Junior Seau

Tiaina Baul Seau Jr.

Position: LB

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: January 19, 1969 in San Diego, CA

Died: May 2, 2012 in Oceanside, CA

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 133 (21st overall since 1960)

High School: Oceanside (CA)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2015 (Full List)

Pronunciation: \SAY-ow\

SUMMARY

Career

268

195

56.5

Solo

1522

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
1990	21	SDG	RILB	55	16	15											1.0	85						7	AP DRoY-3
1991*	22	SDG	RILB	55	16	16											7.0	129						9	PB
1992*+	23	SDG	RLB	55	15	15	2	51	0	29		1	0	1	10	0	4.5	102						17	AP DPoY-2, AP1, PB
1993*+	24	SDG	RLB	55	16	16	2	58	0	42		1	0	1	21	0	0.0	129						16	AP1, PB
1994*+	25	SDG	RLB	55	16	16						1	0	3	0	0	5.5	155	124	31				17	AP DPoY-5, AP1, PB
1995*	26	SDG	RLB	55	16	16	2	5	0	3		1	0	3	30	1	2.0	130	111	19				15	AP2, PB
1996*+	27	SDG	RLB	55	15	15	2	18	0	10		1	0	3	0	0	7.0	138	110	28				15	AP1, PB
1997*	28	SDG	RLB	55	15	15	2	33	0	26		1	1	2	5	0	7.0	97	84	13				12	AP2, PB
1998*+	29	SDG	RLB	55	16	16						1	0	2	0	0	3.5	115	92	23				17	AP DPoY-6, AP1, PB
1999*	30	SDG	RLB	55	14	14	1	16	0	16	9	1	0	1	0	0	3.5	98	74	24	13			12	AP DPoY-7, AP2, PB
2000*+	31	SDG	RLB	55	16	16	2	2	0	2	11	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	123	103	20	15			13	AP1, PB
2001*	32	SDG	RLB	55	16	16	1	2	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	95	84	11	9			10	PB
2002*	33	SDG	RLB	55	13	13	1	25	0	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	84	60	24	11			8	PB
2003	34	MIA	LLB	55	15	15	0	0	0	0	3						3.0	96	66	30	12			8
2004	35	MIA	LLB	55	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	57	31	26	5			5
2005	36	MIA	llb	55	7	5	0	0	0	0	1						1.0	36	18	18	1			2
2006	37	NWE	LILB	55	11	10	0	0	0	0	1						1.0	69	39	30	5	4		6
2007	38	NWE		55	16	4	3	28	0	23	4						3.5	73	57	16	9	6		4
2008	39	NWE		55	4	2											0.0	22	15	7	0	0		1
2009	40	NWE		55	7	0						0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14	9	5	0	1		1
Career					268	243	18	238	0	42	43	11	1	18	66	1	56.5	1847	1077	325	80	11		195
13 yrs		SDG			200	199	15	210	0	42	33	11	1	16	66	1	47.0	1480	842	193	48			168
4 yrs		NWE			38	16	3	28	0	23	5	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	178	120	58	14	11		12
3 yrs		MIA			30	28	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	189	115	74	18			15

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1992*+	23	SDG	RLB	2	2											0.0
1994*+	25	SDG	RLB	3	3											1.0	30	24	6
1995*	26	SDG	RLB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0						0.0	9	9	0
2007	38	NWE	ILB,LB	3	2											1.0	18	10	8	3	2
2009	40	NWE	LB	1	0											0.0	2	2	0	0	0
Career				10	8	1	0	0	0	0						2.0	59	45	14	3	2
3 yrs		SDG		6	6	1	0	0	0	0						1.0	39	33	6
2 yrs		NWE		4	2											1.0	20	12	8	3	2

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* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1997*	28	SDG	RLB	55	15	15	0	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%										0		0	0	1
1999*	30	SDG	RLB	55	14	14	4	2	8	4.0	0		6	0.1	0.6	50.0%	2.0									2	4.0	8	0	0
Career					268	243	4	2	8	4.0	0	0	6	0.0	0.0	50.0%	2.0									2	4.0	8	0	1
13 yrs		SDG			200	199	4	2	8	4.0	0	0	6	0.0	0.0	50%	2.0									2	4.0	8	0	1
4 yrs		NWE			38	16	0	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0											0		0	0	0
3 yrs		MIA			30	28	0	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0											0		0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1995*	26	SDG	RLB	55	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
Career					268	243	1	1	0	6	0.0
13 yrs		SDG			200	199	1	1	0	6	0.0
4 yrs		NWE			38	16			0	0	0.0
3 yrs		MIA			30	28			0	0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 121.98 (5th among OLB, average HOF OLB is 106.40)

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