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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Lawrence Taylor</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:LT_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/LT_2009.jpg/220px-LT_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/LT_2009.jpg/330px-LT_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/LT_2009.jpg/440px-LT_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Taylor in 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 56</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">Linebacker</a></td></tr><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">1959-02-04</span>) </span>February 4, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6&#160;ft 3&#160;in (1.91&#160;m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">237&#160;lb (108&#160;kg)</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/Lafayette_High_School_(Virginia)" title="Lafayette High School (Virginia)">Lafayette</a><br />(Williamsburg, Virginia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a> (1977–1980)</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/1981_NFL_draft" title="1981 NFL draft">1981</a>&#160;/ round:&#160;1&#160;/ pick:&#160;<a href="/wiki/List_of_second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of second overall NFL draft picks">2</a></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><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXI" title="Super Bowl XXI">XXI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">XXV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player">NFL Most Valuable Player</a> (1986)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Player of the Year">NFL Defensive Player of the Year</a> (1981, 1982, 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year">NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year</a> (1981)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/UPI_NFC_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI NFC Player of the Year">UPI NFC Player of the Year</a> (1983, 1986)</li> <li>8× First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_All-Pro_Team" title="1981 All-Pro Team">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1986_All-Pro_Team" title="1986 All-Pro Team">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_All-Pro_Team" title="1988 All-Pro Team">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_All-Pro_Team" title="1989 All-Pro Team">1989</a>)</li> <li>2× Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/1987_All-Pro_Team" title="1987 All-Pro Team">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_All-Pro_Team" title="1990 All-Pro Team">1990</a>)</li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_Pro_Bowl" title="1982 Pro Bowl">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1991_Pro_Bowl" title="1991 Pro Bowl">1990</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_season_sacks_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League season sacks leaders">NFL sacks leader</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1980s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1980s All-Decade Team">NFL 1980s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFWA_All-Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="PFWA All-Rookie Team">PFWA All-Rookie Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/PFWA_All-Rookie_Team#1981" class="mw-redirect" title="PFWA All-Rookie Team">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants#Ring_of_Honor" title="New York Giants">New York Giants Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants#Retired_numbers" title="New York Giants">New York Giants No. 56</a> retired</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">Unanimous All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1980 College Football All-America Team">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_individual_awards#Player_of_the_Year" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards">ACC Player of the Year</a> (1980)</li> <li>First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_All-Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_team" title="1980 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football#Honored_jerseys" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina Tar Heels Jersey No. 98</a> honored</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(football_move)" title="Tackle (football move)">Tackles</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">1,088</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">Sacks</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">132.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Fumble" title="Fumble">Fumble recoveries</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">Interceptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">Defensive touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylLa00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></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="http://www.profootballhof.com/players/lawrence-taylor">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lawrence Julius Taylor</b> (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "<b>L.T.</b>", is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> who played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for 13 seasons with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-g886_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g886-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> career at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> (1978–1981), Taylor was selected by the Giants <a href="/wiki/List_of_second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of second overall NFL draft picks">second overall</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_draft" title="1981 NFL draft">1981 NFL draft</a>. Although controversy surrounded the selection due to Taylor's contract demands, the two sides quickly resolved the issue. Taylor was named both the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year">NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year</a> in 1981 and the only NFL player to win the <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year">AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year</a> award in his rookie season. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Taylor was a disruptive force at <a href="/wiki/Outside_linebacker" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside linebacker">outside linebacker</a>, and is credited with changing defensive game plans, defensive <a href="/wiki/Pass_rush" title="Pass rush">pass rushing</a> schemes, <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive line</a> blocking schemes, and <a href="/wiki/Offensive_formations" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive formations">offensive formations</a> used in the NFL. Taylor produced double-digit <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sacks</a> each season from 1984 through 1990, including a career-high of 20.5 in 1986. He also won a record three <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year">AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year</a> awards (since tied by <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. J. Watt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Aaron Donald</a>), and was named the league's <a href="/wiki/NFL_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL MVP">Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) for his performance during the 1986 season. He and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Alan Page</a> (1971) are the only defensive players in league history to earn the award. Taylor was named First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> in eight of his first ten seasons, and Second-team All-Pro in the other two. Taylor was a key member of the Giants' defense, nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Big_Blue_Wrecking_Crew" title="Big Blue Wrecking Crew">Big Blue Wrecking Crew</a>", that led New York to victories in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXI" title="Super Bowl XXI">XXI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">XXV</a>. During the 1980s Taylor, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Banks" title="Carl Banks">Carl Banks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Reasons" title="Gary Reasons">Gary Reasons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Van_Pelt" title="Brad Van Pelt">Brad Van Pelt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelley_(American_football)" title="Brian Kelley (American football)">Brian Kelley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pepper_Johnson" title="Pepper Johnson">Pepper Johnson</a>, and Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Harry Carson</a> earned the Giants linebacking corps a reputation as one of the best in the NFL, along with the nickname "<a href="/wiki/Crunch_Bunch" title="Crunch Bunch">Crunch Bunch</a>". </p><p>Taylor has lived a controversial lifestyle, during and after his playing career. He was known for his on-game persona and at one point inadvertently caused a <a href="/wiki/Compound_fracture" class="mw-redirect" title="Compound fracture">compound fracture</a> of the right leg of quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Joe Theismann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He admitted to using drugs such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL, and was suspended for 30 days in 1988 by the league for failing <a href="/wiki/Drug_test" title="Drug test">drug tests</a>. His drug abuse escalated after his retirement, and he was jailed three times for attempted drug possession. From 1998 to 2009, Taylor claims to have lived a sober, drug-free life. He worked as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> on sporting events after his retirement, and pursued a career as an actor. His personal life came under public scrutiny in 2010 when he was arrested for the statutory rape of a 16-year-old girl. After he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, Taylor was registered as a low-risk <a href="/wiki/Sex_offender" title="Sex offender">sex offender</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </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=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor was the first of three sons born to Clarence and Iris Taylor in <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>. His father worked as a <a href="/wiki/Dispatcher" title="Dispatcher">dispatcher</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Newport_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport News">Newport News</a> <a href="/wiki/Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Shipyards">shipyards</a>, while his mother was a schoolteacher.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnicity_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnicity-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Referred to as Lonnie by his family,<sup id="cite_ref-Lonnie_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonnie-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor was a mischievous youth. His mother said that "[h]e was a challenging child. Where the other two boys would ask for permission to do stuff, Lonnie ... would just do it, and when you found out about it, he would give you a big story."<sup id="cite_ref-Lonnie_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonnie-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor concentrated on baseball as a youth, playing <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and only began playing football at the advanced age of fifteen.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnicity_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnicity-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He did not play organized high school football until the following year (<a href="/wiki/Eleventh_grade" title="Eleventh grade">eleventh grade</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was not heavily <a href="/wiki/Recruiting_(athletics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruiting (athletics)">recruited</a> coming out of high school.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_High_School_(Williamsburg,_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafayette High School (Williamsburg, Virginia)">Lafayette High School</a> in 1977,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> where he was a team captain,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and wore No. 98. Originally recruited as a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive lineman">defensive lineman</a>, Taylor switched to linebacker before the 1979 season.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He had 16 sacks in his final year there (1980),<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and set numerous defensive records. He was recognized as a consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> Player of the Year in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnicity_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnicity-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The coaching staff marveled at his intense, reckless style of play. "As a freshman playing on special teams, he'd jump a good six or seven feet in the air to block a punt, then land on the back of his neck", said North Carolina assistant coach Bobby Cale. "He was reckless, just reckless."<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNC later retired Taylor's jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (July 2017)">failed verification</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1981_NFL_draft_and_training_camp">1981 NFL draft and training camp</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 1981 NFL draft and training camp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_draft" title="1981 NFL draft">1981 NFL draft</a>, Taylor was selected by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in the first round as the 2nd pick overall.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a poll of NFL <a href="/wiki/General_manager" title="General manager">general managers</a> (GMs) taken before the draft 26 of the league's 28 GMs said if they had the first selection they would select Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-Bob_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One of the two GMs who said they would not take Taylor was <a href="/wiki/Bum_Phillips" title="Bum Phillips">Bum Phillips</a>, who had just been hired as coach and general manager by the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>. As fate would have it for Taylor, the Saints were also the team who had the first pick in the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-Bob_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Giants GM <a href="/wiki/George_Young_(football_executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Young (football executive)">George Young</a> predicted before the draft that he would be better than NFL legends such as <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a>: "Taylor is the best college linebacker I've ever seen. Sure, I saw Dick Butkus play. There's no doubt in my mind about Taylor. He's bigger and stronger than Butkus was. On the <a href="/wiki/Blitz_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blitz (American football)">blitz</a>, he's devastating."<sup id="cite_ref-Bob_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On draft day, Phillips made good on his promise not to draft Taylor and the Saints instead selected <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>-winning halfback <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_(American_football)" title="George Rogers (American football)">George Rogers</a> with the first pick, leaving the Giants with the decision of whether to select Taylor. To the raucous approval of the crowd in attendance at the draft (which was held in New York City), the Giants selected him.<sup id="cite_ref-DA_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Privately, Taylor was hesitant about playing for New York as he had hoped to be drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>, and was unimpressed with a tour of <a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a> he was taken on, after the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-PV98_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV98-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Publicly, however, he expressed excitement about the opportunity to play in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Litsky_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litsky-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor changed his stance after he was drafted as <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Harry Carson</a> made a point to reach out to him, and Taylor said he "talked to some players and coaches" and "got things straightened out."