Aaron Kampman Aaron Allan Kampman ( ; born November 30 , 1979 ) is an American football defensive end and linebacker who has played ten seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Iowa . He was drafted by Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft , and also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars . He is currently a free agent . Early years . Aaron Kampman played high school football for Aplington - Parkersburg High School . Despite a student body of only 270 , it has produced four NFL players . Kampman , Casey Wiegmann , Jared DeVries , and Brad Meester are all Aplington - Parkersburg graduates who played for the late Ed Thomas and went on to the NFL . Thomas was named the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year . Kampman lettered three times in football and basketball and four times in track in high school . He was an all - state basketball player as a senior , and he placed third in the shot put at the state meet his junior and senior seasons . In football , Kampman led Aplington - Parkersburg to three straight playoff appearances and a runner - up finish in the state championship as a junior . His teams had a record of 26 - 7 over his three years there . Kampman played the linebacker position and set school records for tackles in a game ( 26 ) , a season ( 188 ) , and a career ( 447 ) . He was the team MVP his junior and senior seasons and team captain as a senior . Kampman received a number of honors in high school . He was named the Iowa Class 2A Player of the Year , a " USA Today " second team All - American , and a Parade Magazine All - American . Additionally , he was named district MVP and an Iowa all - state selection as a junior and as a senior , and he was an Elite all - state selection as a senior . Kampman also earned team MVP honors in the Iowa Shrine all - star game following his senior season , leading his team with 13 tackles . College career . Aaron Kampman was highly recruited out of high school , and he chose to play for the University of Iowa and Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry . Kampman played nine games as a true freshman in 1998 , recording 49 tackles . After the season , Coach Fry retired , and Kampman played the rest of his career for Kirk Ferentz . As a sophomore , Kampman started all 11 games for Iowa at linebacker , and he finished second on the team with 103 tackles . He had five games with ten or more tackles in 1999 and was academic All - Big Ten . Prior to his junior season , Kampman switched positions from linebacker to defensive end . In 2000 , he started all 12 games for Iowa at defensive end , but Iowa was struggling on the field . The Hawkeyes snapped a school - record 13 game losing streak when they defeated Michigan State , 21 - 16 . Kampman was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week that week , recording 16 tackles , a blocked field goal , and the first interception of his career . He had 94 tackles his junior season , and he was named honorable mention All - Big Ten . He was also a second team academic All - American . As a senior in 2001 , Aaron Kampman started all 12 games for Iowa at defensive end . He had 96 tackles in 2001 and led the team with nine sacks . Iowa , which had only won seven games in Kampman ' s first three years combined , rebounded in 2001 . The Hawkeyes faced Minnesota , needing just one more win to clinch their first winning record and first bowl bid since 1997 . Kampman responded with possibly the best game of his college career , making 15 tackles and three sacks and leading Iowa to a 42 - 24 victory . He was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career . He also had four tackles in his final game , Iowa ' s 19 - 16 win in the 2001 Alamo Bowl . Kampman won the Hayden Fry " Extra Heartbeat " award and Iowa ' s Scholastic Achievement award . He was named first team All - Big Ten and co - captain of the 2001 Hawkeyes . He finished his career with 342 tackles , the seventh best total in Iowa history . Kampman also named a first team academic All - American in 2001 . Professional career . Pre - draft . 4 . 75 in the 40 - yard dash . 33 - inch vertical jump . 420 - pound bench press . Green Bay Packers . 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 . He had a career high 67 tackles in 2004 and improved to make 81 tackles in 2005 . On March 11 , 2006 , he signed a four - year $ 21 million contract extension to stay with the Packers . 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 . 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 . Since the start of the 2006 season , the Pro Bowl defensive end leads the NFL with 23 . 5 sacks . 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 . Kampman is also an online student at Dallas Theological Seminary . On December 7 , 2009 Kampman was officially placed on injured reserve due to a knee injury he suffered earlier in the year versus the San Francisco 49ers in week 11 . Jacksonville Jaguars . Kampman signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on March 6 , 2010 . He was released on June 7 , 2012 after missing nearly the entire 2011 season due to injury . Personal . Kampman is married to Linde , the couple has three sons , Lucas , 5 , Ben , 3 , and Elijah , 1 .