger Vrabel has Power 5 size, standing 6-foot-4, and 255 pounds, but has yet to be tested against that level of competition as he competes in Texas’ private school division, TAPPS.
Vrabel also held scholarship offers from AAC programs like Houston, Cincinnati, and Memphis, though the drive to play in a Power 5 program and return to his personal roots proved persuasive for the big lineman.
Of course, a recruit like Vrabel comes with added ancillary benefits related to his father. Addazio and his staff could look to have the elder Vrabel come in and meet with players or provide an outside pair of eyes at some point.
There’s also a more ominous possibility for Addazio: If he has a rough season, could BC — with a new AD — call time on his Eagles career and offer the head coaching role to Mike Vrabel? It’ll certainly be interesting to watch, which makes Tyler Vrabel’s commitment all the more intriguing.
Mike Vrabel Net Worth
Michael has an estimated Net Worth is $11 million dollars which he has earned from his professional career in football. He collects such a huge amount throughout his playing career.
Mike Vrabel Salary
He signed a 1 year, $3,025,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including an average annual salary of $3,025,000.
Mike Vrabel Contract
He signed a 1 year, $3,025,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including an average annual salary of $3,025,000.
In, Vrabel will earn a base salary of, a signing bonus of, a roster bonus of, a signing bonus of, a restructure bonus of, a workout bonus of, and an incentive bonus of while carrying a cap hit of and a dead cap value of.
Mike Vrabel College
He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he played defensive end from 1993 to 1996. He compiled twelve quarterback sacks as a sophomore, thirteen as a junior, and forty-eight tackles and nine sacks as a senior.
As a senior in 1996, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Vrabel finished his career at Ohio State by being named the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year in both 1995 and 1996, becoming only the second player to ever win the award twice “Wendell Bryant of Wisconsin being the other”.
He totaled thirty-six sacks and sixty-six tackles for a loss. He was named to the Ohio State Football All-Century Team in 2000, and in 2012 was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Mike Vrabel Team Coached
Coaching career
Vrabel retired on July 10. 2011, to become the linebackers coach at Ohio State. On December 21. 2011, new Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer decided to keep Vrabel on as part of his coaching staff as defensive line coach.
Houston Texans
On January 10, 2014, Vrabel was hired by the Houston Texans as a linebackers coach. In January 2016 news outlets reported that the San Francisco 49ers offered Vrabel their defensive coordinator job; Vrabel declined the offer and remained in Houston.
In January 2017 the Texans named Vrabel as their defensive coordinator, moving the previous coordinator Romeo Crennel to assistant head coach.
Tennessee Titans
On January 20. 2018, Vrabel was hired as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans on a five-year deal. On September 16.2018, Vrabel beat the Houston Texans 20–17 in Week 2 for his first career win as a head coach.
On September 30. 2018, he led the Titans to a 26–23 overtime victory over the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles in a Week 4 upset.
On November 11, 2018, Vrabel beat his former longtime coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots in a 34–10 Week 10 victory. He and the Titans narrowly missed the playoffs by one game and finished the 2018 season with a 9–7 record.
Mike Vrabel New England Patriots
He joined the New England Patriots as a free agent for the 2001–2002 season. He played in every game on defense, starting in 12. He would occasionally come in as an eligible receiver, lining up as a tight end.
Belichick took advantage of this in 2004 in Super Bowl XXXVII. In the fourth quarter, Tom Brady threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Vrabel, making Vrabel the first defensive player to score a Super Bowl touchdown on offense since William “Refrigerator” Perry did so for the Chicago Bears against the Patriots in 1986’s Super Bowl XX.
He was one of the defensive stars as well; he had two sacks “one forcing a fumble” of Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme.
In Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005, Vrabel caught a two-yard touchdown pass despite being held by Philadelphia’s Jevon Kearse, a feat pictured on the cover of the 2005 NFL Record and Fact Book. The reception made him one of 17 players to catch two or more touchdown passes in Super Bowls.
Vrabel finished with ten career receptions in just 14 targets, all for touchdowns. He caught one in 2002, two in 2004, three in 2005, and two in 2007 in the regular season, and one each in Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX, all with the Patriots, and one each in 2009 and 2010 with the Chiefs “thrown by former Patriot Matt Cassel”.
According to the website Cold Hard Football Facts, no other player in NFL history has a better record of converting receptions to touchdowns. His versatility was good enough for NFL Network to rank him #7 on their Top 10 episode of the Most Versatile Players.
In Week 8 of the 2007 season, Vrabel forced three fumbles, had three sacks, recovered an onside kick, and scored an offensive touchdown against the Washington Redskins, for which he was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
In December 2007 he was selected to start at the Pro Bowl; in January 2008 he was named to the NFL All-Pro team for the 2007 season.
On December 26, 2005, on the final Monday Night Football game on ABC, Vrabel became, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the first player—since the official recording of sacks began in 1982—to have two touchdown catches and a sack in the same game.
Though right outside linebacker had been Vrabel’s primary position in the Patriots’ 3-4 scheme in his first four seasons with New England, in 2005 Vrabel moved to inside linebacker, because of the limited effectiveness of inside backers Monty Beisel and Chad Brown, although he had never before played inside in the NFL.
By the time Tedy Bruschi had returned from injury, he and Vrabel were the two men starting inside. Rosevelt Colvin successfully filled Vrabel’s old spot, and many cite the change in positions as a major contributor to the Patriots’ rebound in the second half of the season. Vrabel moved inside again late in the 2006 season after Junior Seau broke his arm.
Mike Vrabel Stats
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| GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB |
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| 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 63 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 82 | 58 | 24 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 52 | 37 | 15 | 9.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 71 | 54 | 17 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 108 | 73 | 35 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 89 | 54 | 35 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 77 | 55 | 22 | 12.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | 62 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 206 | 742 | 510 | 232 | 57 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | 1 | 24 | 42 | 30 | 26 | 0 |
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| GP | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | FUM | LST |
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| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Vrabel Eye Injury
Vrable appears to have an eye injury but there is no news regarding any eye injury.