[Music] Aaron Charles Donald born May 23rd 1991 is an American former football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League NFL for 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams franchise he is regarded as one of the greatest defensive players of all time Donald played college football football for the Pittsburgh Panthers where he won the Bronco Nagurski Outland and Bill Willis trophies and the chep bednerick In Lombardi Awards as senior he was selected by the St Louis Rams in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft spending his first two seasons with the team in St Louis and his remaining eight in Los Angeles during his NFL career Donald was named Defensive Player of the Year a record three times along with receiving Pro Bowl selections and all 10 of his seasons and eight First Team all pro honors Donald was also a member of the team that won Super Bowl 56 Aaron has an estimated net worth of $70 million personal life and real estate Donald's older brother Archie Jr was a star linebacker at Toledo who bounced around the NFL as an undrafted free agent until retiring in 2012 the brothers who shared bump beds in their childhood frequently thought about about one day helping their parents retire which became one of the driving forces in Aaron's career on April 27th 2020 Donald revealed on Twitter that he had graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Communications in 20121 Donald and his wife had a son Donald also has two other children a daughter and a son from a previous relationship in March 2019 Aaron and his wife Erica paid $4.7 million for a large home in a calabasa gated community that is peppered with celebrities in April 2022 the Donald's placed this home on the market for $6.25 million early life a native of Pittsburgh Donald grew up as one of three children in a workingclass family in the city's Lincoln lemington belmare Neighborhood his father introduced him to workouts seeking to provide more structure in his son's life Donald himself later admitted that he was lazy as a kid by age 12 he and his father woke up at 4:30 a.m. and worked out for nearly 2 hours in the basement gym that his father installed in the family home Donald attended Pen Hills High School where he played High School football for head coach Ron Graham he was selected first team All State class quad a in each of his final two seasons and compiled 63 tackles 15 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a senior Donald also started at offensive guard considered a three-star Prospect by rivals.com he was rated as the 37th best defensive tackle in the nation he committed to Hometown Pittsburgh over other scholarship offers from Toledo akan and ruggers career turning down scholarships from akan rers and Toledo Donald committed to the University of Pittsburgh for college as a freshman with the Pittsburgh Panthers football team he played as a resered defense iive end in all 13 season games and posted 11 tackles Donald subsequently had his breakthrough year as a sophomore moving to the starting lineup he recorded 47 tackles and 11 sacks during the season he did even better as a junior posting 64 tackles and earning a first team all Big East selection finally as a senior Donald was among the most productive defensive players in the NCAA with his 59 tackles and 11 sacks as a result he was chosen as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and received unanimous All-American honors in the 2014 NFL draft Donald was chosen in the first round with the 13th overall pick by the St Louis Rams that September he made his regular season debut in a 6- 34 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the following game a 19-7 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Donald posted three tackles and his first NFL sack he later had his first NFL start in a loss to the San Francisco 49ers in October Donald concluded his rookie season with 47 tackles and nine sacks in 16 games he won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award for his efforts Donald began the 2015 season as a starting defensive tackle and recorded nine tackles and two sacks in a season opening win against the Seattle Seahawks for his performance he earned his first NFC defensive player of the week honors Donald was named NFC defensive player of the week for a second time in week 14 when he posted a career-high three sacks and a win against the Detroit Lions he finished his second season with the Rams with 69 tackles and 11 sacks and received a first team all proo selection in the 2016 season the Rams moved to Los Angeles Donald had a rough beginning to the season as he was ejected during the fourth quarter of the season opener for making illegal contact with a referee for days after the incident he was fined around $21,000 for unsportsmanlike Behavior Donald bounced back a few weeks later when he helped the Rams defeat the Arizona Cardinals earning himself his third NFC defensive player of the week award in the process however he soon got into more trouble when he was finded $18,000 for unsportsmanlike Behavior during a game against the Lions Donald finished the regular season with 47 tackles and eight sacks despite his initial nonparticipation due to a contract dispute at the start of the next season Donald went on to have a successful 2017 in addition to his Pro Bowl and first team allp proo selections he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year Donald had his best season yet with the Rams in 2018 for the month of October he was named NFC defensive player of the month in recognition of his 17 tackles and eight sacks later after posting three sacks and a win against the Cardinals in week 16 Donald set a new single season sack record with 19.5 total sacks he increased this number to 20.5 in the regular season finale a win over the 49ers Donald was subsequently named a first team all proo and earned his second straight NFL defensive play of the Year award moving on to the postseason he helped the Rams to Super Bowl 53 where they ultimately fell to the New England Patriots Donald had a solid 2019 season finishing with 48 tackles and 12.5 sa he was named NFC defensive player of the week for week 11 and was also chosen for the Pro Bowl he was selected for the Pro Bowl Again The Following season after recording 45 tackles and 13.5 F sax moreover he earned his third NFL Defensive Player of the Year award Donald's 2021 season was marked by both bad behavior and incredible success on the field in week 12 he was Finding $110,000 for choking Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Lucas Patrick later in the wildcard round he got into trouble for choking Cardinals offensive tackle DJ Humphries ultimately Donald had an impressive regular season record of 84 tackles and 12.5 sacks he went on to help the Rams make it to Super Bowl 56 in the tournament against the Cincinnati Bengals Donald recorded two sacks on route to a 23 to2 win for the Rams the team's first Super Bowl title since 1999 and it's first in Los Angeles thank you for watching kindly subscribe 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