Nick Sorensen Nick Sorensen ( born July 31 , 1978 in Winter Haven , Florida ) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent . He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2001 . He played college football at Virginia Tech . High school years . Sorensen lived in Vienna , Virginia and attended George C . Marshall High School . Lettered three seasons , each , in football , basketball and baseball . Threw for 1 , 925 yards and 23 TDs during his football career and rushed for 604 yards and 10 TDs . Was inducted into the George C . Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame , which includes other NFL players Keith Lyle and Mike McCrary . College career . Sorensen was a four - year letterman for the Virginia Tech Hokies and started at safety and linebacker during his final two seasons where he posted 117 tackles , ten tackles for losses , four sacks and an interception . He began his college career as a quarterback , and completed 42 of 80 passes for 446 yards with four touchdowns and nine interceptions . At 19 years , 3 months of age , Sorensen made a mid - season start replacing the injured Al Clark against UAB going making 11 of 21 passes including a 22 - yard touchdown pass to Marcus Gildersleeve . Sorensen was named Virginia Tech ' s Player of the Game in the 1998 Gator Bowl loss to North Carolina . In 1999 , Sorensen moved from quarterback to defense , turning over the quarterback duties to the team ' s talented freshman , Michael Vick . That year Vick took the Hokies to a national championship game and a No . 2 national ranking . Sorensen finished fourth on the team with 70 tackles , one less than future Brown Ben Taylor . He graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in marketing . Professional career . Sorensen was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 27 , 2001 but was waived before the season started . He joined the St . Louis Rams , also in 2001 , where he played for two seasons — including the Rams ' appearance in Super Bowl XXXVI . Following that Super Bowl season , the Rams cut Sorensen , who was then picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars . In Jacksonville , Sorensen played four seasons in the defensive backfield and as a standout on special teams . All four years he was the special teams captain . In 2006 , Sorensen suffered a significant injury , and the Jaguars cut him prior to the start of the 2007 season . On October 24 , 2007 he signed with the Cleveland Browns , and on February 29 , 2008 , the first day of free agency , he re - signed with the Browns . On October 26 , 2008 , Sorensen returned to Jacksonville for the first time after being cut by Coach Jack Del Rio in August 2007 . Sorensen broke up the final play of the game ( a pass from Garrard to Jones ) with 13 seconds left in the game . The Browns won the game 23 - 17 thanks to Sorensen ' s effort . As of the end of the 2009 season , Sorensen has not missed any of the 41 games since joining the Browns , but has also not made a start . Going into the 2010 season , Sorensen was scheduled to earn $ 774 , 340 and was third on the Brown ' s depth chart behind rookies T . J . Ward and Larry Asante . The presence of the newly - drafted rookies meant that Sorensen faced being cut after training camp . He was not in fact cut and went on to have a great season on the special teams squad . On August 28 , 2010 he was carted off the field with a possible neck injury during an exhibition game versus the Detroit Lions . During the 2012 season , Sorensen is working as an analyst for WKYC channel 3 in Cleveland ( NBC ) on the station ' s " Browns Tonight " postgame show . Family . On Feb . 27 , 2010 , Sorensen wed Danielle Berry before 120 guests at St . Aloysius Church in the District of Columbia . His brother Derek was his best man . Sorensen ' s cousin , James Augustine , played forward / center in the National Basketball Association . Sorensen ' s father , Dick , played football for the University of Miami Hurricanes from 1965 - 1969 . Sorensen and his brother , Derek , are charter members of the Old Courthouse Club , a small social club with limited membership in the Vienna , Virginia area .