Jerry Ball
Jerry Lee Ball
Position: NT-DT
Height: 6-1 Weight: 330 lbs.
Born: December 15, 1964 in Beaumont, TX
College: SMU (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (721st overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
| All-Time Rank: #709. Rob Burnett… #710. Dale Carter… #711. Jim Everett… #712. JERRY BALL… #713. Dick Bass… #714. Boyd Dowler… #715. Jeff Garcia… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1987 | 23 | DET | NT | 93 | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 24 | DET | NT | 93 | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 68 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1989* | 25 | DET | NT | 93 | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| 1990* | 26 | DET | NT | 93 | 15 | 15 | 2.0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1991*+ | 27 | DET | NT | 93 | 13 | 13 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| 1992 | 28 | DET | NT | 93 | 12 | 12 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1993 | 29 | CLE | ldt | 93 | 16 | 7 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| 1994 | 30 | RAI | LDT | 93 | 16 | 13 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| 1995 | 31 | OAK | LDT | 93 | 15 | 15 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| 1996 | 32 | OAK | 93 | 16 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1997 | 33 | MIN | ldt | 96 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 3 | |||||||
| 1998 | 34 | MIN | LDT | 96 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| 1999 | 35 | 2TM | /LDT | 16 | 13 | 2.0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| MIN | LDT | 96 | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| CLE | 93 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 191 | 154 | 32.5 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 508 | 48 | 1 | 87 | ||||
| 6 yrs | DET | 84 | 84 | 18.5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 306 | 0 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||
| 3 yrs | MIN | 41 | 32 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 28 | 15 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | RAI-OAK | 47 | 28 | 9.0 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| 2 yrs | CLE | 19 | 10 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1989 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1989 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1989 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1990 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1990 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1990 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |