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James Farrior

James Alfred Farrior

Position: LB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 242 lbs.
Born: January 6, 1975 in Richmond, VA
College: Virginia

Career AV: 83 (304th overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

58 58 51

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1997 22 NYJ ROLB 58 16 15 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 53 18 8
1998 23 NYJ 58 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 10 2
1999 24 NYJ 58 16 4 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 30 8 3
2000 25 NYJ rolb 58 16 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 46 10 5
2001 26 NYJ RLB 58 16 16 1.0 2 84 0 47 9 3 0 0 0 0 107 36 8
2002 27 PIT RILB 51 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 60 22 7
2003 28 PIT LILB 51 16 16 1 9 0 9 4 0 1 1 0 0 96 45 9
2004*+ 29 PIT LILB 51 16 16 3.0 4 113 1 41 12 3 0 3 0 0 67 28 18
2005 30 PIT LILB 51 14 14 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 76 45 8
2006 31 PIT LILB 51 16 16 4.0 1 1 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 85 43 9
2007 32 PIT LILB 51 16 16 6.5 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 64 30 9
2008* 33 PIT LILB 51 16 16 3.5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 89 44 17
2009 34 PIT 51 9 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 39 22
Career 193 151 26.5 10 207 1 47 50 16 1 11 5 0 829 361 103
8 yrs PIT 117 108 21.0 7 123 1 41 41 10 1 9 5 0 576 279 77
5 yrs NYJ 76 43 5.5 3 84 0 47 9 6 0 2 0 0 253 82 26

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2004*+ 29 PIT LILB 51 16 16 1 1 6
Career 193 151 1 1 6

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5 Keith DeLong, Jessie Tuggle, Mike Reichenbach, Tedy Bruschi, Ray Bentley, Anthony Simmons, Jackie Burkett, John Bunting, Steve Zabel, Jamir Miller
6 Andra Davis, Mike Reichenbach, Brandon Short, Anthony Simmons, Jackie Burkett, Jamir Miller, Scott Studwell, Robert Jones, David Little, Anthony Griggs
7 John Bunting, Bryan Hinkle, Robert Jones, Jessie Tuggle, Byron Evans, Kawika Mitchell, Ken Avery, Mel Kaufman, Ron Porter, John Anderson
8 Mike Peterson, Randall Godfrey, Carl Banks, Pepper Johnson, John Mobley, Kevin Hardy, Bryan Cox, John Offerdahl, Stan West, Vincent Brown
9 Mike Peterson, Randall Godfrey, Adalius Thomas, Kevin Hardy, Bryan Cox, Carl Banks, Pepper Johnson, Otis Wilson, Duane Bickett, John Mobley
10 Randall Godfrey, Andy Russell, Bryan Cox, Duane Bickett, Kevin Hardy, Lee Roy Caffey, Mike Peterson, Keith Brooking, Pepper Johnson, Harold McLinton
11 Randall Godfrey, Bryan Cox, Andy Russell, Keith Brooking, Tommy Nobis, Carl Banks, Duane Bickett, Chip Banks, Robin Cole, Bill Svoboda
12 Chad Brown, Jerry Robinson, Ken Norton, Levon Kirkland, Mo Lewis, Hardy Nickerson, Jeremiah Trotter, Wilber Marshall, Rod Martin, Jessie Tuggle
Career Levon Kirkland, Jerry Robinson, Jeremiah Trotter, Rod Martin, Chad Brown, Ken Norton, Jason Gildon, Andre Tippett*, John Reger, Pepper Johnson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

2004
2008

First-Team All-Pro

2004

Games

Active 193 (25)

Games Started

Active 151 (23)

Playoff Games

Active 15 (11)
Career 15 (194)

Playoff Games Started

Active 12 (15)

Fumbles Recovered

Active 11 (28)

Intercept. Ret. TD

2004 NFL 1 (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2004Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
2008Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL