Coy Michael Wire is an American football

American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 who is currently a free agent

Free agent

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. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft

2002 NFL Draft

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. He played college football

College football

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 at Stanford

Stanford Cardinal football

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Atlanta Falcons

In 2008, Coy was a special teams captain. He started four games for the Falcons and totaled 34 tackles, 28 solo. He was released on September 2.

Personal

He is also one of the few part Asian American

Asian American

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football players currently playing in the NFL.
In 2009, Wire was featured on the NFL Network Total Access segment "On The Fringe."
Coy has a younger brother named Casey Wire.

External links

• Stanford Cardinal bio