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1998 New York Jets
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 416 points (26.0/g), 5th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 266 points (16.6/g), 2nd.
Differential of 150 points (9.4/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 11.9-4.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 10th.
Coached by Bill Parcells (12-4-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Vinny Testaverde* | 35 | 11 | 13 | 259 for 421, 3,256 yards, 29 td, 7 int, & 24 rushes for 104 yards and 1 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| RB | Curtis Martin* | 25 | 3 | 15 | 369 rushes for 1,287 yards, 8 td, & 43 catches for 365 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1995 |
| FB | Keith Byars | 35 | 12 | 9 | 4 rushes for 34 yards, 0 td, & 26 catches for 258 yards and 3 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 10th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Wayne Chrebet | 25 | 3 | 15 | 75 catches for 1,083 yards, 8 td | |
| WR | Keyshawn Johnson* | 26 | 2 | 16 | 83 catches for 1,131 yards, 10 td, & 2 rushes for 60 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| TE | Kyle Brady | 26 | 3 | 16 | 30 catches for 315 yards, 5 td | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1995 |
| LT | Jumbo Elliott | 33 | 10 | 16 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1988 |
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| LG | Todd Burger | 28 | 4 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| C | Kevin Mawae | 27 | 4 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1994 |
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| RG | Matt O'Dwyer | 26 | 3 | 16 | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1995 |
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| RT | Jason Fabini | 24 | Rook | 16 | New York Jets / 4th / 111th pick / 1998 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Rick Lyle | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Jason Ferguson | 24 | 1 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 229th pick / 1997 |
| RDT | Ernie Logan | 30 | 7 | 12 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 226th pick / 1991 |
| RDE | Anthony Pleasant | 30 | 8 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Mo Lewis*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1991 |
| MLB | Pepper Johnson | 34 | 12 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 51st pick / 1986 |
| RLB | Bryan Cox | 30 | 7 | 10 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 113th pick / 1991 |
| LCB | Aaron Glenn* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 12th pick / 1994 |
| RCB | Otis Smith | 33 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Victor Green | 29 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | Jerome Henderson | 29 | 7 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1991 |
| FS | Kevin Williams | 23 | Rook | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 87th pick / 1998 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Hall | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 of 35 field goals & 45 of 46 extra points | |
| P | Brian Hansen | 38 | 14 | 0 | 31 punts for a 39.8 average, 0 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Leon Johnson | 24 | 1 | 2 | 29 punt returns for a 7.0 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 4th / 104th pick / 1997 |
| KR | Aaron Glenn* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 24 kick returns for a 24.4 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 12th pick / 1994 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Richie Anderson | 27 | FB | 8 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | Penn State | 9/13/1971 | 5 | New York Jets / 6th / 144th pick / 1993 |
| Fred Baxter | 27 | TE | 14 | 2 | 268 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/14/1971 | 5 | New York Jets / 5th / 115th pick / 1993 |
| Dorian Boose | 24 | DE | 12 | 0 | 292 | 6-5 | Washington State | 1/29/1974 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 56th pick / 1998 |
| Kyle Brady | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 278 | 6-6 | Penn State | 1/14/1972 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1995 |
| Corwin Brown | 28 | DB | 16 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/25/1970 | 5 | New England Patriots / 4th / 110th pick / 1993 |
| Todd Burger | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 303 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/20/1970 | 4 | |
| Keith Byars | 35 | RB-TE | 13 | 9 | 245 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/14/1963 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 10th pick / 1986 |
| Chad Cascadden | 26 | LB | 13 | 4 | 235 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/14/1972 | 3 | |
| Wayne Chrebet | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 188 | 5-10 | Hofstra | 8/14/1973 | 3 | |
| Marcus Coleman | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 5/24/1974 | 2 | New York Jets / 5th / 133rd pick / 1996 |
| Bryan Cox | 30 | LB | 16 | 10 | 250 | 6-4 | Western Illinois | 2/17/1968 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 113th pick / 1991 |
| Jumbo Elliott | 33 | T | 16 | 16 | 308 | 6-7 | Michigan | 4/1/1965 | 10 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1988 |
| Jason Fabini | 24 | T | 16 | 16 | 304 | 6-7 | Cincinnati | 8/25/1974 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 111th pick / 1998 |
| James Farrior | 23 | LB | 12 | 2 | 242 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/6/1975 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 8th pick / 1997 |
| Jason Ferguson | 24 | DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-3 | Georgia | 11/28/1974 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 229th pick / 1997 |
| Glenn Foley | 28 | QB | 5 | 3 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 10/10/1970 | 4 | New York Jets / 7th / 208th pick / 1994 |
| Scott Frost | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | Nebraska,Stanford | 1/4/1975 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 67th pick / 1998 |
| Nick Gallery | 23 | P | 1 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Iowa | 2/15/1975 | Rook | |
| Mike Gisler | 29 | C-G | 16 | 0 | 295 | 6-4 | Houston | 8/26/1969 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 303rd pick / 1992 |
| Aaron Glenn* | 26 | DB | 13 | 13 | 185 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 7/16/1972 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 12th pick / 1994 |
| Dwayne Gordon | 29 | LB | 16 | 4 | 240 | 6-1 | New Hampshire | 11/2/1969 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 218th pick / 1993 |
| Victor Green | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 5-11 | Akron | 12/8/1969 | 5 | |
| John Hall | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 3/17/1974 | 1 | |
| Bobby Hamilton | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 1 | 280 | 6-5 | Southern Miss | 7/1/1971 | 2 | |
| Brian Hansen | 38 | P | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Sioux Falls | 10/26/1960 | 14 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| Carl Hansen | 22 | DE | 5 | 0 | 282 | 6-5 | Stanford | 1/25/1976 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 162nd pick / 1998 |
| Chris Hayes | 26 | DB | 15 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | Washington State | 5/7/1972 | 2 | New York Jets / 7th / 210th pick / 1996 |
| Jerome Henderson | 29 | DB | 13 | 9 | 193 | 5-10 | Clemson | 8/8/1969 | 7 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1991 |
| Rob Holmberg | 27 | LB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Navy,Penn State | 5/6/1971 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 217th pick / 1994 |
| John Hudson | 30 | G-C | 16 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/29/1968 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 294th pick / 1990 |
| Kerry Jenkins | 25 | G | 16 | 0 | 305 | 6-5 | LSU,Troy State | 9/6/1973 | 1 | |
| Keyshawn Johnson* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-4 | USC | 7/22/1972 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| Leon Johnson | 24 | RB | 12 | 2 | 222 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 7/13/1974 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 104th pick / 1997 |
| Pepper Johnson | 34 | LB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 7/29/1964 | 12 | New York Giants / 2nd / 51st pick / 1986 |
| John Kidd | 37 | P | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 8/22/1961 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 128th pick / 1984 |
| Mo Lewis*+ | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-3 | Georgia | 10/21/1969 | 7 | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1991 |
| Ernie Logan | 30 | NT-DE-DT | 16 | 12 | 290 | 6-3 | East Carolina | 5/18/1968 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 226th pick / 1991 |
| Ray Lucas | 26 | QB | 15 | 0 | 214 | 6-3 | Rutgers | 8/6/1972 | 2 | |
| Rick Lyle | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-5 | Missouri | 2/26/1971 | 4 | |
| Curtis Martin* | 25 | RB | 15 | 15 | 210 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 5/1/1973 | 3 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1995 |
| Kevin Mawae | 27 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-4 | LSU | 1/23/1971 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1994 |
| Dave Meggett | 32 | RB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-7 | Morgan State,Towson State | 4/30/1966 | 9 | New York Giants / 5th / 132nd pick / 1989 |
| Ray Mickens | 25 | DB | 16 | 4 | 180 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 1/4/1973 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1996 |
| Matt O'Dwyer | 26 | G | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | Northwestern | 9/1/1972 | 3 | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1995 |
| Eric Ogbogu | 23 | DE | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Maryland | 7/18/1975 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 163rd pick / 1998 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 30 | DE-DT | 16 | 15 | 280 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 1/27/1968 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1990 |
| Craig Powell | 27 | LB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 11/13/1971 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 30th pick / 1995 |
| Otis Smith | 33 | DB | 16 | 16 | 198 | 5-11 | Missouri,Southern | 10/22/1965 | 7 | |
| Jerald Sowell | 24 | FB | 16 | 2 | 237 | 6-0 | Tulane | 1/21/1974 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 231st pick / 1997 |
| Blake Spence | 23 | TE | 5 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Oregon | 6/20/1975 | Rook | New York Jets / 5th / 146th pick / 1998 |
| Vinny Testaverde* | 35 | QB | 14 | 13 | 235 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 11/13/1963 | 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| Alex Van Dyke | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Nevada-Reno | 7/24/1974 | 2 | New York Jets / 2nd / 31st pick / 1996 |
| Dedric Ward | 24 | WR | 16 | 2 | 187 | 5-9 | Northern Iowa | 9/29/1974 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 88th pick / 1997 |
| Kevin Williams | 23 | DB | 15 | 6 | 190 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 8/4/1975 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 87th pick / 1998 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 242.2 | 6-2.2 | 4.2 |