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Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Julius Taylor

Position: LB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: February 4, 1959 in Williamsburg, VA
College: North Carolina

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1999

10-time Pro Bowler & 8-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1981 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1981*+ 22 NYG ROLB 16 16 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 0
1982*+ 23 NYG ROLB 9 8 7.5 1 97 1 97
1983*+ 24 NYG ROLB/rilb 16 16 9.0 2 10 0 10 1 2 3 0
1984*+ 25 NYG ROLB 16 16 11.5 1 -1 0 -4
1985*+ 26 NYG ROLB 16 16 13.0 0 2 25 0
1986*+ 27 NYG ROLB 16 16 20.5
1987* 28 NYG ROLB 12 11 12.0 3 16 0 15
1988*+ 29 NYG ROLB 12 12 15.5 0 1 0 0
1989*+ 30 NYG ROLB 16 15 15.0
1990* 31 NYG ROLB 16 16 10.5 1 11 1 11 0 1 0 0
1991 32 NYG ROLB 14 14 7.0 0 2 0 0
1992 33 NYG ROLB 9 9 5.0 0 1 2 0
1993 34 NYG ROLB 16 15 6.0 0 1 0 0
Career 184 180 132.5 9 134 2 97 2 11 34 0

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
1982*+ 23 NYG ROLB 9 8 1 6
1990* 31 NYG ROLB 16 16 1 6
Career 184 180 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

1st-team All-Pro

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1988
1989

Non-Offensive TDs

1982 NFL 1 (4)
1990 NFL 1 (8)

Games Started

Career 180 (118)

Playoff Games

Career 15 (189)

Playoff Games Started

Career 15 (97)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1982 NFL 97 (4)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1982 NFL 1 (1)
1990 NFL 1 (4)

Long Intercep. Return

1982 NFL 97 (2-- 48)

Sacks

1982 NFL 7.5 (6)
1985 NFL 13.0 (8)
1986 NFL 20.5 (1-- 5)
1987 NFL 12.0 (4)
1988 NFL 15.5 (3-- 45)
1989 NFL 15.0 (7-- 54)
Career 132.5 (8)

   

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
1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1981 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1981 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1982 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1983 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1983 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1985 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1986 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1986 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1987 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1987 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1988 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1988 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL