{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Multiple issues|{{BLP sources|date=December 2014}} {{single source|date=October 2025}}}}
{{Infobox NFL biography | image = | position = Safety | number = 27, 20, 25 | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 210 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|27}} | birth_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | death_date = | draftyear = 2000 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 152 | college = South Carolina | teams = * Miami Dolphins (2000–2004) * Green Bay Packers (2005)*<ref>{{cite web |title=Arturo Freeman |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/f/free00350.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> * Tennessee Titans (2005)* * New England Patriots (2005) | highlights = * First-team All-SEC (1997) * Second-team All-SEC (1996) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 189 | statlabel2 = Interceptions | statvalue2 = 5 | statlabel3 = Sacks | statvalue3 = 3.5 | pfr = F/FreeAr20 }}
'''Arturo Freeman''' (born October 27, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He also signed with the Green Bay Packers briefly.
{{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 0 3/8 | weight = 188 | dash = 4.58 | ten split = 1.58 | twenty split = 2.62 | shuttle = 4.38 | cone drill = 6.91 | vertical = 35.5 | broad ft = 10 | broad in = 4 | bench = 14 | arm span = 31 | hand span = 9 1/2 | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=4784 |title=Arturo Freeman, Combine Results, FS - South Carolina |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=January 6, 2023}}</ref> }}
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2000 !! MIA | 8 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2001 !! MIA | '''16''' || 4 || 36 || 27 || 9 || 1.0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''7''' || 0 || '''2''' || -5 || 0 |- ! 2002 !! MIA | '''16''' || '''16''' || '''80''' || '''63''' || '''17''' || '''1.5''' || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! MIA | '''16''' || 0 || 30 || 23 || 7 || 1.0 || '''2''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''2''' || 1 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2004 !! MIA | '''16''' || 9 || 33 || 23 || 10 || 0.0 || 0 || '''4''' || '''59''' || 0 || '''47''' || 6 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! NWE | 2 || 1 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 74 !! 30 !! 189 !! 143 !! 46 !! 3.5 !! 4 !! 5 !! 59 !! 0 !! 47 !! 19 !! 2 !! 4 !! -5 !! 0 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2000 !! MIA | '''2''' || 0 || '''1''' || 0 || '''1''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2001 !! MIA | 1 || 0 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 3 !! 0 !! 2 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0.0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
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