<sup id="cite_ref-DA_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PV98_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV98-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One of the factors that the Giants said they considered in selecting Taylor was his solid reputation. "He was the cleanest player in the draft. By that I mean there was no rap on him", said head coach <a href="/wiki/Ray_Perkins_(wide_receiver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Perkins (wide receiver)">Ray Perkins</a>. "Great potential as a linebacker, a fine young man, free of injuries."<sup id="cite_ref-yellowflag_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yellowflag-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor chose to wear number 56 because he was a fan of Cowboys linebacker <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henderson_(American_football)" title="Thomas Henderson (American football)">Thomas Henderson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As it would turn out, Taylor would have a longer and more successful career than Rogers, who had several 1,000-yard rushing seasons and made two Pro Bowl teams but was injury-prone and forced to retire after just seven seasons in 1987. </p><p>Taylor's talent was evident from the start of <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Training_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Training Camp">training camp</a>. Reports came out of the Giants training compound of the exploits of the new <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phenom" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:phenom">phenom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Litsky_2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litsky_2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's teammates took to calling him <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> and joked that his locker should be replaced with a phone booth.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Phil Simms</a>, the team's <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a>, said, "on the pass rush, he's an animal. He's either going to run around you or over you. With his quickness, he's full speed after two steps."<sup id="cite_ref-Litsky_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litsky-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor made his NFL exhibition debut on August 8, 1981, recording 2 sacks in the Giants' 23–7 win over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Before the season word spread around the league about Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-yellowflag_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yellowflag-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Years after facing him in an exhibition game, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> recalled, "[h]e dang-near killed me, I just kept saying, 'Who is this guy?' He kept coming from my blind side and just ripped my ribs to pieces."<sup id="cite_ref-Michael_Jordan_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jordan-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor developed what has been described as a "love-hate relationship" with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Bill Parcells</a>, the Giants’ defensive coordinator when he was drafted and later their head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-PV99_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV99-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Parcells often rode players in the hopes of driving them to better performance. Taylor did not appreciate this approach, and early on told Parcells, "I've had enough. You either cut me or trade me but get the fuck off my back."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Parcells kept on Taylor, but privately told some veterans, "I like that LT. That motherfucker's got a mean streak."<sup id="cite_ref-PV99_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV99-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career:_1981–1985"><span id="Early_career:_1981.E2.80.931985"></span>Early career: 1981–1985</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Early career: 1981–1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor made his NFL regular season debut on September 6, 1981, in a 24–10 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. Aside from incurring a <a href="/wiki/American_football#Penalties" title="American football">penalty</a> for a late hit on Eagles running back <a href="/wiki/Perry_Harrington" title="Perry Harrington">Perry Harrington</a>, Taylor played a nondescript game.<sup id="cite_ref-yellowflag_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yellowflag-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a game versus the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a> later in the season, Taylor rushed and sacked the passer when he was supposed to drop into coverage. When told by Parcells that was not what he was assigned to do on that play, and that what he did was not in the playbook,<sup id="cite_ref-PV99_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV99-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor responded "Well, we better put it in on Monday, because that play's a dandy."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He recorded 9.5 sacks in 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and his rookie season is considered one of the best in NFL history.<sup id="cite_ref-ROY_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was named 1981's <a href="/wiki/NFL_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Rookie of the Year Award">NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year</a> and Defensive Player of the Year. Taylor's arrival helped the Giants defense reduce their points allowed from 425 points in 1980 to 257 in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-ROY_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They finished the season 9–7, up five games from the previous season, and advanced to the NFL divisional playoffs, where they lost 38–24 to the eventual <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The San Francisco win was due partly to a new tactic 49ers coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Walsh (football coach)">Bill Walsh</a> used to slow Taylor. Walsh assigned <a href="/wiki/Offensive_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive guard">guard</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Ayers" title="John Ayers">John Ayers</a>, the team's best blocker, to block Taylor and, although Taylor still recorded a sack and three tackles, he was not as effective as normal.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast to his on-field success Taylor was already developing a reputation for recklessness off the field; after nearly getting killed during the season when his speeding resulted in a car crash, Young told the team's trainer he would be surprised if the linebacker lived past the age of 30, and the Giants insured Taylor's life for $2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-PV99_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PV99-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1982 NFL season, which was shortened to nine regular season games by a players <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a>, included one of the more memorable plays of Taylor's career. In the nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, the teams were tied 6–6 early in the fourth quarter, when the Lions drove deep into New York territory. Lions quarterback <a href="/wiki/Gary_Danielson" title="Gary Danielson">Gary Danielson</a> dropped back to pass and threw the ball out to his left toward the sidelines. Taylor ran in front of the intended receiver, intercepted the pass, and returned it 97 yards for a touchdown.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This play was indicative of Taylor's unusual combination, even for a linebacker, of power with speed. He was again named Defensive Player of the Year.<sup id="cite_ref-dbf_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbf-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 1982 season, Perkins became head coach of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a> and the Giants hired Parcells to replace him. In the coming years this change proved crucial to the Giants and Taylor. Leading up to the <a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983 season</a>, Taylor engaged in a training camp holdout that lasted three weeks and ended when he came back to the team under his old contract with three games left in the preseason.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Taylor recorded nine sacks and made the All-Pro team for the third consecutive season in 1983,<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the Giants struggled. The team went 3–12–1,<sup id="cite_ref-1983NYG_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983NYG-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Parcells received heavy criticism from fans and the media. Taylor was forced to play <a href="/wiki/Inside_linebacker" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside linebacker">inside linebacker</a> for part of the season, a position which allowed him fewer pass rushing opportunities, when Carson was injured.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite this change, Taylor made the <a href="/wiki/1983_All-Pro_Team" title="1983 All-Pro Team">1983 All-Pro Team</a> at both outside linebacker and inside linebacker, becoming the first first-team All-Pro in NFL History selected for two positions in the same year. Frustrated by the losing, Taylor began acting out by arriving late for meetings, and not participating in conditioning drills in practice.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the season, Taylor was involved in a fight for his services between the Giants and the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Generals" title="New Jersey Generals">New Jersey Generals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League" title="United States Football League">United States Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eske_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eske-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor was given a $1 million interest-free, 25-year loan by Generals owner <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> on December 14, 1983, with the provision that he begin playing in the USFL in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-eske_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eske-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor regretted the decision, and less than a month later attempted to renege. His agent was able to negotiate by meeting with Trump personally and then the Giants which resulted in allowing Taylor to go with the Giants. Taylor got a 6-year, $6.55 million package that also included a $1 million interest-free loan. The main results of these negotiations were threefold: 1) Taylor returned the $1 million to Trump, 2) the Giants paid Trump $750,000 over the next five seasons, and 3) the Giants gave Taylor a new six-year, $6.2 million contract.<sup id="cite_ref-eske_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eske-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Giants' record rebounded to 9–7 in 1984,<sup id="cite_ref-1984NYG_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1984NYG-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Taylor had his fourth All-Pro season.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He got off to a quick start, recording four sacks in a September game. In the playoffs the Giants defeated the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> 16–13, but lost 21–10 to the eventual champion 49ers.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast to the previous season the Giants headed into the <a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985 season</a> with a sense of optimism after their successful 1984 campaign and a 5–0 pre-season record.<sup id="cite_ref-5-0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5-0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Giants went 10–6, and Taylor spearheaded a defense that led the NFL in sacks with 68.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor had 13. One of the more memorable plays of his career occurred during this season. On a <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i> game against the Redskins, Taylor's sack of Redskins quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Joe Theismann</a> inadvertently resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Bone_fracture" title="Bone fracture">compound fracture</a> of Theismann's right leg.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the sack, a distraught Taylor screamed for <a href="/wiki/Paramedics" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramedics">paramedics</a> to attend to Theismann. Although this sack ended Theismann's career, Theismann has never blamed Taylor for the injury. Taylor says he has never seen video of the play and never wants to.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the first round of the playoffs, the Giants defeated the defending champion 49ers 17–3, but lost to the eventual champion Chicago Bears in the second round 21–0.<sup id="cite_ref-1985NYG_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985NYG-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-career_and_championships:_1986–1990"><span id="Mid-career_and_championships:_1986.E2.80.931990"></span>Mid-career and championships: 1986–1990</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Mid-career and championships: 1986–1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, Taylor had one of the most successful seasons by a defensive player in the history of the NFL. He recorded a league-leading 20.5 sacks and became one of just two defensive players to win the NFL <a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> award and the only defensive player to be the unanimous selection for MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-L.T._52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L.T.-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also was named Defensive Player of the Year for the third time. The <a href="/wiki/1986_New_York_Giants_season" title="1986 New York Giants season">Giants finished the season 14–2</a> and outscored San Francisco and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington</a> by a combined score of 66–3 in the NFC playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-1986NYG_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1986NYG-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He appeared on the cover of <i>Sports Illustrated</i> alone the week leading up to Super Bowl XXI with a warning from the magazine to the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> regarding Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Giants overcame a slow start in Super Bowl XXI to defeat Denver 39–20.<sup id="cite_ref-1986NYG_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1986NYG-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor made a key touchdown preventing tackle on a goal line play in the first half, stopping Broncos quarterback <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a> as he sprinted out on a rollout. </p><p>With the Super Bowl win, Taylor capped off an unprecedented start to his career. After six years, he had been named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award (1981), NFL Defensive Player of the Year a record three times (1981, 1982, 1986), First-team All-Pro six times,<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> become the first defensive player in NFL history unanimously voted the league's MVP (1986), and led his team to a championship (1986). After the win, however, Taylor felt let down rather than elated. Taylor said:<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When the Super Bowl was over <abbr style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted black;margin-bottom:1px;" title="quote text omitted">...</abbr> Everyone was so excited, but by then I felt deflated. I'd won every award, had my best season, finally won the Super Bowl. I was on top of the world right? So what could be next? <i>Nothing.</i> The thrill is the chase to get to the top. Every day the excitement builds and builds and builds, and then when you're finally there and the game is over <abbr style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted black;margin-bottom:1px;" title="quote text omitted">...</abbr> And then, nothing.</p></blockquote> <p>The Giants appeared to have a bright future coming off their 1986 championship season as they were one of the younger teams in the league. They struggled the next season however, falling to 6–9 in the strike-shortened <a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1987NYG_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987NYG-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor caused strife in the locker room when he broke the picket line after early struggles by the team. He explained his decision by saying "The Giants are losing. And I'm losing $60,000 a week."