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Junior Seau

Tiaina Baul Seau Jr.

Position: LB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: January 19, 1969 in San Diego, CA
College: USC

Career AV: 128 (24th overall since 1950)

12-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1990 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
1990 21 SDG RILB 55 16 15 1.0 85 7
1991* 22 SDG RILB 55 16 16 7.0 129 9
1992*+ 23 SDG RLB 55 15 15 4.5 2 51 0 29 1 0 1 10 0 102 16
1993*+ 24 SDG RLB 55 16 16 2 58 0 42 1 0 1 21 0 129 15
1994*+ 25 SDG RLB 55 16 16 5.5 1 0 3 0 0 124 31 15
1995* 26 SDG RLB 55 16 16 2.0 2 5 0 3 1 0 3 30 1 111 19 14
1996*+ 27 SDG RLB 55 15 15 7.0 2 18 0 10 1 0 3 0 0 110 28 14
1997* 28 SDG RLB 55 15 15 7.0 2 33 0 26 1 1 2 5 0 84 13 11
1998*+ 29 SDG RLB 55 16 16 3.5 1 0 2 0 0 92 23 17
1999* 30 SDG RLB 55 14 14 3.5 1 16 0 16 1 0 1 0 0 75 24 12
2000*+ 31 SDG RLB 55 16 16 3.5 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 103 19 13
2001* 32 SDG RLB 55 16 16 1.0 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 84 12 10
2002* 33 SDG RLB 55 13 13 1.5 1 25 0 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 60 24 9
2003 34 MIA LLB 55 15 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 66 30 8
2004 35 MIA LLB 55 8 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 26 5
2005 36 MIA llb 55 7 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18 2
2006 37 NWE LILB 55 11 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 39 30 6
2007 38 NWE 55 16 4 3.5 3 28 0 23 4 58 16 4
2008 39 NWE 55 4 2 15 7 1
2009 40 NWE 55 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
Career 263 243 56.5 18 238 0 42 23 11 1 18 66 1 1518 321 188
13 yrs SDG 200 199 47.0 15 210 0 42 13 11 1 16 66 1 1288 193 162
4 yrs NWE 33 16 4.5 3 28 0 23 5 0 0 1 0 0 115 54 11
3 yrs MIA 30 28 5.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 115 74 15

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1999* 30 SDG RLB 55 14 14 2 8 4.0 0 6 0.1 0.6 8 0 0
Career 263 243 2 8 4.0 0 6 0.0 0.0 8 0 1

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1995* 26 SDG RLB 55 16 16 1 1 6
Career 263 243 1 1 6

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3 Kendrell Bell, Phil Villapiano, Duane Bickett, John Mobley, Wayne Robinson, Willie Lanier*, Stan West, Zach Thomas, Isiah Robertson, Chip Banks
4 Joe Schmidt*, Tim Harris, Willie Lanier*, DeMarcus Ware, Isiah Robertson, Zach Thomas, Jack Ham*, Phil Villapiano, Derrick Brooks, Lance Briggs
5 Willie Lanier*, Joe Schmidt*, Phil Villapiano, George Webster, Jack Ham*, Isiah Robertson, Derrick Brooks, Mike Singletary*, Rickey Jackson, Tim Harris
6 Joe Schmidt*, Isiah Robertson, Derrick Brooks, Willie Lanier*, Rickey Jackson, Phil Villapiano, Dick Butkus*, Bobby Bell*, Jack Ham*, Bill George*
7 Joe Schmidt*, Isiah Robertson, Jack Ham*, Derrick Brooks, Mike Singletary*, Dick Butkus*, Zach Thomas, Robert Brazile, Bobby Bell*, Bill George*
8 Joe Schmidt*, Maxie Baughan, Dick Butkus*, Zach Thomas, Bobby Bell*, Robert Brazile, Isiah Robertson, Jack Ham*, Jack Lambert*, Bill George*
9 Joe Schmidt*, Dick Butkus*, Maxie Baughan, Jack Ham*, Bill George*, Isiah Robertson, Bobby Bell*, Derrick Brooks, Derrick Thomas*, Jack Lambert*
10 Maxie Baughan, Jack Ham*, Derrick Thomas*, Joe Schmidt*, Bobby Bell*, Dick Butkus*, Jack Lambert*, Mike Singletary*, Isiah Robertson, Zach Thomas
11 Jack Ham*, Joe Schmidt*, Derrick Thomas*, Maxie Baughan, Zach Thomas, Jack Lambert*, Bobby Bell*, Mike Singletary*, Chris Hanburger, Isiah Robertson
12 Jack Ham*, Joe Schmidt*, Chris Hanburger, Bobby Bell*, Mike Singletary*, Zach Thomas, Derrick Thomas*, Derrick Brooks, Maxie Baughan, Isiah Robertson
13 Jack Ham*, Joe Schmidt*, Rickey Jackson, Derrick Brooks, Zach Thomas, Chris Hanburger, Mike Singletary*, Bobby Bell*, Isiah Robertson, Derrick Thomas*
14 Jack Ham*, Rickey Jackson, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Ted Hendricks*, Zach Thomas, Mike Singletary*, Bobby Bell*, Isiah Robertson
15 Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*
16 Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*
17 Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*
18 Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*
19 Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*
Career Rickey Jackson, Ted Hendricks*, Jack Ham*, Chris Hanburger, Derrick Brooks, Joe Schmidt*, Zach Thomas, Bill George*, Chuck Howley, Mike Singletary*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Awards

1994 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002

First-Team All-Pro

1992
1993
1994
1996
1998
2000

Games

Active 263 (6)
Career 263 (19)

Games Started

Active 243 (2)
Career 243 (10)

Fumbles Recovered

1994 NFL 3 (5)
Active 18 (9)
Career 18 (124)

Fumble Return TD

1995 NFL 1 (1)

Sacks

Active 56.5 (22)
Career 56.5 (100)

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

All-Pro Teams

1991Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st 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
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1993Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1994Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1995Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1996UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1997Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1998Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1999Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2000Pro 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