Chad Bratzke Chad Alan Bratzke ( born September 15 , 1971 in Waukegan , Illinois ) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League . College career . Bratzke played college football at Eastern Kentucky University . His career stats included 253 tackles ( 150 solo ) , 27 sacks and six posted 87 tackles ( 57 solo ) , 11 sacks and two fumble recoveries as a senior . He was named Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player - of - the - Year and Kodak All - America . He earned OVC All - Defense honors as a junior after totaling 71 tackles ( 36 solo ) , nine sacks and one fumble recovery . Even in his beginnings he made sound having 80 tackles ( 47 solo ) , six sacks and two fumble recoveries as a sophomore and totaled 15 tackles ( ten solo ) , one sack and one fumble recovery as a freshman . Professional career . Bratzke played ten seasons in the NFL , five for the New York Giants and five for the Indianapolis Colts . He signed as unrestricted free agent from the Giants on March 1 , 1999 . He was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft . In 2002 , Bratzke started 16 games for defense that ranked seventh in the NFL in points allowed , eighth in overall defense . He started every contest for the third time in four years with the franchise ( 1999 , 2000 ) and has started all 63 appearances . He helped team establish a formidable pass rush with two sacks and five quarterback pressures in the first two games at Jacksonville and vs . Miami . Bratzke started first eight games at RE , then started seven of last eight games at LE , while opening at LT at Cleveland . His action at Cleveland was first career time at tackle . He had 70 tackles ( 49 solo ) , six sacks , 30 QB pressures , five fumbles forced , three batted passes , one pass defensed and one fumble recovered . QB pressures ranked second on the team , while tackles ranked seventh . He had stops in every contest with four or more tackles in 13 games and had six tackles , one sack and one forced fumble at Jacksonville . Bratzke forced one fumble and had one sack and four solo stops vs . Miami . He had one sack vs . Baltimore , and one sack and one forced fumble vs . Dallas . He made his first career start at defensive tackle and had six tackles , one sack , one forced fumble and two QB pressures at Cleveland as the team rallied with goal - line stand after overcoming 16 - point deficit . He had six tackles ( four solo ) vs . NYG . He has totaled 45 of 53 . 5 career sacks since 1998 . He has eleven career multiple - sack games . His 12 sacks in 1999 stands as one of seven double - digit individual sack seasons in franchise history ( 13 . 0 , Dwight Freeney , 2002 ; 11 . 5 , LB - Johnie Cooks , 1984 ; 11 . 0 , LB - Vernon Maxwell , 1983 ; 10 . 0 , DE - Jon Hand , 1989 ; 10 . 5 , DE - Tony Bennett , 1995 ; 10 . 5 , DE - Dan Footman , 1997 ) . He had posted four straight seasons with 80 + tackles ( 80 , 1998 ; 81 , 1999 ; 93 , 2000 ; 80 , 2001 ) until having 70 in 2002 . He has had two three - sack games with Colts ( 12 / 19 / 99 vs . Washington ; 1 / 6 / 02 vs . Denver ) , one of nine Colts with a three - sack game since sacks became official in 1982 , and it has been accomplished only 14 times during that span . Personal . Bratzke attended Palos East Elementary School , where he was best friends with Jeff Aird . His family moved to Florida when he was seven , leaving both Bratzke and Jeff devastated . Bratzke attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico , Florida . He has made sizable donation to Eastern Kentucky University to build the Student Athlete Academic Success Center . He is currently heavily involved with CLF ( Childhood Leukemia Foundation ) and Joy ’ s House . He has made several appearances on Colts 2000 Care - A - Van tours . Bratzke also participated in the last two Reggie Bowls to benefit Reggie Miller Foundation and has been on the winning team both times . Bratzke and his wife , Kristi , reside in Sarasota , Florida .