Aaron Curry

Aaron Curry (born April 6, 1986) is an American football linebacker for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks fourth overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wake Forest. Curry attended E. E. Smith High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. While there he played linebacker and tight end. He earned all-conference and all-region honors and was the conferences defensive player of the year as a senior after recording 123 tackles. He was also selected to the North Carolina–South Carolina Shrine Bowl as a tight end. Considered only a two-star recruit by both Rivals and Scout.com, Curry chose to play college football at Wake Forest over East Carolina, the only two scholarships he was offered. Curry said he chose Wake Forest in part because it was two hours from home, but mostly for revenge. "Anybody who passed me up, I was going to punish them. That's why I chose the ACC, [because] those schools like Carolina, Duke, and North Carolina State were right around the corner, and I wasn't wanted by any of them." As a freshman in 2005 he started 10 of 11 games and was the teams fifth leading tackler with 39. After his