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2009 HIGHLIGHTS: GENERAL: Fourth-year pro, voted by teammates as a team captain, started Games 1-11 at LDT despite battling a knee strain for five weeks ... Inactive due to the knee strain for Game 12, underwent arthroscopic surgery on Dec. 7, and also inactive for Games 13-16 ... Had 31 tackles ... Rated probable to return to action in postseason.

GAME-BY-GAME: Posted season highs with six tackles Sept. 27 vs. Pittsburgh and Oct. 4 at Cleveland … Played only three snaps Oct. 18 vs. Houston before being sidelined with a knee injury … Was rested for significant periods Oct. 25 vs. Chicago -- due to the knee injury and to lopsided nature of the game -- but added brief action as a blocking FB in goal-line situations, and provided key block on Cedric Benson one-yard TD run in fourth quarter … Had three tackles Nov. 8 vs. Baltimore … Had four tackles Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh as defense limited Steelers to 226 net yards, 156 yards below their average entering the game (382.0) … On Nov. 22 at Oakland, tied for line lead with four tackles, despite leaving game in second half with a knee strain … On Nov. 29 vs. Cleveland, had two tackles in contributing to defensive yield of just 169 net yards, fewest yards allowed by a Bengals defense since 1983 (154 at Pittsburgh on 12-4-83).

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2008 - Led line in tackles in Games 1-3, with eight tackles in each contest ... Recorded five tackles and two QB hurries Sept. 28 vs. Cleveland ... Had five tackles and shared sack Oct. 5 at Dallas ... Led line Oct. 12 at N.Y. Jets with a personal season-high 10 tackles, and his season-best seven solos included stop of RB Leon Washington for a four-yard loss ... Led line with seven tackles Oct. 26 at Houston ... On Nov. 2 vs. Jacksonville, tied for line lead with six tackles, including one for a loss ... On Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh, led line with nine tackles (tied for second on team), including one tackle-for-loss ... Led line Dec. 7 at Indianapolis with nine tackles, including one for minus yardage ... Led line with nine tackles in shutout win Dec. 21 at Cleveland ... Tied for line lead with six tackles Dec. 28 vs. Kansas City, and had two passes defensed.

2007 - Had five tackles Oct. 14 at Kansas City, and he forced Chiefs to settle for a FG on their opening drive when he batted down a third-down pass by Damon Huard from Cincinnati 14 ... On Oct. 21 vs. N.Y. Jets, his fumble recovery of an aborted shotgun snap gave Bengals possession at midfield in fourth quarter, setting up TD drive that extended Cincinnati's lead to 31-23 ... Posted four tackles Oct. 28 vs. Pittsburgh, including a sack when he ran Ben Roethlisberger out of bounds for no gain in third quarter ... Had a season-high eight tackles Dec. 15 at San Francisco, including shared sack when he teamed with Dexter Jackson for seven-yard drop of Shaun Hill in third quarter.

2006 - Had two tackles in NFL debut Sept. 10 at Kansas City ... Posted five tackles Sept. 24 at Pittsburgh ... On Oct. 29 vs. Atlanta, had a season-high seven tackles that included a piece of his first NFL sack, on which he combined with Justin Smith for an eight-yard drop of Michael Vick in fourth quarter ... Had six tackles Nov. 5 at Baltimore ... Had two tackles Nov. 30 vs. Baltimore, and in fourth quarter, had a key penetration that forced an offensive holding call to help turn back a Ravens scoring threat ... Had his biggest impact game Dec. 24 at Denver, as his six tackles included two sacks, and he added a forced fumble that Bengals recovered at Broncos 30 in second quarter, setting up TD drive for a 17-14 halftime lead ... His sacks at Denver included nine-yard drop of Jay Cutler to Denver one-yard line on third down in the first quarter, setting up short punt that led to Bengals' first TD.

COLLEGE: Played at Michigan State in 2004 and '05, after spending 2002-03 at College of the Canyons (Santa Clarita, Calif.) ... Played as a reserve for MSU in '04, and broke out as a senior, starting every game at LDT ... Posted 53 tackles as a senior, with a sack, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a blocked PAT ... Had one of the 2005 college season's most publicized plays, a 74-yard fumble return for a TD vs. Michigan that tied score in fourth quarter before Michigan pulled out 34-31 overtime win.

PERSONAL: Hometown is Pago Pago, American Samoa … Played both offensive and defensive line at Samoana High School … Married (wife Anna), with a son, Domata Jr. … Brother, Tupe, played OL at Michigan State and played in NFL with Indianapolis Colts … Lifelong friend of Bengals DE Jonathan Fanene, who is also from American Samoa … Sociology major at Michigan State … His name is pronounced “DOE-mah-tah PECK-o.”