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Rahim Alem
DE #67
Height:
6-3
Weight:
266
Age:
26
College:
LSU
Hometown:
New Orleans, LA
Experience:
R

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A strong pass rusher, with 12.5 sacks over his last two seasons … Played four seasons (2006-09) for LSU, following a redshirt year in 2005 … Played 44 games with 13 starts … Did not become a regular starter until his senior year, but broke out as a pass rush specialist as a junior, posting eight sacks (third in Southeastern Conference) and 11.5 tackles-for-loss … Named first-team All-SEC by Associated Press as a junior, despite starting only one game … As a senior, played in all 13 games, with 12 starts at RDE … Had 4.5 sacks as a senior, plus 8.5 TFL and two forced fumbles … Closed his college career in the East-West Shrine Game, where he had two QB pressures … As a sophomore in 2007, played in 12 of 14 games for Tiger squad that won BCS national title, closing at 12-2 with 38-24 win over Ohio State at New Orleans … Had two sacks as a sophomore … Career totals of 14.5 sacks and 25.5 TFL … Hometown is New Orleans … Attended St. Augustine High School, where he was a Class 5A all-state selection as a senior and named to Tom Lemming’s Prep All-America team … Made SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2008, and earned degree from LSU in liberal arts … Born as Alfred Marvin Jones, Jr., he changed his name in spring 2006 to honor his African heritage … Brother, Chad, was an LSU football teammate, and his father, Al Jones, played DE at Tulane … Name is pronounced “rah-HEEM AH-limm” … Signed Bengals contract on 4-30-10.
A strong pass rusher, with 12.5 sacks over his last two seasons … Played four seasons (2006-09) for LSU, following a redshirt year in 2005 … Played 44 games with 13 starts … Did not become a regular starter until his senior year, but broke out as a pass rush specialist as a junior, posting eight sacks (third in Southeastern Conference) and 11.5 tackles-for-loss … Named first-team All-SEC by Associated Press as a junior, despite starting only one game … As a senior, played in all 13 games, with 12 starts at RDE … Had 4.5 sacks as a senior, plus 8.5 TFL and two forced fumbles … Closed his college career in the East-West Shrine Game, where he had two QB pressures … As a sophomore in 2007, played in 12 of 14 games for Tigers squad that won BCS national title, closing at 12-2 with 38-24 win over Ohio State at New Orleans … Had two sacks as a sophomore … Career totals of 14.5 sacks and 25.5 TFL … Hometown is New Orleans … Attended St. Augustine High School, where he was a Class 5A all-state selection as a senior and named to Tom Lemming’s Prep All-America team … Made SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2008, and earned degree from LSU in liberal arts … Born as Alfred Marvin Jones, Jr., he changed his name in spring 2006 to honor his African heritage … Brother, Chad, was an LSU football teammate, and his father, Al Jones, played DE at Tulane … Name is pronounced “rah-HEEM AH-limm” … Signed Bengals contract on 4-30-10.

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