Lawrence Taylor Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Lawrence Taylor (L.T.) Position: LB Height: 6' 3''  Weight: 241 Born: 2/4/1959, in Williamsburg, VA, USA High School: Lafayette (Williamsburg, VA) College: University of North Carolina Drafted: 1981, Round 1, Pick 2 (2 Overall) by New York Giants
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   DEF   INTS   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1981 22 NYG NFL 16 0.0 0   1 1 1 0   1 0 1 4 0 1982 23 NYG NFL 9 7.5 0   1 97 97t 1   0 0 0 0 0 1983 24 NYG NFL 16 9.0 0   2 10 10 0   1 0 2 3 0 1984 25 NYG NFL 16 11.5 0   1 -1 -1 0   0 0 0 0 0 1985 26 NYG NFL 16 13.0 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 2 25 0 1986 27 NYG NFL 16 20.5 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1987 28 NYG NFL 12 12.0 0   3 16 15 0   0 0 0 0 0 1988 29 NYG NFL 12 15.5 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 1 0 0 1989 30 NYG NFL 16 15.0 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1990 31 NYG NFL 16 10.5 0   1 11 11t 1   0 0 1 0 0 1991 32 NYG NFL 14 7.0 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 2 0 0 1992 33 NYG NFL 9 5.0 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 1 2 0 1993 34 NYG NFL 16 6.0 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 1 0 0 13 NFL Season Totals   184 132.5 0   9 134 0 2   2 0 11 34 0 Awards 1986 - AP Defensive Player of the Year - AP NFL MVP - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP - UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year 1983 - UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year 1982 - AP Defensive Player of the Year 1981 - AP Defensive Player of the Year - AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Sacks 1. Bruce Smith 200 2. Reggie White 198 3. Kevin Greene 160 4. Chris Doleman 151 5. Michael Strahan 141.5 . . . . . 8. Lawrence Taylor 132.5   1986 - AP Defensive Player of the Year - AP NFL MVP - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP - UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year 1983 - UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year 1982 - AP Defensive Player of the Year 1981 - AP Defensive Player of the Year - AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
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