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574:
570:
569:
564:
559:
556:
555:Jeff Rutledge
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548:
543:
539:
534:
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497:
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349:Wichita State
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286:
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275:
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231:
230:Total tackles
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208:
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196:
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184:
178:
174:
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167:
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146:
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139:
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132:
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125:
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117:
113:
110:
106:
103:
102:Wichita State
100:
96:
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
66:(age 64)
64:June 26, 1960
56:
52:
47:
44:
43:Defensive end
40:
37:
33:
28:
19:
1969:expanding it
1962:
1947:
1938:Byron Nelson
1926:Brian Hansen
1894:
1829:
1815:Bobby Turner
1787:Ricky Porter
1713:
1695:
1681:David Richie
1673:Maa Tanuvasa
1641:Trevor Pryce
1601:Ed McCaffrey
1585:Willie Green
1561:David Gamble
1536:
1505:Harry Swayne
1497:Ernest Jones
1433:Glenn Cadrez
1377:Detron Smith
1369:Ray Crockett
1361:Anthony Lynn
1318:
1274:Selwyn Jones
1139:Steve Wetzel
1104:Wayne Sevier
1069:Rod Dowhower
1062:Bobby DePaul
1044:
1026:
1003:
996:Bobby Wilson
924:John Brandes
851:Charles Mann
786:Mark Adickes
746:Kurt Gouveia
682:Alvin Walton
674:Gerald Riggs
650:Ricky Ervins
610:Brad Edwards
567:
538:Cary Conklin
450:November 18,
448:. Retrieved
444:
434:
426:the original
416:
404:. Retrieved
400:
391:
342:
304:
300:
296:
295:
282:
18:
2014:1960 births
1900:Terry Hoage
1766:Gary Kubiak
1745:George Dyer
1738:Ed Donatell
1696:Head coach:
1665:Mike Lodish
1529:Matt Lepsis
1513:Brian Habib
1489:Jamie Brown
1441:K. C. Jones
1409:Keith Burns
1393:John Mobley
1337:Tony Veland
1076:Jim Hanifan
1027:Head coach:
908:Joe Johnson
883:Tim Johnson
859:Markus Koch
778:Fred Stokes
762:Matt Millen
738:Jeff Bostic
690:John Settle
658:Terry Hoage
586:Alvoid Mays
563:Mark Rypien
406:October 10,
363:1990–1993,
359:1984–1989,
297:James Allen
2008:Categories
1885:selections
1833:Pat Bowlen
1801:Rick Smith
1752:Alex Gibbs
1717:Frank Bush
1625:Neil Smith
1521:Tony Jones
1425:Steve Russ
1290:Tim McKyer
1242:Tory James
1226:Jeff Lewis
1218:John Elway
1202:Jason Elam
1055:Jack Burns
1048:Don Breaux
1012:Jason Buck
948:Don Warren
940:Gary Clark
891:Jim Lachey
875:Ed Simmons
835:Russ Grimm
819:Joe Jacoby
794:Ralph Tamm
383:References
343:He played
201:champion (
199:Super Bowl
108:NFL draft:
60:1960-06-26
30:No. 97, 79
1930:Paul Gray
1918:Don Thorp
1545:Rod Smith
1473:Tom Nalen
1385:Jon Hesse
1234:Tom Rouen
1097:Dan Riley
1030:Joe Gibbs
988:Terry Orr
827:Ray Brown
445:Westworld
35:Position:
1714:Coaches:
1449:Dan Neil
1045:Coaches:
916:Art Monk
309:football
305:Geathers
98:College:
471:at the
315:in the
85:Weight:
77:Height:
1830:Owner:
339:Career
72:, U.S.
301:Jumpy
241:Sacks
207:XXXII
54:Born:
1965:stub
901:(IR)
812:(IR)
540:(IR)
452:2017
408:2023
246:62.0
203:XXVI
177:1997
173:1996
163:1995
159:1993
149:1992
145:1990
135:1989
131:1984
112:1984
1679:99
1671:98
1663:97
1655:96
1647:94
1639:93
1631:91
1623:90
1615:89
1607:88
1599:87
1591:86
1583:85
1575:84
1567:83
1559:82
1551:81
1543:80
1535:79
1527:78
1519:77
1511:75
1503:74
1495:72
1487:70
1479:69
1471:66
1463:65
1455:63
1447:62
1439:60
1431:59
1423:58
1415:57
1407:56
1399:53
1391:51
1383:50
1375:42
1367:39
1359:37
1351:34
1343:33
1335:32
1327:31
1319:MVP
1312:30
1304:29
1296:27
1288:26
1280:25
1272:24
1264:23
1256:22
1248:21
1240:20
1232:16
1010:99
1002:97
994:94
986:89
978:88
970:88
962:87
954:86
946:85
938:84
930:83
922:82
914:81
906:80
897:80
889:79
881:78
873:76
865:75
857:74
849:71
841:69
833:68
825:67
817:66
808:65
800:63
792:62
784:61
776:60
768:58
760:57
752:55
744:54
736:53
728:51
720:50
712:48
704:47
696:45
688:44
680:40
672:37
664:35
656:34
648:32
640:31
632:30
624:29
616:28
608:27
600:26
592:21
584:20
576:16
568:MVP
561:11
553:10
353:NFL
347:at
284:PFR
235:273
197:2×
2010::
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1216:7
1208:6
1200:1
545:8
536:6
528:2
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