Greg Favors
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | September 30, 1974 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Southside (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College: | Mississippi State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1998: 4th round, 120th pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Gregory Bernard Favors (born September 30, 1974) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL draft.[1] He played high school football at Southside High School in Atlanta and college football at Mississippi State.
Favors also played for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Favors appeared as a substitute,[2] however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.
NFL career statistics
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1998 | KAN | 16 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | TEN | 15 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TEN | 16 | 15 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | TEN | 16 | 12 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | BUF | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CAR | 16 | 12 | 76 | 56 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | JAX | 15 | 11 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | JAX | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | 54 | 242 | 172 | 70 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1999 | TEN | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CAR | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | JAX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters". sportspool.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2012.