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Wilber Marshall

Wilber Buddyhia Marshall

Position: LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 231 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1962 in Titusville, FL
College: Florida

Career AV: 95 (186th overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1984 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
1984 22 CHI 58 15 1 19 2
1985 23 CHI RLB 58 16 15 6.0 4 23 0 14 2 0 1 8 0 78 8
1986*+ 24 CHI RLB 58 16 15 5.5 5 68 1 58 4 0 3 12 1 105 21
1987* 25 CHI RLB 58 12 12 5.0 2 0 1 0 0 93 9
1988 26 WAS RLB 58 16 16 4.0 3 61 0 43 3 0 0 0 0 133 7
1989 27 WAS RLB 58 16 16 4.0 1 18 0 18 1 0 2 6 0 108 9
1990 28 WAS RLB 58 16 15 5.0 1 6 0 6 2 0 1 4 0 107 9
1991 29 WAS LLB 58 16 16 5.5 5 75 1 54 4 0 1 0 0 135 16
1992*+ 30 WAS LLB 58 16 16 6.0 2 20 1 20 3 0 3 35 0 138 18
1993 31 HOU RLB 58 10 10 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 37 5
1994 32 ARI RLB 55 15 15 1.0 2 0 1 0 0 42 16 8
1995 33 NYJ rlb 58 15 6 1.0 2 20 0 20 1 0 2 11 0 25 7 4
Career 179 153 45.0 23 304 3 58 24 0 16 76 1 1020 23 116
5 yrs WAS 80 79 24.5 12 180 2 54 13 0 7 45 0 621 59
4 yrs CHI 59 43 16.5 9 91 1 58 8 0 5 20 1 295 40
1 yr CRD 15 15 1.0 2 0 1 0 0 42 16 8
1 yr NYJ 15 6 1.0 2 20 0 20 1 0 2 11 0 25 7 4
1 yr OTI 10 10 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 37 5

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1987* 25 CHI RLB 58 12 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Career 179 153 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986*+ 24 CHI RLB 58 16 15 1 1 2 12
1991 29 WAS LLB 58 16 16 1 1 6
1992*+ 30 WAS LLB 58 16 16 1 1 6
Career 179 153 1 3 4 24
5 yrs WAS 80 79 2 2 12
4 yrs CHI 59 43 1 1 2 12

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5 Kevin Hardy, Randall Godfrey, Andre Tippett*, John Mobley, Dan Currie, Dave Robinson, Charles Haley, Levon Kirkland, Greg Lloyd, Ted Hendricks*
6 Randall Godfrey, John Mobley, Otis Wilson, Bryan Cox, Kevin Hardy, Lee Roy Caffey, Lance Mehl, Pepper Johnson, Charles Haley, Duane Bickett
7 Randall Godfrey, John Mobley, Charles Haley, Otis Wilson, Adalius Thomas, Kevin Hardy, Duane Bickett, Lee Roy Caffey, Paul Naumoff, Bryan Cox
8 Ted Hendricks*, Jason Gildon, Jeremiah Trotter, Chris Hanburger, Chad Brown, Jim Lynch, Levon Kirkland, Dan Currie, Mo Lewis, Seth Joyner
9 Chris Hanburger, Ted Hendricks*, Pat Swilling, Joe Fortunato, Charles Haley, Brian Urlacher, Greg Lloyd, Randy Gradishar, Jason Gildon, Chad Brown
10 Pat Swilling, Charles Haley, Ted Hendricks*, Chris Hanburger, Brian Urlacher, Jason Gildon, Andre Tippett*, Joe Fortunato, Greg Lloyd, Mike Curtis
11 Pat Swilling, Ted Hendricks*, Charles Haley, Joe Fortunato, Willie Lanier*, Brian Urlacher, Andre Tippett*, Greg Lloyd, Chad Brown, Sam Mills
12 Pat Swilling, Kevin Greene, Ted Hendricks*, Andre Tippett*, Willie Lanier*, James Farrior, Joe Fortunato, Charles Haley, Chad Brown, Bill Forester
Career Pat Swilling, Andre Tippett*, Willie Lanier*, Kevin Greene, Charles Haley, James Farrior, Bill Forester, Joe Fortunato, Brian Urlacher, Greg Lloyd

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1986
1987
1992

First-Team All-Pro

1986
1992

Non-Offensive TDs

1986 NFL 2 (4)
1991 NFL 1 (6)
Career 4 (176)

Playoff Games

Career 15 (194)

Playoff Games Started

Career 13 (148)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 16 (192)

Fumble Return TD

1986 NFL 1 (1)

Interceptions

1991 NFL 5 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1986 NFL 1 (4)
1991 NFL 1 (2)
1992 NFL 1 (6)
Career 3 (107)

Long Intercep. Return

1986 NFL 58 (9)

Sacks

Career 45.0 (156)

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

All-Pro Teams

1986Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1987Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1991UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1992Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL