FINS FACT
Cameron took an unusual route to the NFL. Following his career at Penn State, he signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent. Released by the Giants on June 22, 2005, Cameron entered the corporate world and spent 2006 as a mortgage broker. He resumed his professional football career in Canada with the B.C. Lions. “Everybody has their past,” Cameron said. “I guess mine was a little more unorthodox than most.”

CAREER PRO BOWL SELECTIONS
1 (2010)

CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Signed as a free agent with the Dolphins on January 19, 2009 . . . Signed as a free agent with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in May, 2007 . . . Waived by the New York Giants on June 22, 2005 . . . Signed with the Giants as an undrafted rookie free agent on May 6, 2005.

PRO
2010 - Started all 16 games at outside linebacker . . . Finished with 57 tackles (48 solo), four passes defensed, three forced fumbles and led the team with 14 sacks for a total of 89.5 yards in losses . . . Had four multiple sack games in 2010 (two sacks on Dec. 12 at N.Y. Jets, 1.5 sacks on Dec. 5 vs. Cleveland, two sacks on Nov. 7 at Baltimore and three sacks on Oct. 17 at Green Bay) and the Dolphins were 2-2 in those games . . . Has five multiple sack games in his career and the Dolphins are 3-2 in those contests . . .
    
AMONG NFL SACK LEADERS: Wake posted 14.0 sacks in 2010 which ranked second in the AFC and third in the NFL in sacks . . . Overall, combined with his 5.5 sacks in 2009, Wake’s two-year total of 19.5 sacks is the sixth most in the AFC and tied for the tenth most in the NFL from 2009-10 . . .
    
AMONG DOLPHINS SACK LEADERS: Wake’s 14.0 sacks in 2010 ranked tied for eighth on the Dolphins’ single season sack leaders, and is tied for second among the club’s linebackers . . . Wake’s 14.0 sacks ranks as the second most by an undrafted Dolphin in team history, one behind the 15 of Adewale Ogunleye in 2003 . . . The 14 sacks also ranks tied for 12th in NFL history for most in a season by an undrafted player . . .  
      
HONORS: Named first-team All-Pro by The Sporting News and Sports Illustrated (Peter King) . . . Earned second-team All-NFL honors from the Associated Press . . . Ranked 63rd overall on the NFL Network’s The Top 100 Players of 2011 as voted on by the players themselves . . . Was a starter at outside linebacker for the 2010 AFC Pro Bowl team . . . It marked his first Pro Bowl selection  . . . He is the eighth linebacker in Dolphins history to be chosen to the Pro Bowl, joining Nick Buoniconti (1972-73), Kim Bokamper (1979), A.J. Duhe (1984), John Offerdahl (1986-90), Bryan Cox (1992, 1994-95), Zach Thomas (1999-2003, 2005-06) and Joey Porter (2008) . . . Along with teammate Jake Long being named as a starter at offensive tackle in the Pro Bowl this year, it marked the first time the Dolphins had two Pro Bowl starters since Thomas and Jason Taylor were named Pro Bowl starters after the 2006 season . . .    
      
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Opened season at Buffalo (9/12) with three tackles, including a sack of quarterback Trent Edwards for a five-yard loss and added two passes defensed . . . Had four tackles, including one sack and a forced fumble, at Minnesota (10/19) . . . The forced fumble came when he sacked quarterback Brett Favre for a five-yard loss in the end zone and forced him to fumble, which was recovered by Koa Misi for a touchdown . . . It proved the winning margin in the Dolphins’ 14-10 win . . . Recorded five tackles, including a sack of quarterback Tom Brady for a six-yard loss, vs. New England (10/4) . . . Had three tackles, each of them a sack of quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a total of 24 yards in losses at Green Bay (10/17) . . . It was the most sacks by a Dolphins player since Joey Porter had four sacks on Sept. 21, 2008 at New England . . . Combined with Yeremiah Bell to sack quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for an eight-yard loss which caused Roethlisberger to fumble vs. Pittsburgh (10/24) . . . Recorded two sacks of quarterback Joe Flacco for a total of seven yards in losses at Baltimore (11/7) . . . Posted six tackles, including a sack of quarterback Jay Cutler for an eight-yard loss which forced him to fumble on the play vs. Chicago (11/18) . . . Had two tackles including a sack of quarterback Bruce Gradkowski at Oakland (11/28) . . . Finished with four stops, including 1.5 sacks for 12.5 yards in losses, vs. Cleveland (12/5) sacking quarterback Jake Delhomme once for an eight yard loss and combining with Tony McDaniel for a nine-yard sack of Delhomme . . . Had five tackles including two sacks at N.Y. Jets (12/12) . . . Both sacks of Mark Sanchez occurred on the Jets’ final drive, once on second down and once on fourth down, to allow the Dolphins to protect their 10-6 lead and win the game.

2009 - Played in 14 games with one start . . . Was inactive for two games . . . Finished with 11 tackles (ten solo), 5.5 sacks for a total of 28.5 yards in losses, a forced fumble and a pass defensed . . . Added 11 special teams tackles . . . Was inactive for the first two games of the season . . . Made NFL debut in reserve role at San Diego (9/27) and made a tackle on his very first career play on the game’s opening kickoff . . . Recorded six stops, including 2.5 sacks, vs. Buffalo (10/4) . . . They were the first sacks of his NFL career . . . Wake’s 2.5 sacks are the third-highest single-game total by a rookie or first year player in Dolphins history, behind only linebacker A.J. Duhe (Nov. 6, 1977 at N.Y. Jets) and defensive end Marco Coleman (Oct. 25, 1992 vs. Indianapolis), who each recorded three sacks in a game . . . Had one tackle, a four-yard sack of quarterback Tom Brady, at New England (11/8) . . . Registered two tackles including one sack, tackling quarterback Josh Freeman for a nine-yard loss, vs. Tampa Bay (11/15) . . . Made one tackle, a three-yard sack of quarterback David Garrard, at Jacksonville (12/13) . . . Started the season finale vs. Pittsburgh (1/3/10).  

2007-08 - Recorded 39 sacks in two seasons as a member of the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions . . . Named CFL Defensive Player of the Year in both 2007 and 2008 . . . Recorded 65 tackles and a league-high 23 sacks while recovering three fumbles in 2008 . . . Captured second consecutive Norm Fieldgate Trophy, awarded to the outstanding defensive player in the West Division . . . Named 2008 TSN’s Friday Night Gladiator of the Year for his effort, toughness and sacrifice on the weekly CFL national broadcast, becoming the first defensive player to win the award . . . Selected as an All-Western Division performer . . . Totaled 72 tackles along with a league leading 16 sacks and a blocked field goal during rookie campaign in 2007 . . . Became the first player in CFL history to be named Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season . . . Also named an All-Western Division selection.

2005 - Signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted rookie free agent on May 6, 2005, but was waived on June 22.

COLLEGE
Four-year letterwinner (2001-04) at Penn State . . . Played mainly as a linebacker for the Nittany Lions, but also played the defensive end position . . . Finished his collegiate career with 191 total tackles, two forced fumbles, 8.5 sacks and 24 tackles for losses as well as seven blocked kicks . . . Majored in sociology.

PERSONAL
Attended DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md . . . Named the Washington Post’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1999 . . . Participated in the Touchdown for Life Blood Drive . . . Donated money to help purchase toys and meals for the holidays . . . Participated in community outreach while in Hawaii at the Pro Bowl . . . Full name is Derek Cameron Wake, born January 30, 1982 in Beltsville, Md.