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My Take
DeMarcus Ware is my kind of football story: a player from Troy, hardly a powerhouse program, who forced the NFL to notice and went 11th overall in 2005. What I respect is the adaptability. Drafted as a defensive end, he reinvented himself as a linebacker in Dallas's 3-4 scheme and made it look natural across twelve seasons. That blend of raw athletic gifts and willingness to retool says a lot about professional longevity. He never struck me as a flashy headline-chaser so much as a craftsman who earned everything. That self-made arc is exactly the type of career I gravitate toward.
Overview
DeMarcus Omar Ware (born July 31, 1982) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. He played college football for the Troy State Trojans as a defensive end. He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the 11th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. He switched positions from defensive end to linebacker in the Dallas Cowboy 3-4 defense.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- DeMarcus Ware
- Name (Japanese)
- デマーカス・ウェア
- Reading
- でまーかす・うぇあ
- Born
- July 31, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Auburn, Alabama, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Auburn High School Tigers
- University
- Troy University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.