 Big-bodied lineman who made a seamless transition from back-up to starter during the 2007 season… Tremendous quickness and footwork… Played in 41 career games with 37 starts, and has started only playoff appearance… Has one career reception for 15 yards, off of a deflected pass… Also blocked a PAT at Miami (11/15/09)… Started 37 consecutive games at left tackle for Tampa Bay, the second-longest current streak among Buccaneer offensive linemen… Signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 4, 2006… Signed to the Minnesota Vikings practice squad on September 3, 2006… Released by the Vikings on September 2, 2006… Entered the league with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2006. |
 2009: Started each of first nine games… Started at left tackle and helped the offense to 450 yards of total offense against Dallas (9/13)… Started at left tackle at Buffalo (9/20), against N.Y. Giants (9/27) and at Washington (10/4)… Started at left tackle at Philadelphia (10/11) and also recorded first career reception on a 15-yard gain off of a deflected pass… Started at left tackle against Carolina (10/18), against New England (10/25) and against Green Bay (11/8)… Started at Miami (11/15) and added the first blocked PAT of his career. |
 2008: Started all 16 games at left tackle… Helped lead the offense to 5,456 total yards, the highest single-season total in franchise history… Helped lead the offense to 361 points, the second-highest single-season total in team history (388 points in 2000)... Started at left tackle at New Orleans (9/7) and helped the Buccaneers offense rush for 146 yards on 20 carries, an average of 7.3 yards per carry, which is the third-highest single-game average in team history… Started at left tackle vs. Atlanta (9/14) and helped the Buccaneers offense rush for 164 yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns… Started at left tackle at Chicago (9/21) and was part of an offense that did not allow a sack in a team-record 67 pass attempts… Started at left tackle vs. Green Bay (9/28)… Led the offense to a season-high 178 rushing yards and did not allow a sack for the second straight week… Started at left tackle vs. Carolina (10/12) and helped the offense rush for 142 yards and not allow a sack for the third time in four weeks… Started at left tackle at Kansas City (11/2) and was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack for the fourth time this season… Started at left tackle at Detroit (11/23) and helped the team rush for over 100 yards for the seventh time this season… Started at left tackle vs. New Orleans (11/30) and helped the team rush for 149 yards, the third-highest rushing total of the season… Started at left tackle vs. Oakland (12/28) and helped the offense rush for over 100 yards for the 10th time this season. 2007: Played in all 16 regular season games with 12 starts (all but at Seattle, vs. New Orleans, vs. St. Louis and at Carolina) and started lone playoff game… Saw action in first career game at Seattle (9/9)… Came off the bench at Carolina (9/30), replacing an injured Luke Petitgout at left tackle in the second quarter… Made first career start at Indianapolis (10/7)… Started at Detroit (10/21), helping Jeff Garcia throw for 316 yards on 45 attempts while paving the way for 124 rushing yards by the team… Started against Arizona (11/4) and helped the team rush for 162 yards on the afternoon… Started at Atlanta (11/18) and helped the team rush for 149 yards on 31 attempts (4.8 avg.)… Started at New Orleans (12/2) and helped the team gain a season-high 466 total yards of offense… The 466 total yards also stands as the fifth best single game performance in team history… Started against Atlanta (12/16) and helped team rush for a season-high 190 yards on the ground… Made first career-playoff start against N.Y. Giants in NFC Wild Card Game (1/6/08). 2006: Inactive for final 13 games of season after being signed by the Buccaneers on October 4… Signed to the Vikings practice squad on September 3… Released by the Vikings on September 2, 2006. |
 Started 44 games at both tackle positions during his career at Utah State… Started 44 consecutive games, which tied for the most at Utah State since 1991… Started at right tackle in the third game of his freshman year to begin his streak… Started at left tackle as a sophomore, junior and senior… Selected by his teammates as a team captain as a senior… Named second-team All-WAC in 2005… Selected to play in the Hula Bowl, the first Utah State player in the Hula Bowl since Ben Holbrook, another Aggie lineman, who played in 2000, and the 11th overall… Majored in sociology. |
 Participated in “Turkey Time with the O-Line”, a Thanksgiving program sponsored by the offensive line which provided 400 meals in 2007 and 600 meals in 2008 for local needy families…Painted objects for auction at the Mayor’s Beautification Program’s Silverspoons and Sandcastles fundraiser in April 2008… Named first-team All-CIF as a prep senior at St. Bernard (Playa Del Ray, California) High School… Was a first-team all-league selection… Earned Lineman of the Year honors as a senior… Named second-team all-league as a junior… Also was an all-state selection in basketball… Born Donald Penn on April 27, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. |