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He finished the season as the team leader in sacks with 12 in 12 games played,<sup id="cite_ref-1987NYG_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987NYG-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but missed a game due to a hamstring injury, ending his consecutive games played streak at 106.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Giants looked to rebound to their championship ways in 1988 but the start of the season was marred by controversy surrounding Taylor. He tested positive for cocaine and was suspended by the league for thirty days, as it was his second violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. The first result in 1987 had been kept private and was not known to the public at the time. He was kept away from the press during this period and checked himself into rehab in early September.<sup id="cite_ref-coke_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coke-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's over-the-edge lifestyle was becoming an increasing concern for fans and team officials. This was especially true given the eventual career paths of talented players like Hollywood Henderson and others whose drug problems derailed their careers. The Giants went 2–2 in the games Taylor missed. When Taylor returned he was his usual dominant self as he led the team in sacks again, with 15.5 in 12 games played.<sup id="cite_ref-1988NYG_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1988NYG-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The season also contained some of the more memorable moments of Taylor's career. In a crucial late-season game with playoff implications against the New Orleans Saints, Taylor played through a torn pectoral muscle to record seven tackles, three sacks, and two forced fumbles.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-redefine_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redefine-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's presence in the lineup was important as the Giants' offense was having trouble mounting drives, and was dominated in time of possession.<sup id="cite_ref-box_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-box-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Television cameras repeatedly cut to the sidelines to show him in extreme physical pain as he was being attended to by the Giants staff. Taylor had already developed a reputation for playing through pain; in a 1983 game against the Eagles the team's training staff had to hide his helmet to prevent the injured Taylor from returning to the field.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's shoulder was so injured that he had to wear a harness to keep it in its place.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Giants held on for a 13–12 win, and Parcells later called Taylor's performance "[t]he greatest game I ever saw."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the Giants narrowly missed the playoffs in 1988 at 10–6 by losing <a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs#Current_playoff_system" title="NFL playoffs">tie-breakers</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a> in their division and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Rams</a> for the Wild card.<sup id="cite_ref-1988NYG_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1988NYG-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, Taylor recorded 15 sacks.<sup id="cite_ref-dbf_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbf-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was forced to play the latter portion of the season with a fractured <a href="/wiki/Tibia" title="Tibia">tibia</a>, suffered in a 34–24 loss to the 49ers in week 12, which caused him to sit out the second half of several games.<sup id="cite_ref-tibia_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tibia-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite his off-the-field problems, Taylor remained popular among his teammates and was voted defensive co-captain along with Carl Banks.<sup id="cite_ref-teammate_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teammate-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two filled the defensive captain's spot vacated by the retired Harry Carson.<sup id="cite_ref-teammate_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teammate-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The retirement of the nine-time Pro Bowler Carson, broke up the Giants linebacker corps of Carson, Reasons, Banks, and Taylor, which spearheaded the team's defense nicknamed the "Big Blue Wrecking Crew" in the 1980s. The Giants went 12–4,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and advanced to <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NFL_playoffs" title="1989–90 NFL playoffs">the playoffs</a>. In an exciting, down-to-the-wire game, the Rams eliminated the Giants 19–13 in the first round, despite Taylor's two sacks and one forced fumble.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor held out of training camp before the <a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990 season</a>, demanding a new contract with a salary of $2 million per year.<sup id="cite_ref-L.T._holdout_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L.T._holdout-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Talks dragged into September with neither side budging, and as the season approached Taylor received fines at the rate of $2,500 a day.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He signed a three-year $5 million contract (making him the highest paid defensive player in the league<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) just four days before the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite sitting out training camp and the preseason, Taylor recorded three sacks and a forced fumble against the Eagles.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He finished with 10.5 sacks and earned his 10th <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> in as many years, although the season marked the first time in Taylor's career that he was not selected First-team All-Pro.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Giants started out 10–0 and <a href="/wiki/1990_New_York_Giants_season" title="1990 New York Giants season">finished with a 13–3 record</a>. In the playoffs, the Giants defeated the Bears 31–3,<sup id="cite_ref-1990NYG_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990NYG-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and faced the rival 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. The Giants won 15–13,<sup id="cite_ref-1990NYG_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990NYG-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after Taylor beat two successive blocks by 49ers tight end <a href="/wiki/Brent_Jones" title="Brent Jones">Brent Jones</a> and fullback <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rathman" title="Tom Rathman">Tom Rathman</a> to get into the 49ers offensive backfield to be in position to recover a key fumble by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(American_football)" title="Roger Craig (American football)">Roger Craig</a> forced by nose tackle <a href="/wiki/Erik_Howard" title="Erik Howard">Erik Howard</a> late in the game to set up <a href="/wiki/Matt_Bahr" title="Matt Bahr">Matt Bahr</a>'s game-winning field goal. In <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">Super Bowl XXV</a>, they played the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> and won one of the more entertaining Super Bowls in history, 20-19,<sup id="cite_ref-1990NYG_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990NYG-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after Buffalo's <a href="/wiki/Scott_Norwood" title="Scott Norwood">Scott Norwood</a> <a href="/wiki/Wide_Right_(Buffalo_Bills)" title="Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)">missed a potential game-winning field goal in the closing seconds of the game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years_and_decline:_1991–1993"><span id="Final_years_and_decline:_1991.E2.80.931993"></span>Final years and decline: 1991–1993</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Final years and decline: 1991–1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the 1990 season, Parcells, with whom Taylor had become very close,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> retired, and the team was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Handley" title="Ray Handley">Ray Handley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 1991 marked a steep decline in Taylor's production. It became the first season in his career in which he failed to make the Pro Bowl squad, after setting a then record by making it in his first ten years in the league. Taylor finished with 7 sacks in 14 games<sup id="cite_ref-dbf_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbf-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the Giants defense, while still respectable, was no longer one of the top units in the league. </p><p>Taylor rebounded in the early stages of what many thought would be his final season in 1992. Through close to nine games, Taylor was on pace for 10 sacks and the Giants were 5–4.<sup id="cite_ref-1992NYG_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1992NYG-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, a ruptured <a href="/wiki/Achilles_tendon" title="Achilles tendon">Achilles tendon</a> suffered in a game on November 8, 1992, against <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-Achilles_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Achilles-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> sidelined him for the final seven games, during which the team went 1–6.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Before the injury Taylor had missed only four games due to injury in his 12-year career.<sup id="cite_ref-Achilles_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Achilles-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Throughout the 1992 season, and the ensuing offseason, Taylor was noncommittal about his future, alternately saying he might retire, then later hinting he wanted a longer-term contract.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor returned for the <a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993 season</a> enticed by the chance to play with a new coach (<a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves" title="Dan Reeves">Dan Reeves</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and determined not to end his career due to an injury. The Giants had a resurgent season in 1993. They finished 11–5, and competed for the top NFC playoff seed.<sup id="cite_ref-1993NYG_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1993NYG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor finished with 6 sacks,<sup id="cite_ref-1993NYG_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1993NYG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the Giants defense led the NFL in fewest points allowed.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They defeated the Minnesota Vikings 17–10 in the opening round of the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-1993NYG_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1993NYG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next week on January 15, 1994, in what would be Taylor's final game, the Giants were beaten 44–3 by the San Francisco 49ers.<sup id="cite_ref-1993NYG_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1993NYG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the game came to a conclusion, television cameras drew in close on Taylor who was crying. He announced his retirement at the post-game press conference saying, "I think it's time for me to retire. I've done everything I can do. I've been to Super Bowls. I've been to playoffs. I've done things that other people haven't been able to do in this game before. After 13 years, it's time for me to go."<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor ended his career with 1,089 tackles, 132.5 sacks (plus 9.5 tallied as a rookie before the stat was officially recognized), nine interceptions, 134 return yards, two touchdowns, 33 forced fumbles, 11 fumble recoveries, and 34 fumble return yards.<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Lawrence Taylor, defensively, has had as big an impact as any player I've ever seen. He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wal238_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wal238-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Taylor is considered one of the best players to ever play in the NFL, and has been ranked as the top defensive player in league history by some news outlets, media members, former players and coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bob_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-goat_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goat-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He has also been described as one of the most "feared" and "intimidating" players in NFL history.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's explosive speed and power is credited with changing the outside linebacker position from one of "read and react" to aggression and attack.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Washington Redskins head coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a> developed the two <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight end</a> offense and the position of <a href="/wiki/H-back" title="H-back">H-back</a> to prevent Taylor from blitzing into the backfield unhindered.<sup id="cite_ref-L.T._52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L.T.-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "We had to try in some way have a special game plan just for Lawrence Taylor. Now you didn't do that very often in this league but I think he's one person that we learned the lesson the hard way. We lost ball games."<sup id="cite_ref-L.T._52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L.T.-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wal238_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wal238-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His skills changed the way offensive coaches blocked linebackers. In the late '70s and early '80s, a blitzing linebacker was picked up by a running back. However, these players were no match for Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tactic employed by San Francisco 49ers head coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a> in the 1982 playoffs, using an offensive guard to block Taylor, was copied around the league. However, this left a hole in pass protection that a blitzing middle linebacker could exploit. Later, Walsh and other coaches began using offensive tackles to block Taylor. Later it became common for offensive linemen to pick up blitzing linebackers. In addition to the changes in offensive schemes Taylor influenced, he also introduced new defensive techniques to the game, such as chopping the ball out of a quarterback's hands (to potentially force a more valuable turnover) rather than simply tackling him for a loss.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This exemplified a team-first strategy that dampened Taylor’s sack totals while increasing the prospects of Giants success. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drug_and_lifestyle_problems">Drug and lifestyle problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Drug and lifestyle problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>For me, crazy as it seems, there is a real relationship between wild, reckless abandon off the field and being that way on the field.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>Taylor, in 1987<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Taylor began using illicit drugs during his professional rookie season, 1981–1982.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He would pass the NFL's drug tests, however, by routinely obtaining his teammates' urine to submit as his own urine samples.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As his drug habit escalated, he would spend up to thousands of dollars a day on "coke and women."<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His first wife, Linda, once had to pick him up from a crack house.<sup id="cite_ref-Lu82_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lu82-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> And he once attended a team meeting still handcuffed from the night before by some "ladies that were trying out some new equipment", but "just didn't happen to have the key", he would recall.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, he finally tested positive for cocaine, and admitted to using it. The next year, 1988, he failed a second drug test, whereupon the NFL suspended him for 30 days. With that, he abstained from drugs until his 1993 retirement, as a third failed drug test would end his career.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Yet he would later recall that in retiring, "I saw blow as the only bright spot in my future."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1995, he went through drug rehab twice. But over the next three years, he was arrested twice, via undercover police officers, for attempts to buy cocaine.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, he associated mainly with drug users, and his home usually had white sheets over its windows.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "I had gotten really bad. I mean my place was almost like a <a href="/wiki/Crack_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Crack house">crack house</a>," Taylor would later explain.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-NFL_life">Post-NFL life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Post-NFL life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investments">Investments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Investments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Taylor's final year in the NFL, he started a company called All-Pro Products. The company <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">went public</a> at $5 a share, and tripled in value during its first month. The stock price reached $16.50 a share, at which point Taylor's stake had an estimated value of over $10 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Norris_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Norris-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The company ceased production shortly thereafter however, and Taylor, who never sold his stock, lost several hundred thousand dollars. He had been defrauded by several members of the <a href="/wiki/Penny_stock" title="Penny stock">penny stock</a> firm Hanover Sterling &amp; Company, who had <a href="/wiki/Short_selling" class="mw-redirect" title="Short selling">short sold</a> the company's stock, making it worthless.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> ruled that two traders had manipulated the price of the stock,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which skyrocketed while the company was losing over $900,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tax_issues">Tax issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Tax issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997 Taylor pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in 1990, and in 2000 he was "sentenced to three months of house arrest, five years of probation, and 500 hours of community service for tax evasion."<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LT_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/LT_portrait.jpg/280px-LT_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/LT_portrait.jpg/420px-LT_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/LT_portrait.jpg/560px-LT_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption>Taylor on the golf course in 2007</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_pundit">Television pundit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Television pundit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his career ended, Taylor worked in several regular television jobs. He first worked as a football analyst for the now defunct <i><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sunday_Night_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="TNT Sunday Night Football">TNT Sunday Night Football</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-redefine_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redefine-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a one-off show, Taylor also appeared as a wrestler in the <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Federation</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow" title="Bam Bam Bigelow">Bam Bam Bigelow</a> in the main event of <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XI" title="WrestleMania XI">WrestleMania XI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-redefine_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redefine-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also worked as a color commentator on an amateur fighting program entitled <i>Toughman</i> on the <a href="/wiki/FX_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="FX Network">FX</a> channel.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 4, 1995, the Giants retired <a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Phil Simms</a>' jersey during <a href="/wiki/Halftime" class="mw-redirect" title="Halftime">halftime</a> of a game against the Cowboys (Taylor had his number retired the year before). Simms celebrated the moment by throwing an impromptu ceremonial pass to Taylor. Simms recalled, "[a]ll of a sudden it kind of hit me, I've put Lawrence in a really tough spot; national TV, he's got dress shoes and a sports jacket on, and he's had a few beers and he's going to run down the field and I'm going to throw him a pass."<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Simms motioned for Taylor to run a long pattern and after 30–40&#160;yards threw him the pass. Taylor later said the situation made him more nervous than any play of his career, "I'm saying to myself (as the pass is being thrown), 'If I drop this pass, I got to run my black ass all the way back to <a href="/wiki/Upper_Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Upper Saddle River, New Jersey">Upper Saddle River</a> because there ain't no way I'm going to be able to stay in that stadium'."<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor caught the pass, however, and the capacity crowd in attendance cheered in approval.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Movies_&amp;_video_games"><span id="Movies_.26_video_games"></span>Movies &amp; video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Movies &amp; video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor pursued a career in acting, appearing in the <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> movie <i><a href="/wiki/Any_Given_Sunday" title="Any Given Sunday">Any Given Sunday</a></i> where he played a character much like himself. He appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sopranos" title="The Sopranos">The Sopranos</a></i> and the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Waterboy" title="The Waterboy">The Waterboy</a></i>. He also had a role in the <a href="/wiki/Shaft_(2000_film)" title="Shaft (2000 film)">2000 version of <i>Shaft</i></a>. Taylor voiced the steroid-riddled, possibly insane former football player B.J. Smith in the <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City" title="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City">Grand Theft Auto: Vice City</a></i>. The character poked fun at his fearsome, drug-fueled public image. He also added his voice to the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Blitz:_The_League" title="Blitz: The League">Blitz: The League</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Blitz:_The_League_II" title="Blitz: The League II">its sequel</a>, which were partially based on his life in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also acted in the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Christian_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian film">Christian film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Streets" title="Mercy Streets">Mercy Streets</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Roberts" title="Eric Roberts">Eric Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Keach" title="Stacy Keach">Stacy Keach</a>, and the 2003 prison movie <i><a href="/wiki/In_Hell" title="In Hell">In Hell</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme" title="Jean-Claude Van Damme">Jean-Claude Van Damme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hall_of_Fame_induction">Hall of Fame induction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame induction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, when Taylor became eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, there were some concerns his hard-partying lifestyle and drug abuse would hurt his candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-hall?_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hall?-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These concerns proved to be ill-founded, however, as he was voted in on the first ballot. His son Lawrence Taylor Jr. gave his introduction speech at the induction ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-induct_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-induct-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's ex-wife, his three children, and his parents were in attendance and during his induction speech Taylor acknowledged them saying, "thank you for putting up with me for all those years."<sup id="cite_ref-induct_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-induct-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also credited former Giants owner <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Mara" title="Wellington Mara">Wellington Mara</a> for being supportive of him saying, "[h]e probably cared more about me as a person than he really should have."<sup id="cite_ref-induct_109-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-induct-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Autobiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004 Taylor released an <a href="/wiki/Autobiography" title="Autobiography">autobiography</a>, <i>LT: Over the Edge</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_89-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor often spoke of his NFL years, which he played with reckless abandon, and the drug-abusing stages of his life as the "L.T." periods of his life. He described "L.T." as an adrenaline junkie who lived life on a thrill ride. Taylor said in 2003 that "L. T. died a long time ago, and I don't miss him at all ... all that's left is Lawrence Taylor."<sup id="cite_ref-Losing_himself_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Losing_himself-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advertising_and_television">Advertising and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Advertising and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg/220px-Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg/330px-Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg/440px-Lawrence_Taylor_signing_autographs_in_Jan_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="2214" /></a><figcaption>Taylor signing autographs at a collectors show in Houston in January 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Taylor re-emerged into the public eye in July 2006, after appearing on the cover of a <i>Sports Illustrated</i> issue dedicated to former athletes and sport figures. In the magazine, Taylor credited his hobby of <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a> with helping him get over his previous hard-partying ways and drug filled lifestyle.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He co-founded eXfuze, a <a href="/wiki/Multi-level_marketing" title="Multi-level marketing">network marketing</a> company based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Along with former NFL players, such as <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Joyner" title="Seth Joyner">Seth Joyner</a>, he was a spokesman for Seven+, the flagship multi-botanical drink produced by the company.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His son Brandon signed a national letter to play with the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers" title="Purdue Boilermakers">Purdue Boilermakers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor was a contestant on the <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8)">8th season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars" title="Dancing with the Stars">Dancing with the Stars</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> partnered with <a href="/wiki/Edyta_%C5%9Aliwi%C5%84ska" title="Edyta Śliwińska">Edyta Śliwińska</a>. He was eliminated in the seventh week on the April 21, 2009, show.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_troubles">Legal troubles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Legal troubles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, Taylor started having troubles in his personal life again. On November 8, he was arrested in <a href="/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida" title="Miami-Dade County, Florida">Miami-Dade County, Florida</a> for leaving the scene of an accident after striking another vehicle with his <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Escalade" title="Cadillac Escalade">Cadillac Escalade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He had already committed the same offense in 1996 when he totaled his <a href="/wiki/Lexus" title="Lexus">Lexus</a> in a one-car accident and left the scene, saying he did not think the law required the reporting of a single driver incident.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was released on a $500 bond, and the other driver later sued him, seeking $15,000.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2010, Taylor was arrested for statutory rape of a 16-year-old girl, at a <a href="/wiki/Holiday_Inn" title="Holiday Inn">Holiday Inn</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Montebello,_New_York" title="Montebello, New York">Montebello, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rape-NYTimes_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rape-NYTimes-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was charged with felony third-degree statutory rape, for allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse with someone under 17.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was also charged with third-degree patronization for allegedly paying the underage girl $300 to have sex with him.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The girl told investigators that her pimp commanded her to tell Taylor that she was 19, which Taylor corroborated. The pimp, 36-year old Rasheed Davis, was charged with federal child sex trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The girl was represented by celebrity attorney <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Allred" title="Gloria Allred">Gloria Allred</a> when Taylor pleaded guilty on March 22, 2011. Taylor was sentenced to six years probation as part of a plea agreement, in which he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. He also <a href="/wiki/Sex_offender_registry" title="Sex offender registry">registered</a> as a low-risk, level-one <a href="/wiki/Sex_offender" title="Sex offender">sex offender</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 26, 2012, a court rejected the victim's claims that Taylor assaulted her.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2016, Taylor resides in <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Pines,_Florida" title="Pembroke Pines, Florida">Pembroke Pines, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Losing_himself_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Losing_himself-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 9, 2016, Taylor's wife was arrested for <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a> in Florida after she threw "an unknown object" and struck Taylor in the back of the head.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2021, Taylor was once again divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-taylorcharges_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylorcharges-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2017, Taylor put up for <a href="/wiki/Auction" title="Auction">auction</a> the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a> mini statue he had won for the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">Super Bowl XXV</a> win.<sup id="cite_ref-auction_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auction-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next month, he <a href="/wiki/Guilty_plea" class="mw-redirect" title="Guilty plea">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="/wiki/DUI" class="mw-redirect" title="DUI">driving under the influence of alcohol</a> following a September 2, 2016, crash into a stopped police car in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_County,_Florida" title="Palm Beach County, Florida">Palm Beach County, Florida</a>. The two <a href="/wiki/Breathalyzer" title="Breathalyzer">breathalyzer</a> tests taken five hours after the crash measured Taylor's blood-alcohol level at .082 and .084, above the Florida legal limit of .080.<sup id="cite_ref-dui_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dui-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, Taylor was arrested after again to failing to report his new address, which required due to his status as a registered sex offender.<sup id="cite_ref-arrestandrelease_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrestandrelease-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-secondnewaddressarrest_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondnewaddressarrest-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He would be released shortly afterwards after posting a $500 bail.