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Sixth-year NFL vet played with Bengals in final three games after signing as a free agent ... Ohio State product (Canton McKinley HS) has 57 career NFL games played and 43 starts, plus two starts in five postseason games ... Regular season career statistics include 178 tackles, seven INTs, 18 passes defensed and seven forced fumbles ... Entered NFL in 2003 as a second-round draft choice of Indianapolis and played for the Colts through 2006 ... Colts were 8-0 in games when he had an INT (including one postseason INT) ... Signed for 2007 with Minnesota as an unrestricted free agent and played in nine games .. Vikings contract expired after the ’07 season, and he had not been with an NFL team previously in ’08 before signing with Cincinnati.

2008 RECAP: Signed with Bengals on Dec. 9 ... Made Cincinnati debut Dec. 14 vs. Washington ... Had three tackles and a pass defensed in season finale Dec. 28 vs. Kansas City.

HE’S A WINNER: Doss played on two state championship teams at Canton (OH) McKinley High School, was a key performer in Ohio State’s 2002 national championship season, and started for four division championship NFL teams for the Indianapolis Colts.

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2007 - Former Colt signed April 4 with Minnesota as unrestricted free agent ... Played in nine games (Games 3-7, 10 and 12-14), with a start Dec. 2 vs. Detroit ... Had one tackle on defense and six on special teams ... Game-day inactive for Games 1-2, 8-9, 11 and 14-16.

2006 - Started four of the first six games for Colts team that would win Super Bowl XLI, but a knee injury suffered Oct. 22 vs. Washington ended his season prematurely ... Had 20 tackles with two INTs in his brief action ... His INTs came against Byron Leftwich on Sept. 24 vs. Jacksonville and against Vince Young on Oct. 8 vs. Tennessee (31-yard return).

2005 - Played 15 games with 14 starts for Colts team that won AFC South at 14-2 before playoff elimination in Divisional round ... Posted 97 tackles, with two INTs and five total passes defensed ... Started Indy’s only playoff game and had seven tackles in loss vs. Pittsburgh.

2004 - Hampered to some extent by injuries, but played 10 games with nine starts for Colts team that won AFC South at 12-4 and advanced to Divisional playoff round ... Played in both postseason games ... Had 49 tackles in regular season, with a sack, plus two INTs and three forced fumbles ... Had two forced fumbles Oct. 31 at Kansas City ... Returned an INT 32 yards Dec. 19 vs. Baltimore ... Intercepted a Jake Plummer pass in Wild Card playoff win 1-9-05 vs. Denver.

2003 - Drafted by Indianapolis in second round (58th overall) ... Played and started 15 games, helping Colts win AFC South title with 12-4 record, and played two postseason games with one start as Indianapolis advanced to AFC Championship game ... Started in the conference title game at New England ... Posted career highs in tackles (101) and forced fumbles (four) in the regular season, with one INT ... Had season-high 11 tackles Nov. 23 at Buffalo and two forced fumbles Dec. 7 at Tennessee ... Ten tackles and a pass defensed in postseason play.

COLLEGE: Started 40 of his 50 career games at Ohio State ... Standout performer as a senior in 2002 as Buckeyes won national championship, earning consensus All-America honors and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year ... First-team All-Big Ten honors in his final three seasons, and was a semifinalist for Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top DB) in his final two seasons.

PERSONAL: Hometown is Canton, OH ... Won state football titles as a junior and senior at Canton McKinley High School, and earned USA Today honorable mention All-America honors as a senior ... Rushed for four TDs in state championship game as a senior.