Mike Merriweather

Michael Lamar Merriweather

Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 lbs.

Born: November 26, 1960 in Albany, NY
College: Pacific (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (70th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 73 (556th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 12:25PM

All-Time Rank: #699. Ed McCaffrey… #700. Paul Hornung… #701. Bob Breunig… #702. MIKE MERRIWEATHER… #703. Tim Harris… #704. Carl Banks… #705. Roy Jefferson…

All-Time Rank: #699. Ed McCaffrey… #700. Paul Hornung… #701. Bob Breunig… #702. MIKE MERRIWEATHER… #703. Tim Harris… #704. Carl Banks… #705. Roy Jefferson…

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
1982	22	PIT		57	9	0															1
1983	23	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16	0.5	3	55	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	0				9
1984*	24	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16	15.0	2	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0				13
1985*	25	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16	4.0	2	36	1	35	0	0	1	0	0	0				11
1986*	26	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16	6.0	2	14	0	11	0	0	0	2	18	0				12
1987	27	PIT	LOLB	57	12	12	5.5	2	26	0	15	0	0	0	4	4	0				9
1989	29	MIN	RLB	57	15	15	3.5	3	29	1	15	0	0	0	1	0	0			1	8
1990	30	MIN	RLB	57	16	16	2.5	3	108	0	73	0	0	0	4	44	1				10
1991	31	MIN	RLB	57	16	16	1.0	1	22	1	22	0									8
1992	32	MIN	RLB	57	16	16	3.0						0	0	2	3	0				8
1993	33	2TM			1	0															0
		NYJ		58	1	0															0
		GNB		97	0	0															0
Career					149	139	41.0	18	299	4	73	0	0	1	16	69	1			1	89
6 yrs		PIT			85	76	31.0	11	140	2	35	0	0	1	9	22	0				55
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	10.0	7	159	2	73	0	0	0	7	47	1			1	34

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1982	22	PIT		57	9	0	1	3	0	3	3.0						3
1986*	26	PIT	LOLB	57	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

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1983	23	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16		1	1		6
1985*	25	PIT	LOLB	57	16	16		1	1		6
1989	29	MIN	RLB	57	15	15		1	1	1	8
1990	30	MIN	RLB	57	16	16	1		1		6
1991	31	MIN	RLB	57	16	16		1	1		6
Career					149	139	1	4	5	1	32
6 yrs		PIT			85	76		2	2		12
4 yrs		MIN			63	63	1	2	3	1	20

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7	Wayne H. Walker, Myron Pottios, Fred Carr, Wayne Robinson, Keith Brooking, Gerald Irons, Chip Banks, Hugh Green, Greg Brezina, Julian Peterson
8	Myron Pottios, Chip Banks, Doug Swift, Bryce Paup, Keith Brooking, Gerald Irons, Wayne H. Walker, Fred Carr, Fredd Young, Michael Brooks
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

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 (112)	Fumbles Recovered 1987 NFL 4 (7) 1990 NFL 4 (8)	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 (52)	Long Intercep. Return 1990 NFL 73 (2)
Sacks 1984 NFL 15.0 (5/67)	Safeties 1989 NFL 1 (1/18) Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1984	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1984	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1985	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1985	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1987	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

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