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Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New York Giants. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players of all time.
In the playoffs the Big Blue Wrecking Crew held the San Francisco 49ers, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana to 3 points (and scored themselves on an interception return for a touchdown by Lawrence Taylor) to win 49–3 in the divisional round and shut out a powerful Washington Redskins offense that averaged 23 points per game during ...
The Giants defense held the Eagles to 58 total yards, [25] and Lawrence Taylor had four sacks and seven tackles. The sack total was Taylor's highest single game total since the 1984 season. [24] The Giants dominated in time of possession; they held the ball for 39 minutes and 33 seconds to the Eagles 20 minutes and 27 seconds. [25]
Lawrence Taylor career stats, awards. Taylor is one of the greatest players in NFL history. He remains the last defensive player to win NFL MVP honors when he did so in 1986. In a 13-year NFL ...
Lawrence Taylor, the NFL Hall of Famer who ended up a registered sex offender after his 2010 Rockland County arrest, has recently run into trouble in his home state of Florida, accused of failing ...
Additionally, LBs Lawrence Taylor and Rickey Jackson played their rookie seasons in 1981, which was the last season that sacks were not officially tracked. Taylor had 9.5 and Jackson had 8.0 sacks that season, which would increase their totals to 142.0 and 136.0 sacks, respectively.
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Linebacker Lawrence Taylor won the award as the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year. [22]Three North Carolina players received All-America honors. Taylor was a consensus pick, receiving first-team honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), and United Press International (UPI).