Greg Favors
{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Greg Favors
| number = 54, 51, 53, 55
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|30}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 242
| high_school = Southside (Atlanta, Georgia)
| college = Mississippi State
| draftyear = 1998
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 120
| pastteams =
- Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1998}})
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|1999|2001}})
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2002}})
- Buffalo Bills (2002)
- Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2003}})
- Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2004|2005}})
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 242
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 14.5
| statlabel3 = Interceptions
| statvalue3 = 1
| pfr = FavoGr20
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} 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,{{cite news
|url = http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php
|title = Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters
|publisher = sportspool.com
|accessdate = 13 April 2012
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151204182557/http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php
|archivedate = 4 December 2015
}} however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 101 | 54 | 242 | 172 | 70 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 10 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Chiefs1998DraftPicks}}
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Category:Players of American football from Atlanta
Category:American football linebackers
Category:American football defensive ends
Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
Category:Kansas City Chiefs players
Category:Tennessee Titans players
Category:Indianapolis Colts players
Category:Buffalo Bills players
Category:Carolina Panthers players
Category:Jacksonville Jaguars players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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