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D. Roberts</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-10-24</span>)</span>October 24, 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City,_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City, Oklahoma">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">May 25, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-05-25)</span> (aged 88)<br />Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jesuit_College_Preparatory_School_of_Dallas" title="Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas">Dallas (TX) Jesuit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_draft" title="1954 NFL draft">1954</a> / round: 17 / pick: 195</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quantico_Marines_Devil_Dogs_football" title="Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football">Quantico Marines</a> (1956)<br />Assistant coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Pioneers_football" title="Denver Pioneers football">Denver</a> (1957)<br />Line coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a> (1958–1959)<br />Assistant coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen_football" title="Navy Midshipmen football">Navy</a> (1960)<br />Line coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn_Tigers_football" title="Auburn Tigers football">Auburn</a> (1961)<br />Offensive line coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a> (1962–1964)<br />Line coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> (1967–1968)<br />Linebackers coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Roadrunners" title="Richmond Roadrunners">Richmond Roadrunners</a> (1969–1970)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> (1970–1973)<br />Head coach</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; 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background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Regular season:</th><td class="infobox-data">7–25–3 (.243)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RobeJ.0.htm">Record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1791">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John David Roberts</b> (October 24, 1932 – May 25, 2021) was an American <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college</a> and professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> coach. He was the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) from the middle of the <a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970 season</a> until his dismissal after four preseason games in <a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_season" title="1973 NFL season">1973</a>. He played college ball for the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma Sooners</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._D._Roberts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roberts was born in Oklahoma City, but moved to Dallas at the age of 6. Even as a youth, he had interest in football: he and one of his friends sold programs before football games at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas.<sup id="cite_ref-trotter_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trotter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played three years of football on both offense and defense at <a href="/wiki/Jesuit_College_Preparatory_School_of_Dallas" title="Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas">Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas</a>, from which he graduated in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas added him to their Hall of Fame in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College">College</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._D._Roberts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roberts played as a guard on offense and defense for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/Outland_Trophy" title="Outland Trophy">Outland Trophy</a> as the nation's top college lineman in 1953. That same year, he was a consensus All-America selection. He went on to be named to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished 8th in the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> vote in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching">Coaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._D._Roberts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roberts was chosen in the 17th round (195th overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>. However, he never played in a regular season NFL game.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and played for the <a href="/wiki/Quantico_Marines_Devil_Dogs_football" title="Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football">Quantico Marines football team</a> in 1955. A leg injury in 1956 ended his playing career and he instead served as an assistant to Quantico head coach Hal Harwood.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving the Marines, Roberts served as an assistant football coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Academy">U.S. Naval Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trotter_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trotter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967 he became a scout and linebackers coach for the New Orleans Saints.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served as head coach of the Saints' <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Football_League" title="Atlantic Coast Football League">Atlantic Coast Football League</a> affiliate, the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Roadrunners" title="Richmond Roadrunners">Richmond Roadrunners</a> until he was hired to coach the Saints.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roberts was hired by Saints owner <a href="/wiki/John_W._Mecom_Jr." title="John W. Mecom Jr.">John Mecom</a> on November 3, 1970, replacing <a href="/wiki/Tom_Fears" title="Tom Fears">Tom Fears</a> after New Orleans began <a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a> with a 1–5–1 record. His first game came five days later at <a href="/wiki/Tulane_Stadium" title="Tulane Stadium">Tulane Stadium</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>. The Saints won 19–17 when <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dempsey" title="Tom Dempsey">Tom Dempsey</a> kicked a 63-yard (58 m) field goal, a record which broke the previous NFL mark by seven yards. Dempsey's record was tied by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Elam" title="Jason Elam">Jason Elam</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> in 1998, <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Janikowski" title="Sebastian Janikowski">Sebastian Janikowski</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> in 2011, and <a href="/wiki/David_Akers" title="David Akers">David Akers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> in 2012, but nobody had bettered the mark until December 8, 2013, when <a href="/wiki/Matt_Prater" title="Matt Prater">Matt Prater</a> of the Denver Broncos successfully made a 64-yard (59 m) field goal. </p><p>The Saints' success did not carry over following Dempsey's miracle kick. A 21–10 loss the next week to the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> started a six-game losing streak which left the Saints with a 2–11–1 mark for the season. </p><p>With the second pick in the <a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_draft" title="1971 NFL draft">1971 NFL draft</a>, Roberts and Mecom selected <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">Archie Manning</a>, who became the cornerstone for the woebegone franchise for the next decade. In Manning's first NFL game, his two-yard touchdown run on the game's final play gave the Saints a 24–20 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, the same team which defeated the Saints in the franchise's first game in 1967. Four weeks later, the Saints stunned the eventual <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VI" title="Super Bowl VI">Super Bowl</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> 24–14, but New Orleans finished the season 4–8–2. </p><p>New Orleans regressed sharply in 1972, falling back to 2–11–1, and Roberts was fired shortly after a 31–6 preseason loss to the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> on August 25, 1973. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-coaching">Post-coaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._D._Roberts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-coaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roberts went on to run an oil and gas business in Oklahoma City.