Vincent Lamar Wilfork (born November 4, 1981) is a 2x Super Bowl Champion and 5x Pro Bowl American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the University of Miami and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and spent the first 11 years of his career there. By the late 2000s, Wilfork was considered to be one of the premier defensive tackles in the NFL, and was named both to the Pro Bowl and the All-Pro team in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. He also played two seasons for the Houston Texans.