<sup id="cite_ref-arrestandrelease_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrestandrelease-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor blamed his recent divorce for not updating authorities about the 2021 address change.<sup id="cite_ref-taylorcharges_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylorcharges-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2024, Taylor was arrested in Florida after once again failing to report a new residency, which again resulted in Taylor avoiding to properly register as a sex offender.<sup id="cite_ref-arrrestnewresidencyagain_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrrestnewresidencyagain-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-secondnewaddressarrest_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondnewaddressarrest-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After turning himself in, Taylor would be released with no bail after spending several hours in the main <a href="/wiki/Broward_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Broward County">Broward County</a> jail.<sup id="cite_ref-taylorcharges_128-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylorcharges-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-arrrestnewresidencyagain_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrrestnewresidencyagain-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-secondnewaddressarrest_132-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondnewaddressarrest-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For this second offense, Taylor would be criminally charged.<sup id="cite_ref-taylorcharges_128-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylorcharges-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-charged_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charged-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-secondnewaddressarrest_132-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondnewaddressarrest-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Taylor's attorney has stated that Taylor would plead not guilty, describing the incident as a "misunderstanding" rather than a criminal offense.<sup id="cite_ref-secondnewaddressarrest_132-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondnewaddressarrest-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-charged_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charged-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NFL_career_statistics">NFL career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: NFL career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Legend </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffff00; width:3em;"> </td> <td>AP <a href="/wiki/NFL_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL MVP">NFL MVP</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">DPOTY</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#00ffff; width:3em;"> </td> <td>NFL Defensive Player of the Year </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Team won the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Led the league </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bold</b> </td> <td>Career high </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="2">Games </th> <th rowspan="2">Sacks </th> <th colspan="3">Interceptions </th> <th colspan="4">Fumbles </th></tr> <tr> <th>GP</th> <th>GS</th> <th>Int</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>TD</th> <th>FF</th> <th>FR</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00ffff; width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_New_York_Giants_season" title="1981 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>9.5*</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00ffff; width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_New_York_Giants_season" title="1982 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>97</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"><b>1</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_New_York_Giants_season" title="1983 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_New_York_Giants_season" title="1984 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>1</td> <td>–1</td> <td>0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"><b>7</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1985_New_York_Giants_season" title="1985 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>13.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"><b>7</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>25</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffff00; width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_season" title="1986 NFL season">1986</a></th> <th style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/1986_New_York_Giants_season" title="1986 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"><b>20.5</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1987_New_York_Giants_season" title="1987 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>12.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"><b>3</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_NFL_season" title="1988 NFL season">1988</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_New_York_Giants_season" title="1988 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>15.5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_New_York_Giants_season" title="1989 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>15.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a></th> <th style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/1990_New_York_Giants_season" title="1990 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>10.5</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_New_York_Giants_season" title="1991 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_season" title="1992 NFL season">1992</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_New_York_Giants_season" title="1992 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1993_New_York_Giants_season" title="1993 New York Giants season">NYG</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Career<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dbf_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbf-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th> <th>184</th> <th>180</th> <th>132.5†</th> <th>9</th> <th>134</th> <th>2</th> <th>56</th> <th>11</th> <th>34</th> <th>0 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>* Unofficial statistic (sacks did not become an official statistic until 1982); however, this number is stated on Taylor's Pro Football Hall of Fame bio<sup id="cite_ref-hof_32-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hof-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and is considered to be accurate.<br /> <sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br /> † Including the 9.5 Taylor unofficially recorded as a rookie, his total is 142. </p> <ul><li>NFL 'unofficial' record: 56 career forced fumbles</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Taylor&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(1979%E2%80%931993)" title="History of the New York Giants (1979–1993)">History of the New York Giants 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58261-758-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-58261-758-9">1-58261-758-9</a></li> <li>Shampoe, Clay. <i>The Virginia Sports Hall Of Fame: Honoring Champions Of The Commonwealth</i>, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2005 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7385-1776-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7385-1776-3">0-7385-1776-3</a></li> <li>Rand, Jonathan. <i>Riddell Presents the Gridiron's Greatest Linebackers</i>, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. 2003 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a 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title="Bernie Faloney">Faloney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Barger&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry Barger (page does not exist)">Barger</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/Billy_Ray_Barnes" title="Billy Ray Barnes">Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Christy" title="Dick Christy">Christy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hawkins" title="Alex Hawkins">Hawkins</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/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gambrell" title="Billy Gambrell">Gambrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wilkinson" title="Jay Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo" title="Brian Piccolo">Piccolo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Talbott" title="Danny Talbott">Talbott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Davis_(quarterback)" title="Bob Davis (quarterback)">B. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddy_Gore&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Buddy Gore (page does not exist)">Gore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Quayle" title="Frank Quayle">Quayle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Don_McCauley" title="Don McCauley">McCauley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Don_McCauley" title="Don McCauley">McCauley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Jackson" title="Ernie Jackson">E. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(American_football)" title="Steve Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Burden" title="Willie Burden">Burden</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/Mike_Voight" title="Mike Voight">Voight</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Voight" title="Mike Voight">Voight</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Fuller_(American_football)" title="Steve Fuller (American football)">Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Fuller_(American_football)" title="Steve Fuller (American football)">Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Venuto" title="Jay Venuto">Venuto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_(American_football)" title="Jeff Davis (American football)">J. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Castor" title="Chris Castor">Castor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bennett" title="Ben Bennett">Bennett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)" title="William Perry (American football)">W. Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Word" title="Barry Word">Word</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Erik_Kramer" title="Erik Kramer">Kramer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dean_Perry" title="Michael Dean Perry">M. Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Dilweg" title="Anthony Dilweg">Dilweg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Clarkston_Hines" title="Clarkston Hines">Hines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Moore" title="Shawn Moore">Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Blundin" title="Matt Blundin">Blundin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baldwin_(American_football)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Baldwin (American football) (page does not exist)">Baldwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kanell" title="Danny Kanell">Kanell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tiki_Barber" title="Tiki Barber">Barber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Wadsworth" title="Andre Wadsworth">Wadsworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Torry_Holt" title="Torry Holt">Holt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hamilton_(American_football)" title="Joe Hamilton (American football)">Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weinke" title="Chris Weinke">Weinke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/E._J._Henderson" title="E. J. Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Schaub" title="Matt Schaub">Schaub</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Rivers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Randall" title="Bryan Randall">Randall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Barclay" title="Chris Barclay">Barclay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dwyer" title="Jonathan Dwyer">Dwyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Spiller" title="C. J. Spiller">Spiller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tyrod_Taylor" title="Tyrod Taylor">T. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/David_Wilson_(running_back)" title="David Wilson (running back)">D. Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tajh_Boyd" title="Tajh Boyd">Boyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jameis_Winston" title="Jameis Winston">Winston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/James_Conner_(American_football)" title="James Conner (American football)">Conner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Deshaun_Watson" title="Deshaun Watson">Watson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Travis_Etienne" title="Travis Etienne">Etienne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Travis_Etienne" title="Travis Etienne">Etienne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Lawrence" title="Trevor Lawrence">Lawrence</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Pickett" title="Kenny Pickett">Pickett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Drake_Maye" title="Drake Maye">Maye</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Travis" title="Jordan Travis">Travis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;;width:1%">Offensive Player of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baldwin_(American_football)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Baldwin (American football) (page does not exist)">Baldwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kanell" title="Danny Kanell">Kanell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tiki_Barber" title="Tiki Barber">Barber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Thad_Busby" title="Thad Busby">Busby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Torry_Holt" title="Torry Holt">Holt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hamilton_(American_football)" title="Joe Hamilton (American football)">Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weinke" title="Chris Weinke">Weinke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perry" title="Bruce Perry">B. Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Schaub" title="Matt Schaub">Schaub</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Rivers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Randall" title="Bryan Randall">Randall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Barclay" title="Chris Barclay">Barclay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dwyer" title="Jonathan Dwyer">Dwyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Spiller" title="C. J. Spiller">Spiller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tyrod_Taylor" title="Tyrod Taylor">T. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/David_Wilson_(running_back)" title="David Wilson (running back)">D. Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tajh_Boyd" title="Tajh Boyd">Boyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jameis_Winston" title="Jameis Winston">Winston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/James_Conner_(American_football)" title="James Conner (American football)">Conner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Deshaun_Watson" title="Deshaun Watson">Watson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Travis_Etienne" title="Travis Etienne">Etienne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Travis_Etienne" title="Travis Etienne">Etienne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Lawrence" title="Trevor Lawrence">Lawrence</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Pickett" title="Kenny Pickett">Pickett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Drake_Maye" title="Drake Maye">Maye</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Travis" title="Jordan Travis">Travis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;;width:1%">Defensive Player of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Alexander_(defensive_end)" title="Derrick Alexander (defensive end)">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Jones_(athlete)" title="Marcus Jones (athlete)">M. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Boulware" title="Peter Boulware">P. Boulware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Wadsworth" title="Andre Wadsworth">Wadsworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Poindexter" title="Anthony Poindexter">Poindexter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Adams_(American_football)" title="Keith Adams (American football)">K. Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Levar_Fisher" title="Levar Fisher">Fisher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/E._J._Henderson" title="E. J. Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/E._J._Henderson" title="E. J. Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Dockett" title="Darnell Dockett">Dockett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Hill" title="Leroy Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/D%27Qwell_Jackson" title="D&#39;Qwell Jackson">D. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Gaines_Adams" title="Gaines Adams">G. Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Long" title="Chris Long">Long</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Herzlich" title="Mark Herzlich">Herzlich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Derrick Morgan (American football)">Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Da%27Quan_Bowers" title="Da&#39;Quan Bowers">Bowers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Kuechly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Werner" title="Björn Werner">Werner</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/Vic_Beasley" title="Vic Beasley">Beasley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Cash" title="Jeremy Cash">Cash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Boulware" title="Ben Boulware">B. Boulware</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Walker" title="DeMarcus Walker">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Chubb" title="Bradley Chubb">Chubb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Clelin_Ferrell" title="Clelin Ferrell">Ferrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Simmons" title="Isaiah Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Owusu-Koramoah" title="Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah">Owusu-Koramoah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Johnson_II" title="Jermaine Johnson II">J. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Calijah_Kancey" title="Calijah Kancey">Kancey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Payton_Wilson" title="Payton Wilson">P. 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Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">TE <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson_(tight_end)" title="Keith Jackson (tight end)">Keith Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><br />G <a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">John Hannah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">G <a href="/wiki/Dean_Steinkuhler" title="Dean Steinkuhler">Dean Steinkuhler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">T <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sisemore" title="Jerry Sisemore">Jerry Sisemore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">T <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fralic" title="Bill Fralic">Bill Fralic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">C <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rimington" title="Dave Rimington">Dave Rimington</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Defense:</b> DE <a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Jack Youngblood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">DE <a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Lee Roy 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J. Junior">E. J. Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Campbell_(American_football)" title="Rich Campbell (American football)">Rich Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Green_(American_football)" title="Hugh Green (American football)">Hugh Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Ronnie Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Owens" title="Mel Owens">Mel Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Verser" title="David Verser">David Verser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Van_Horne" title="Keith Van Horne">Keith Van Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_McMillan" title="Randy McMillan">Randy McMillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Overstreet" title="David Overstreet">David Overstreet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Scott_(American_football)" title="Willie Scott (American football)">Willie Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Smith_(American_football)" title="Dennis Smith (American football)">Dennis Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Nichols_(American_football)" title="Mark Nichols (American football)">Mark Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Gary" title="Keith Gary">Keith Gary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnell_Thompson" title="Donnell Thompson">Donnell Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Holloway" title="Brian Holloway">Brian Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_May" title="Mark May">Mark May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Watts" title="Ted Watts">Ted Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanford_Dixon" title="Hanford Dixon">Hanford Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Marsh" title="Curt Marsh">Curt Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brooks_(American_football)" title="James Brooks (American football)">James Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Butler_(American_football)" title="Bobby Butler (American football)">Bobby Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Richards_(American_football)" title="Howard Richards (American football)">Howard Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Mitchell" title="Leonard Mitchell">Leonard Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_Moore" title="Booker Moore">Booker Moore</a></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="Second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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:Second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Template:Second overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Template talk:Second overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Second overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of second overall NFL draft picks">Second overall NFL draft picks</a></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>1936: <a href="/wiki/Riley_Smith_(American_football)" title="Riley Smith (American football)">R. Smith</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Goddard" title="Ed Goddard">Goddard</a></li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Jim_McDonald_(halfback)" title="Jim McDonald (halfback)">McDonald</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/John_Kimbrough" title="John Kimbrough">Kimbrough</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Jack Wilson (American football)">J. Wilson</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Muha" title="Joe Muha">Muha</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Harder" title="Pat Harder">Harder</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Duhart" title="Paul Duhart">Duhart</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Dub_Jones_(American_football)" title="Dub Jones (American football)">D. Jones</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(halfback)" title="Glenn Davis (halfback)">G. Davis</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Skip_Minisi" title="Skip Minisi">Minisi</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/John_Rauch" title="John Rauch">Rauch</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Burk" title="Adrian Burk">Burk</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Williams_(quarterback)" title="Bob Williams (quarterback)">Williams</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Vessels" title="Billy Vessels">Vessels</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_McHan" title="Lamar McHan">McHan</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Max_Boydston" title="Max Boydston">Boydston</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Morrall</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Arnett" title="Jon Arnett">Arnett</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/John_David_Crow" title="John David Crow">Crow</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bass" title="Dick Bass">Bass</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/George_Izo" title="George Izo">Izo</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Snead" title="Norm Snead">Snead</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Stovall" title="Jerry Stovall">Stovall</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">Brown</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Willard" title="Ken Willard">Willard</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Jones_(American_football)" title="Clinton Jones (American football)">C. Jones</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnson_(American_football)" title="Bob Johnson (American football)">B. Johnson</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/George_Kunz" title="George Kunz">Kunz</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCoy_(defensive_tackle)" title="Mike McCoy (defensive tackle)">McCoy</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Sherman_White_(American_football)" title="Sherman White (American football)">White</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Jones" title="Bert Jones">B. Jones</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Matthews" title="Bo Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">White</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Niehaus" title="Steve Niehaus">Niehaus</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Art_Still" title="Art Still">Still</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bell_(defensive_lineman)" title="Mike Bell (defensive lineman)">Bell</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Lam_Jones" title="Lam Jones">L. Jones</a></li> <li>1981: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taylor</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Johnie_Cooks" title="Johnie Cooks">Cooks</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Steinkuhler" title="Dean Steinkuhler">Steinkuhler</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fralic" title="Bill Fralic">Fralic</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Casillas" title="Tony Casillas">Casillas</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Bennett" title="Cornelius Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Neil_Smith_(American_football)" title="Neil Smith (American football)">N. Smith</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Mandarich" title="Tony Mandarich">Mandarich</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Blair_Thomas" title="Blair Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Turner_(American_football)" title="Eric Turner (American football)">Turner</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Coryatt" title="Quentin Coryatt">Coryatt</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mirer" title="Rick Mirer">Mirer</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Kevin Hardy (linebacker)">Hardy</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Russell_(American_football)" title="Darrell Russell (American football)">Russell</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Leaf" title="Ryan Leaf">Leaf</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Donovan_McNabb" title="Donovan McNabb">McNabb</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/LaVar_Arrington" title="LaVar Arrington">Arrington</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Davis_(American_football)" title="Leonard Davis (American football)">L. Davis</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(wide_receiver)" title="Charles Rogers (wide receiver)">Rogers</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gallery" title="Robert Gallery">Gallery</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Brown" title="Ronnie Brown">Brown</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Bush</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Long" title="Chris Long">Long</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_football)" title="Jason Smith (American football)">J. Smith</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Ndamukong_Suh" title="Ndamukong Suh">Suh</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Von_Miller" title="Von Miller">Miller</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Griffin III</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Joeckel" title="Luke Joeckel">Joeckel</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Robinson_(offensive_tackle)" title="Greg Robinson (offensive tackle)">Robinson</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Mariota</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Carson_Wentz" title="Carson Wentz">Wentz</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Trubisky" title="Mitchell Trubisky">Trubisky</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bosa" title="Nick Bosa">Bosa</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Chase_Young" title="Chase Young">Young</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Wilson" title="Zach Wilson">Z. Wilson</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Aidan_Hutchinson" title="Aidan Hutchinson">Hutchinson</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Stroud" title="C. J. 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Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Widseth" title="Ed Widseth">Widseth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karamatic" title="George Karamatic">Karamatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Nielsen" title="Walt Nielsen">Nielsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenny_Lansdell" title="Grenny Lansdell">Lansdell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Franck" title="George Franck">Franck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Hapes" title="Merle Hapes">Hapes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Filipowicz" title="Steve Filipowicz">Filipowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hillenbrand" title="Billy Hillenbrand">Hillenbrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Barbour" title="Elmer Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Schwall" title="Vic Schwall">Schwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Minisi" title="Skip Minisi">Minisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Page_(American_football)" title="Paul Page (American football)">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Tidwell" title="Travis Tidwell">Tidwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Rote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Spavital" title="Jim Spavital">Spavital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gifford" title="Frank Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Marlow" title="Bobby Marlow">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Heap" title="Joe Heap">Heap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_King_(American_football)" title="Phil King (American football)">P. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Grosscup" title="Lee Grosscup">Grosscup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Cordileone" title="Lou Cordileone">Cordileone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Hillebrand" title="Jerry Hillebrand">Hillebrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Don_Looney" title="Joe Don Looney">Looney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_Frederickson" title="Tucker Frederickson">Frederickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Peay" title="Francis Peay">Peay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dryer" title="Fred Dryer">Dryer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Files" title="Jim Files">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Rocky Thompson (American football)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldridge_Small" title="Eldridge Small">Small</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Jacobson" title="Larry Jacobson">Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hicks_(American_football)" title="John Hicks (American football)">Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Archer" title="Troy Archer">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Jeter" title="Gary Jeter">Jeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_King_(American_football)" title="Gordon King (American football)">G. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Simms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Haynes" title="Mark Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butch_Woolfolk" title="Butch Woolfolk">Woolfork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Kinard" title="Terry Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Banks" title="Carl Banks">C. Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roberts_(American_football)" title="William Roberts (American football)">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Adams_(American_football)" title="George Adams (American football)">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dorsey" title="Eric Dorsey">Dorsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_Sr." title="Mark Ingram Sr.">Ingram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Moore_(offensive_lineman)" title="Eric Moore (offensive lineman)">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Williams_(center)" title="Brian Williams (center)">B. 