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Doug English

Lowell Douglas English

Position: DT-NT
Height: 6-5    Weight: 255 lbs.
Born: August 25, 1953 in Dallas, TX
College: Texas

Career AV: 72 (523rd overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1975 22 DET 78 14 0 1
1976 23 DET ldt 78 7 5 0 1 0 0 4
1977 24 DET RDT 78 14 14 0 1 0 0 1 9
1978* 25 DET RDT 78 14 13 9
1979 26 DET RDT 78 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
1981* 28 DET RDT 78 16 16 0 3 20 0 12
1982*+ 29 DET RDT 78 9 9 4.5 0 1 0 0 18
1983* 30 DET RDT 78 15 15 13.0 2 14
1984 31 DET RDT 78 16 16 5.0 0 1 0 0 6
1985 32 DET NT 78 10 10 2.5 4
Career 131 98 25.0 0 9 20 0 4 84

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1977 24 DET RDT 78 14 14 1 2
1979 26 DET RDT 78 16 0 1 2
1983* 30 DET RDT 78 15 15 2 4
Career 131 98 4 8

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1978
1981
1982
1983

First-Team All-Pro

1982

Sacks

1983 NFL 13.0 (9)

Safeties

1977 NFL 1 (2/18)
1979 NFL 1 (1/18)

1983 NFL 2 (1/1)

Career 4 (1)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1978UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1982Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1983Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1984UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.