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He has been selected to 13 NFL Pro Bowl games, a record for an inside/middle linebacker, in his 17 seasons, and led the NFL in tackles five times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004). In 2003, Lewis led all linebackers with six interceptions, a total matching the post-merger all-time record for a middle linebacker in a single season. [ 204 ]
Butkus was an obvious choice for the NFL’s 75th anniversary all-time team. In 2001, Sports Illustrated’s Paul Zimmerman named Butkus the greatest middle linebacker in NFL history. When NFL ...
The middle or inside linebacker (MLB or ILB), sometimes called the "Mike" or "Mac", [15] is often referred to as the "quarterback of the defense". [16] Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team, and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.
Bednarik was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967, [5] and was named to the NFL 50th Anniversary All Time Team as the center, [21] the NFL 75th Anniversary All Time Two Way Team (center and linebacker), [5] and the NFL 100th Anniversary All Time Team as a linebacker. [22] He was named to the NFL All Decade Team for the 1950s as a ...
List of career NFL combined tackle leaders Rank Pos. Player Tackles [1] Career Ref. 1 LB: Ray Lewis ^ 2,059 Baltimore Ravens (1996–2012) [2] 2 LB London Fletcher: 2,039 St. Louis Rams (1998–2001) Buffalo Bills (2002–2006) Washington Redskins (2007–2013) [3] 3 LB Junior Seau ^ 1,847 San Diego Chargers (1990–2002) Miami Dolphins (2003 ...
He began his pro football career in 1952 as a middle guard in the then-standard five-man defensive front. He was selected to play in eight consecutive Pro Bowls, from 1954 to 1961. George is credited as the first true middle linebacker in football history and, inadvertently, the creator of the 4–3 defense. [2]
Linebackers, middle linebackers, outside linebackers are grouped together; Ends and flankers are grouped with wide receivers; General managers and team administrators are grouped together; Sorting by teams groups all names of a franchise together, i.e., all Cardinal teams listed under Arizona Cardinals
Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945), is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) from 1967 through 1977.