HR0111 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Sean Considine of the Baltimore Ravens on his Super Bowl championship; and

WHEREAS, Sean Considine is originally from Byron; he graduated from Byron High School and currently lives there with his wife and 4 children; and

WHEREAS, Sean Considine played high school football at Byron High School; he received several honors during his high school football career including being named first team all-conference selection as a sophomore, junior, and senior; he was named to Illinois Coaches Association all-State team as a junior and senior and was named first team all-State as a senior by the Chicago Sun-Times and special mention by the Chicago Tribune; he assisted his team in winning the State title in 1999 and he holds the school records for career rushing yards, touchdowns in a season, and touchdowns in a career; and

WHEREAS, Sean Considine went on to play football at the University of Iowa, where he received the academic all-Big Ten honor 3 years in a row and earned the Hustle Team Award for special teams 2 years in a row; in 2003, he won the Coaches Appreciation Award for defense, the Hustle Team Award for defense, and was one of 3 juniors to be selected to team Leadership Council, and was selected to the Leadership Council again his senior year; during his junior year he tied for fifth in the Big Ten Conference in the number of recovered fumbles; and

WHEREAS, Sean Considine was drafted as a 4th round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles; he played with the Eagles from 2005-2008, where he posted a career high 14 tackles in one game against Washington in 2006; he went on to play with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2009-2010, then in 2011, he played with the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals; in 2012 he played with the Baltimore Ravens; and

WHEREAS, Playing with the Baltimore Ravens, Sean Considine finished fourth on the team with 7 special teams tackles; he led the team with 2 solo special teams tackles in the game against Washington; he has a career total of 100 special teams stops; and

WHEREAS, Sean Considine was a member of the Baltimore Ravens team that played in and won Super Bowl XLVII, where he made a key block in the opening of the third quarter allowing a touchdown by a fellow teammate which became the longest kickoff return in Super Bowl history; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Sean Considine for his Super Bowl championship and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Sean Considine as a symbol of our recognition of his great achievement.