Rocky Bernard

• Seattle Seahawks (2002-2008)
• New York Giants (2009-2012)

• Super Bowl winner (XLVI )

Robert " Rocky" Eugene Bernard, Jr. ( born April 19, 1979 in Baytown, Texas) is an American professional American football player at the position of the defensive tackles. He plays for the New York Giants in the National Football League ( NFL).

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Bernard was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2002 NFL Draft in the fifth round. Previously, he played college football for the Texas A & M University. Bernard was used mostly in the first three seasons as a substitute. In the regular season, 2005, he was employed from the outset as defensive tackle, where he managed 8.5 Sacks. In the NFC Championship Game against the Carolina Panthers, he managed two more bag. Bernard pass in the 2005 season, 42 tackles.

On August 30, 2008, the NFL Bernard suspended for the first game of the Seahawks because he had broken the rules of the NFL. He was arrested in April 2008 for domestic violence because he beat his ex-girlfriend with his fist in the face. Due to the suspension, he lost $ 235,000 of his salary.

New York Giants

28 February 2009 Bernard signed a four - year contract for $ 16 million with the New York Giants. In this contract him $ 6.9 million were guaranteed, and a five- million-dollar bonus for the signature and a base salary for the first season.

Bernard was released on 28 July 2011. On 4 August 2011, he signed again with the Giants.