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Lawrence Taylor

🏈 American Football · Linebacker

Lawrence Taylor

United States · 1981–1993

Forced offences to invent a whole position to block him.

132.5
Career sacks
2
Super Bowls
3
Defensive POY
1986
League MVP

Career

Taylor rushed the quarterback from outside linebacker with a speed nobody had seen from that position, and offences responded by prioritising left tackles — a change that permanently reshaped how teams are built and paid. He is one of only two defensive players named league MVP.

Honours

  • NFL Most Valuable Player in 1986, one of two defensive players ever
  • Three Defensive Player of the Year awards
  • Two Super Bowl championships with the New York Giants
  • Ten consecutive Pro Bowl selections

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