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Mike Merriweather

Michael Lamar Merriweather

Position: LB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: November 26, 1960 in Albany, NY
College: Pacific

3-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (70th overall) of the 1982 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1982 22 PIT 9 0
1983 23 PIT LOLB 16 16 0.5 3 55 1 31 0 2 0 0
1984* 24 PIT LOLB 16 16 15.0 2 9 0 8 0 1 0 0
1985* 25 PIT LOLB 16 16 4.0 2 36 1 35 1 0 0 0
1986* 26 PIT LOLB 16 16 6.0 2 14 0 11 0 2 18 0
1987 27 PIT LOLB 12 12 5.5 2 26 0 15 0 4 4 0
1989 29 MIN RLB 15 15 3.5 3 29 1 15 0 1 0 0 1
1990 30 MIN RLB 16 16 2.5 3 108 0 73 0 4 44 1
1991 31 MIN RLB 16 16 1.0 1 22 1 22
1992 32 MIN RLB 16 16 3.0 0 2 3 0
1993 33 2TM 1 0
GNB 0 0
NYJ 1 0
Career 149 139 41.0 18 299 4 73 1 16 69 1 1
6 yrs PIT 85 76 31.0 11 140 2 35 1 9 22 0
4 yrs MIN 63 63 10.0 7 159 2 73 0 7 47 1 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1982 22 PIT 9 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
1986* 26 PIT LOLB 16 16 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Career 149 139 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 27 0 27 27.0 30

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983 23 PIT LOLB 16 16 1 6
1985* 25 PIT LOLB 16 16 1 6
1989 29 MIN RLB 15 15 1 1 8
1990 30 MIN RLB 16 16 1 6
1991 31 MIN RLB 16 16 1 6
Career 149 139 1 4 1 32
6 yrs PIT 85 76 2 12
4 yrs MIN 63 63 1 2 1 20

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1984
1985
1986

Non-Offensive TDs

1985 NFL 1 (7)
1989 NFL 1 (8)
1990 NFL 1 (8)
1991 NFL 1 (6)
Career 5 (99)

Fumbles Recovered

1987 NFL 4 (7)
1990 NFL 4 (8)
Career 16 (191)

Fumble Return Yds

1990 NFL 44 (10)

Fumble Return TD

1990 NFL 1 (2)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1990 NFL 108 (6)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1983 NFL 1 (9)
1985 NFL 1 (1)
1989 NFL 1 (3)
1991 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (46)

Long Intercep. Return

1990 NFL 73 (2)

Sacks

1984 NFL 15.0 (5-- 54)
Career 41.0 (172)

Safeties

1989 NFL 1 (1-- 16)
Career 1 (66)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1985 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1987 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.