Height
5' 10"
Weight
188 lbs.
College
North Carolina
Born
Chesapeake, Va.
Acquired
Trade (Det), 2007
Pro Year
9th
Year with Broncos
1st
NFL Games Played/Started
125/85
Postseason
7/1
- Two-time Pro Bowler named a first team alternate for 2006 after tying career-high six INT's despite undergoing wrist surgery.
- Bly has returned eight of his 30 career interceptions putting him fourth among active return leaders.
BLY AT A GLANCE
- A ninth-year cornerback and two-time Pro Bowl selection who begins his first year with the Broncos in 2007.
- Posted the fourth-most interceptions (33) in the NFL since his rookie year in 1999, and that total is the eighth highest among all active players in the league.
- Scored eight career touchdowns on returns (5 interception, 2 fumble and 1 punt) that tie for the second most in the NFL since 1999 and represent the fourth-highest total among all active players in the league.
- Spent his first four professional seasons with St. Louis (1999-2002), helping the club to a win in Super Bowl XXXIV as a rookie, before playing the last four years with Detroit.
- Led or tied Detroit in interceptions during every year he was with the club, becoming the first player since Jimmy Allen (1978-81) to accomplish that feat during four consecutive seasons.
- Selected to the Pro Bowl with the Lions following the 2003 and ‘04 seasons.
- Did not miss a game during his first four seasons with St. Louis, appearing in all 71 possible contests (64 regular season, 7 postseason) during that time.
- Finished his career at the University of North Carolina as the first player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference to earn consensus All-America honors three times.
- Established the Dre' Bly Foundation, a non-profit organization designed to improve education through physical excellence.
- Joined the Broncos on March 2, 2007, along with a sixth-round choice in the 2007 NFL Draft from Detroit in exchange for running back Tatum Bell, tackle George Foster and a fifth-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Selected by St. Louis in the second round (41st overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Signed by St. Louis as a draft choice 7/17/99; Signed by Detroit as an unrestricted free agent 3/1/03; Traded to Denver 3/2/07.