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href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Bruce Taylor (American football)">B. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Robertson" title="Isiah Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Buchanon" title="Willie Buchanon">Buchanon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Chambers" title="Wally Chambers">Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/A._J._Duhe" title="A. J. Duhe">Duhe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Al_Baker" title="Al Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Haslett" title="Jim Haslett">Haslett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Curry" title="Buddy Curry">Curry</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Al_Richardson_(linebacker)" title="Al Richardson (linebacker)">A. Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Chip_Banks" title="Chip Banks">Banks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Maxwell_(American_football)" title="Vernon Maxwell (American football)">Maxwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Maas" title="Bill Maas">Maas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Duane_Bickett" title="Duane Bickett">Bickett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Leslie_O%27Neal" title="Leslie O&#39;Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Shane_Conlan" title="Shane Conlan">Conlan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Erik_McMillan" title="Erik McMillan">McMillan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carrier_(safety)" title="Mark Carrier (safety)">Carrier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Croel" title="Mike Croel">Croel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Dale_Carter" title="Dale Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Stubblefield" title="Dana Stubblefield">Stubblefield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Bowens" title="Tim Bowens">Bowens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Douglas_(American_football)" title="Hugh Douglas (American football)">Douglas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Rice" title="Simeon Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Boulware" title="Peter Boulware">Boulware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Jevon_Kearse" title="Jevon Kearse">Kearse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Kendrell_Bell" title="Kendrell Bell">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Suggs" title="Terrell Suggs">Suggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Vilma" title="Jonathan Vilma">Vilma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Shawne_Merriman" title="Shawne Merriman">Merriman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans" title="DeMeco Ryans">Ryans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Jerod_Mayo" title="Jerod Mayo">Mayo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cushing" title="Brian Cushing">Cushing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Ndamukong_Suh" title="Ndamukong Suh">Suh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Von_Miller" title="Von Miller">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Kuechly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Richardson" title="Sheldon Richardson">S. Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Peters" title="Marcus Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Bosa" title="Joey Bosa">J. Bosa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Marshon_Lattimore" title="Marshon Lattimore">Lattimore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_Leonard" title="Shaquille Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bosa" title="Nick Bosa">N. Bosa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Chase_Young" title="Chase Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Micah_Parsons" title="Micah Parsons">Parsons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Sauce_Gardner" title="Sauce Gardner">Gardner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Will_Anderson_Jr." title="Will Anderson Jr.">Anderson Jr.</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="AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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:AP_Defensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Template:AP Defensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AP_Defensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:AP Defensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AP_Defensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AP Defensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award</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">1971: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Anderson" title="Dick Anderson">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Martin" title="Harvey Martin">Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Lester_Hayes" title="Lester Hayes">Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Betters" title="Doug Betters">Betters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Millard" title="Keith Millard">Millard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Swilling" title="Pat Swilling">Swilling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Paup" title="Bryce Paup">Paup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Stubblefield" title="Dana Stubblefield">Stubblefield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">J. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sanders" title="Bob Sanders">B. Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/James_Harrison_(American_football)" title="James Harrison (American football)">Harrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Suggs" title="Terrell Suggs">Suggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Kuechly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Mack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Gilmore" title="Stephon Gilmore">Gilmore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bosa" title="Nick Bosa">Bosa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Myles_Garrett" title="Myles Garrett">Garrett</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="AP_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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:AP_NFL_MVPs" title="Template:AP NFL MVPs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AP_NFL_MVPs" title="Template talk:AP NFL MVPs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AP_NFL_MVPs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AP NFL MVPs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="AP_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award">AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award</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">1957: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Van Brocklin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">J. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Morrall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">L. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Jones" title="Bert Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sipe" title="Brian Sipe">Sipe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Moseley" title="Mark Moseley">Moseley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Theismann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Esiason</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Gannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Steve_McNair" title="Steve McNair">McNair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">Jackson</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="New_York_Giants_Super_Bowl_XXI_champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #241166 !important; 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Thomas">Bob Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 <a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Phil Simms</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hostetler" title="Jeff Hostetler">Jeff Hostetler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Rutledge" title="Jeff Rutledge">Jeff Rutledge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morris_(American_football)" title="Joe Morris (American football)">Joe Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Lee_Rouson" title="Lee Rouson">Lee Rouson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 <a href="/wiki/Perry_Williams_(cornerback)" title="Perry Williams (cornerback)">Perry Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 <a href="/wiki/Ottis_Anderson" title="Ottis Anderson">Ottis Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Collins_(American_football)" title="Mark Collins (American football)">Mark Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 <a href="/wiki/Herb_Welch" title="Herb Welch">Herb Welch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Flynn_(American_football)" title="Tom Flynn (American football)">Tom Flynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Galbreath" title="Tony Galbreath">Tony Galbreath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">33 <a href="/wiki/George_Adams_(American_football)" title="George Adams (American football)">George Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Patterson" title="Elvis Patterson">Elvis Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Terry_Kinard" title="Terry Kinard">Terry Kinard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">44 <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Carthon" title="Maurice Carthon">Maurice Carthon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">46 <a href="/wiki/Greg_Lasker" title="Greg Lasker">Greg Lasker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">48 <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Hill_(defensive_back)" title="Kenny Hill (defensive back)">Kenny Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">51 <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Jones_(linebacker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robbie Jones (linebacker)">Robbie Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">52 <a href="/wiki/Pepper_Johnson" title="Pepper Johnson">Pepper Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">53 <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Harry Carson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">54 <a href="/wiki/Andy_Headen" title="Andy Headen">Andy Headen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">55 <a href="/wiki/Gary_Reasons" title="Gary Reasons">Gary Reasons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">56 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lawrence Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">57 <a href="/wiki/Byron_Hunt" title="Byron Hunt">Byron Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Banks" title="Carl Banks">Carl Banks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">59 <a href="/wiki/Brian_Johnston_(center)" title="Brian Johnston (center)">Brian Johnston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">60 <a href="/wiki/Brad_Benson" title="Brad Benson">Brad Benson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">61 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Godfrey" title="Chris Godfrey">Chris Godfrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">63 <a href="/wiki/Karl_Nelson" title="Karl Nelson">Karl Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Burt_(American_football)" title="Jim Burt (American football)">Jim Burt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/wiki/Bart_Oates" title="Bart Oates">Bart Oates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">66 <a href="/wiki/William_Roberts_(American_football)" title="William Roberts (American football)">William Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">67 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ard" title="Billy Ard">Billy Ard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">68 <a href="/wiki/Damian_Johnson_(American_football)" title="Damian Johnson (American football)">Damian Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">70 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Marshall" title="Leonard Marshall">Leonard Marshall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/John_Washington_(American_football)" title="John Washington (American football)">John Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a href="/wiki/Erik_Howard" title="Erik Howard">Erik Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">75 <a href="/wiki/George_Martin_(American_football)" title="George Martin (American football)">George Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Curtis_McGriff" title="Curtis McGriff">Curtis McGriff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dorsey" title="Eric Dorsey">Eric Dorsey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">78 <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Sally" title="Jerome Sally">Jerome Sally</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Phil_McConkey" title="Phil McConkey">Phil McConkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Robinson" title="Stacy Robinson">Stacy Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Vince_Warren" title="Vince Warren">Vince Warren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Zeke_Mowatt" title="Zeke Mowatt">Zeke Mowatt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Manuel" title="Lionel Manuel">Lionel Manuel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">87 <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Miller" title="Solomon Miller">Solomon Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">88 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Johnson_(wide_receiver)" title="Bobby Johnson (wide receiver)">Bobby Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">89 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bavaro" title="Mark Bavaro">Mark Bavaro</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Bill Parcells</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></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"><b>Coaches:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Belichick" title="Bill Belichick">Bill Belichick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romeo_Crennel" title="Romeo Crennel">Romeo Crennel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Erhardt" title="Ron Erhardt">Ron Erhardt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Len_Fontes" title="Len Fontes">Len Fontes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Handley" title="Ray Handley">Ray Handley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hoaglin" title="Fred Hoaglin">Fred Hoaglin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Hodgson" title="Pat Hodgson">Pat Hodgson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Leachman" title="Lamar Leachman">Lamar Leachman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Parker_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Parker (American football)">Johnny Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pope" title="Mike Pope">Mike Pope</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweatman" title="Mike Sweatman">Mike Sweatman</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Personnel:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Barnes_(American_football)" title="Ronnie Barnes (American football)">Ronnie Barnes</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Matt_Stover" title="Matt Stover">Matt Stover</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 <a href="/wiki/Sean_Landeta" title="Sean Landeta">Sean Landeta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cavanaugh" title="Matt Cavanaugh">Matt Cavanaugh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Bahr" title="Matt Bahr">Matt Bahr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 <a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Phil Simms</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hostetler" title="Jeff Hostetler">Jeff Hostetler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 <a href="/wiki/Reyna_Thompson" title="Reyna Thompson">Reyna Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Lee_Rouson" title="Lee Rouson">Lee Rouson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 <a href="/wiki/Perry_Williams_(cornerback)" title="Perry Williams (cornerback)">Perry Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 <a href="/wiki/Ottis_Anderson" title="Ottis Anderson">Ottis Anderson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Collins_(American_football)" title="Mark Collins (American football)">Mark Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 <a href="/wiki/Dave_Duerson" title="Dave Duerson">Dave Duerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Hampton" title="Rodney Hampton">Rodney Hampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 <a href="/wiki/Everson_Walls" title="Everson Walls">Everson Walls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 <a