Larry Izzo

Lawrence Alexander Izzo (/ˈɪzoʊ/; born September 26, 1974) is a retired American football linebacker and special teamer and current special teams coordinator for the Houston Texans. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football at Rice.

A three-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time All-Pro selection, Izzo has also played for the New England Patriots. He earned three Super Bowl rings during his time with the Patriots.

Early years

Izzo attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia and then McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas, and won varsity letters in football as a running back/safety, and in baseball. Following his senior year, Izzo was selected as the Houston Chronicle's Two-Way Player of the Year, and was a finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club's Player of the Year.

College career

Larry Izzo attended Rice University where he wore the number 26, and was a four-year letterman and standout and finished fourth on the school's all-time tackles list with 301 tackles, setting a school-record 46 tackles for losses, and a season record of 18 tackles for losses in 1995. In 1994 an underdog Rice beat top 10 ranked Texas on national television by the score 19-17, as Izzo was selected player of the game with two key sacks (sharing the honor with teammate N. D. Kalu). It was the first time in over 30 years that Rice had beaten its in-state rival, and would help Rice win a share of the Southwest Conference title for the first time in 37 years. As a senior Izzo was voted defensive team captain and earned consensus All-Southwest Conference honors after registering 121 tackles, he won the George Martin Award as the team’s MVP and won the Jess Neely Defense Award as the team’s top linebacker. Was also selected as an Honorable Mention All-American.

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Famous quotes by Larry Izzo:

"We were going to have to play that kind of game, which we did."
"It's the greatest fight I've ever seen. I thought it was perfect. It put us in the right frame of mind for how to play."
"We definitely can get it done, it's just a matter of playing better. Everybody that's out there needs to take it on themselves to play better."
"I thought it was brilliant, ... and pretty dead-on concerning what we had to do."
"It was the best fight I've ever seen,"
"His best years are ahead of him. He's got as fresh an arm as you're going to get."
"We?re just not executing like we?re capable of, so we have to work on it. We have confidence in the players we have to get it done."
"We felt that we were going to have a strong year overall both covering and returning kicks and I still feel that we can get that done. We've just got to play better and not have all the mistakes we've had covering and protecting."
"As far as the impact that game had on us the rest of the year, it definitely helped us in the long run get where we needed to be. We just weren't good enough. It identified a lot of issues and we're better for it."
"What he's done this year is amazing. The first day he came out to practice you felt and he gave us an extra spark that we were looking for. I don't know where we'd be without him."
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By LARRY LAGE ... Heathcote was hired by Michigan State nearly 50 years ago, winning a national title with Magic Johnson against Larry Bird-led Michigan State, and pushed for the school to give Izzo a shot in 1995.
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Heathcote was hired by Michigan State nearly 50 years ago, winning a national title with Magic Johnson against Larry Bird-led Michigan State, and pushed for the school to give Izzo a shot in 1995.
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