<sup id="cite_ref-trotter_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trotter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._D._Roberts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team</th> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th colspan="5">Regular Season</th> <th colspan="4">Post Season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Ties</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="1970 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>.143</td> <td>4th in NFC West</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="1971 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>.333</td> <td>4th in NFC West</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="1972 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>.154</td> <td>4th in NFC West</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">NO Total</th> <th>7</th> <th>25</th> <th>3</th> <th>.243</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th>–</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>7</th> <th>25</th> <th>3</th> <th>.243</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th>–</th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup 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title="Bob Gain">Gain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Weatherall" title="Jim Weatherall">Weatherall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Modzelewski" title="Dick Modzelewski">Modzelewski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Bud_Brooks" title="Bud Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Jones" title="Cal Jones">C. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Zeke_Smith" title="Zeke Smith">Z. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Mike_McGee_(American_football)" title="Mike McGee (American football)">McGee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brown_(guard)" title="Tom Brown (guard)">T. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Appleton" title="Scott Appleton">Appleton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Steve_DeLong" title="Steve DeLong">DeLong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Nobis" title="Tommy Nobis">Nobis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Loyd_Phillips" title="Loyd Phillips">Phillips</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Stanfill" title="Bill Stanfill">Stanfill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reid_(singer)" title="Mike Reid (singer)">Reid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Stillwagon" title="Jim Stillwagon">Stillwagon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Jacobson" title="Larry Jacobson">Jacobson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Glover" title="Rich Glover">Glover</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Hicks_(American_football)" title="John Hicks (American football)">Hicks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Ross_Browner" title="Ross Browner">Browner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Shearer" title="Brad Shearer">Shearer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Roberts_(American_football)" title="Greg Roberts (American football)">G. Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ritcher" title="Jim Ritcher">Ritcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Mark_May" title="Mark May">May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rimington" title="Dave Rimington">Rimington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rimington" title="Dave Rimington">Rimington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Steinkuhler" title="Dean Steinkuhler">Steinkuhler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Ruth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Buck" title="Jason Buck">Buck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Chad_Hennings" title="Chad Hennings">Hennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Rocker" title="Tracy Rocker">Rocker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Elewonibi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Elewonibi">Elewonibi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Maryland" title="Russell Maryland">Maryland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Emtman" title="Steve Emtman">Emtman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Rob_Waldrop" title="Rob Waldrop">Waldrop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Wiegert" title="Zach Wiegert">Wiegert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Taylor_(American_football,_born_1975)" title="Aaron Taylor (American football, born 1975)">Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Farris" title="Kris Farris">Farris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Samuels" title="Chris Samuels">Samuels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/John_Henderson_(defensive_tackle)" title="John Henderson (defensive tackle)">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Bryant_McKinnie" title="Bryant McKinnie">McKinnie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Rien_Long" title="Rien Long">Long</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gallery" title="Robert Gallery">Gallery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Jammal_Brown" title="Jammal Brown">J. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Eslinger" title="Greg Eslinger">Eslinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dorsey" title="Glenn Dorsey">Dorsey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Smith_(offensive_tackle)" title="Andre Smith (offensive tackle)">A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ndamukong_Suh" title="Ndamukong Suh">Suh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Carimi" title="Gabe Carimi">Carimi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Barrett_Jones" title="Barrett Jones">B. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Joeckel" title="Luke Joeckel">Joeckel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Scherff" title="Brandon Scherff">Scherff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Garnett" title="Joshua Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Robinson" title="Cam Robinson">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Oliver_(American_football)" title="Ed Oliver (American football)">Oliver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Quinnen_Williams" title="Quinnen Williams">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Penei_Sewell" title="Penei Sewell">Sewell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Leatherwood" title="Alex Leatherwood">Leatherwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Davis_(American_football)" title="Jordan Davis (American football)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Oluwatimi" class="mw-redirect" title="Olusegun Oluwatimi">Oluwatimi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/T%27Vondre_Sweat" title="T'Vondre Sweat">Sweat</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year" title="Template:UPI Lineman of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:UPI Lineman of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:UPI Lineman of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/UPI_Lineman_of_the_Year" title="UPI Lineman of the Year">UPI Lineman of the Year</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McColl" title="Bill McColl">McColl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Catlin" title="Tom Catlin">Catlin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ellena" title="Jack Ellena">Ellena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pellegrini" title="Bob Pellegrini">Pellegrini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tubbs" title="Jerry Tubbs">Tubbs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Harrison_(American_football_player)" title="Bob Harrison (American football player)">Harrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Davis_(American_football)" title="Roger Davis (American football)">R. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brown_(guard)" title="Tom Brown (guard)">T. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Romig" title="Joe Romig">Romig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Appleton" title="Scott Appleton">Appleton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Twilley" title="Howard Twilley">Twilley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Bubba_Smith" title="Bubba Smith">B. 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