href="/wiki/Myron_Guyton" title="Myron Guyton">Myron Guyton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Dave_Meggett" title="Dave Meggett">Dave Meggett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Tillman_(American_football)" title="Lewis Tillman (American 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class="nowrap">57 <a href="/wiki/Larry_McGrew" title="Larry McGrew">Larry McGrew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Banks" title="Carl Banks">Carl Banks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">59 <a href="/wiki/Brian_Williams_(center)" title="Brian Williams (center)">Brian Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">60 <a href="/wiki/Eric_Moore_(offensive_lineman)" title="Eric Moore (offensive lineman)">Eric Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">61 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kratch" title="Bob Kratch">Bob Kratch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rehder" title="Tom Rehder">Tom Rehder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/wiki/Bart_Oates" title="Bart Oates">Bart Oates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">66 <a href="/wiki/William_Roberts_(American_football)" title="William Roberts (American football)">William Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">70 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Marshall" title="Leonard Marshall">Leonard Marshall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Doug_Riesenberg" title="Doug Riesenberg">Doug Riesenberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/John_Washington_(American_football)" title="John Washington (American football)">John Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a href="/wiki/Erik_Howard" title="Erik Howard">Erik Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_Elliott_(American_football)" title="Jumbo Elliott (American football)">Jumbo Elliott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dorsey" title="Eric Dorsey">Eric Dorsey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mrosko" title="Bob Mrosko">Bob Mrosko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Stacy_Robinson" title="Stacy Robinson">Stacy Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">82 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_Sr." title="Mark Ingram Sr.">Mark Ingram</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Turner" title="Odessa Turner">Odessa Turner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Troy_Kyles" title="Troy Kyles">Troy Kyles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">85 <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Baker_(American_football)" title="Stephen Baker (American football)">Stephen Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Manuel" title="Lionel Manuel">Lionel Manuel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">87 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cross" title="Howard Cross">Howard Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">89 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bavaro" title="Mark Bavaro">Mark Bavaro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">93 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fox_(American_football)" title="Mike Fox (American football)">Mike Fox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">98 <a href="/wiki/Johnie_Cooks" title="Johnie Cooks">Johnie Cooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">99 <a href="/wiki/Steve_DeOssie" title="Steve DeOssie">Steve DeOssie</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Bill Parcells</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></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"><b>Coaches:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Belichick" title="Bill Belichick">Bill Belichick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romeo_Crennel" title="Romeo Crennel">Romeo Crennel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Coughlin" title="Tom Coughlin">Tom Coughlin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Erhardt" title="Ron Erhardt">Ron Erhardt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Groh" title="Al Groh">Al Groh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Handley" title="Ray Handley">Ray Handley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hoaglin" title="Fred Hoaglin">Fred Hoaglin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Parker_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Parker (American football)">Johnny Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pope" title="Mike Pope">Mike Pope</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweatman" title="Mike Sweatman">Mike Sweatman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Trott" title="Bob Trott">Bob Trott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Weis" title="Charlie Weis">Charlie Weis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Personnel:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Barnes_(American_football)" title="Ronnie Barnes (American football)">Ronnie Barnes</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="NFL_annual_sacks_leaders_(Deacon_Jones_Award)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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:NFL_annual_sacks_leaders" title="Template:NFL annual sacks 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<li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gastineau" title="Mark Gastineau">Gastineau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gastineau" title="Mark Gastineau">Gastineau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Swilling" title="Pat Swilling">Swilling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Simmons" title="Clyde Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Neil_Smith_(American_football)" title="Neil Smith (American football)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Paup" title="Bryce Paup">Paup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sinclair_(American_football)" title="Michael Sinclair (American football)">Sinclair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Carter_(American_football)" title="Kevin Carter (American football)">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/La%27Roi_Glover" title="La&#39;Roi Glover">Glover</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">J. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Burgess" title="Derrick Burgess">Burgess</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Shawne_Merriman" title="Shawne Merriman">Merriman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Allen" title="Jared Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Dumervil" title="Elvis Dumervil">Dumervil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Allen" title="Jared Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mathis" title="Robert Mathis">Mathis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Houston" title="Justin Houston">Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Beasley" title="Vic Beasley">Beasley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Chandler_Jones" title="Chandler Jones">Jones</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Shaquil_Barrett" title="Shaquil Barrett">Barrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bosa" title="Nick Bosa">Bosa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. Watt</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:transparent; box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaa;"><div>Sack totals from 1960 to 1981 are considered unofficial by the NFL. 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J. Watt">J. J. Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Jones_(defensive_end)" title="Sean Jones (defensive end)">Sean Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Houston" title="Justin Houston">Justin Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_Jones" title="Chandler Jones">Chandler Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Aaron Donald</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calais_Campbell" title="Calais Campbell">Calais Campbell</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Townsend" title="Greg Townsend">Greg Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Swilling" title="Pat Swilling">Pat Swilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trace_Armstrong" title="Trace Armstrong">Trace Armstrong</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Mack" title="Khalil Mack">Khalil Mack</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Dumervil" title="Elvis Dumervil">Elvis Dumervil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Carter_(American_football)" title="Kevin Carter (American football)">Kevin Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Smith_(American_football)" title="Neil Smith (American football)">Neil Smith</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. J. Watt</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jeffcoat" title="Jim Jeffcoat">Jim Jeffcoat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Quinn_(American_football)" title="Robert Quinn (American football)">Robert Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fuller_(American_football)" title="William Fuller (American football)">William Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Charles Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Wake" title="Cameron Wake">Cameron Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Dunlap" title="Carlos Dunlap">Carlos Dunlap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Andre Tippett</a></li></ul> <p><i>Italics</i> denotes active player </p> </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" 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Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Joiner" title="Charlie Joiner">Joiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Lavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lofton" title="James Lofton">Lofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Maynard" title="Don Maynard">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Millner" title="Wayne Millner">Millner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Owens" title="Terrell Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pihos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Reed" title="Andre Reed">A. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Speedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">C. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Warfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tight ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Casper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackey_(American_football)" title="John Mackey (American football)">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">C. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe" title="Shannon Sharpe">Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Smith" title="Jackie Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen_Winslow" title="Kellen Winslow">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Allen" title="Larry Allen">L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">B. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Brown" title="Rosey Brown">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">D. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DeLamielleure" title="Joe DeLamielleure">DeLamielleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dierdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Gatski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Hill" title="Winston Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kramer" title="Jerry Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Langer" title="Jim Langer">Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Little" title="Larry Little">L. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mawae" title="Kevin Mawae">Mawae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mix" title="Ron Mix">Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Munchak" title="Mike Munchak">Munchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">J. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ringo" title="Jim Ringo">Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Roaf" title="Willie Roaf">Roaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Shaw" title="Billy Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Shell" title="Art Shell">A. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_St._Clair" title="Bob St. Clair">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stanfel" title="Dick Stanfel">Stanfel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Tingelhoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Zimmerman" title="Gary Zimmerman">Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-modern era<br />two-way players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fortmann" title="Dan Fortmann">Fortmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Hein" title="Mel Hein">Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Henry" title="Pete Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Hubbard" title="Cal Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michalske" title="Mike Michalske">Michalske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">Musso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Slater" title="Duke Slater">D. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Stydahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bethea" title="Elvin Bethea">Bethea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curley_Culp" title="Curley Culp">Culp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Eller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">J. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jordan" title="Henry Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Klecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Marchetti" title="Gino Marchetti">Marchetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">McMichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Nomellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour" title="Richard Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Ja. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Weinmeister" title="Arnie Weinmeister">Weinmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">Ra. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Re. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">B. Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Young" title="Bryant Young">B. Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Youngblood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bo. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Buoniconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">K. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks" title="Ted Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Jackson" title="Rickey Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Lanier" title="Willie Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Nitschke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">D. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Thomas" title="Zach Thomas">Z. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Tippett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilcox" title="Dave Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">P. Willis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(American_football)" title="Willie Brown (American football)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">J. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Butler" title="LeRoy Butler">L. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dawkins" title="Brian Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dillon" title="Bobby Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">C. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">E. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Revis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Riley" title="Ken Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">D. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wehrli" title="Roger Wehrli">Wehrli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">L. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Groza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Guy" title="Ray Guy">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Stenerud" title="Jan Stenerud">Stenerud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">G. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">P. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Dungy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Ewbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Gillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Grant" title="Bud Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Levy" title="Marv Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Parcells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Stram" title="Hank Stram">Stram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Vermeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Beathard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Be. 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