Casey Hampton Casey Hampton , Jr . ( born September 3 , 1977 ) , nicknamed " Big Snack , " is an American football nose tackle who played twelve seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Texas , and received All - American recognition . The Pittsburgh Steelers picked him in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft . Hampton has been selected for the Pro Bowl five times . He is currently a free agent . Early years . Hampton was born in Galveston , Texas . He attended Ball High School in Galveston , Texas , and was a letterman in football . He was twice named as the District Defensive Player of the Year , and as a senior , he was a Texas Class 5A All - State first - team selection . His Ball High jersey number ( No . 63 ) was retired at a dinner and parade on April 6 , 2009 . Hampton is the only football player in school history to receive such an honor . College career . Hampton attended the University of Texas , and started 37 consecutive games for the Texas Longhorns football team between 1997 and 2000 . He became the first defensive lineman to lead the team in tackles two consecutive seasons ( 1999 – 2000 ) , and recorded 329 tackles ( 177 solos ) to rank 11th on the school ' s all - time list . Hampton registered 56 quarterback pressures and caused nine fumbles in his college career . He earned consensus first - team All - American recognition as a senior , having received first - team honors from the Football Writers Association of America , " The Sporting News " , the Walter Camp Foundation . He was also a first - team All - Big 12 Conference selection and the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year . Hampton was an All - America first - team selection by the Football Writers Association and Associated Press as a junior in 1999 . In 1998 he was named the team ' s Most Consistent Defensive Player and started every game . That season , he recorded 60 tackles ( 29 solos ) with two sacks and eight stops for losses and registered six quarterback pressures , five pass deflections and recovered one fumble . He also appeared in three games in 1997 before being granted a medical redshirt but played in every game as a true freshman in 1996 , starting six at nose guard and recorded 77 tackles ( 51 solos ) , one sack and seven stops for losses . In his freshman season he also had three quarterback pressures and a forced fumble . Hampton majored in history . In 2000 , " The Daily Texan " , the student daily paper at Texas , characterized Hampton as " relentless , " even quoting Hampton . " The way I see it , you never know when your last play is going to be , " Texas ' star defensive tackle said . " So you should go hard all the time . There ' s no reason to take a play off . . " At the time , Hampton was 6 ' 1 and 325 lbs and safety Greg Brown said " I have never seen him take a down off , he ' s just so intent on destroying people that he never takes time to rest . It ' s gotta be a gift . " Hampton played with Shaun Rogers , a 2nd round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2001 and a Longhorn from 1997 – 2000 ; and after Hampton was quoted saying " No one guy can block me . Two guys can probably get it done but never one guy . I can always overpower one , " " the Daily Texan " printed this : " He ' s says he ' s never even been caked . Ever , " fellow defensive tackle Rogers said . " He says he wasn ' t even caked in junior high , but I , at least , am humble enough to say that I might have been once or twice . So I ' d say some of what he says is questionable . " Professional career . Hampton was selected in the first round with the 19th overall choice of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Steelers . He quickly emerged as a solid player in the middle of the defensive line while logging considerable time as a rookie . He played in all 48 games through his first three seasons , becoming a highly disruptive force , and winning a trip to the Pro Bowl in 2003 . Six games into the 2004 season , he suffered a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and missed the remainder of that year ' s games . For his career , he has played in 157 regular season games , recording 350 tackles , 9 . 0 sacks , three pass deflected , four forced fumble s , and two recovered fumbles . He also recorded a sack against the Seattle Seahawks ' Matt Hasselbeck in Super Bowl XL , which sealed the game for the Steelers , and that was his first sack since the 2003 season . He appeared as one of the players for the fictional Gotham Rogues team in " The Dark Knight Rises " .