Herb Welch

{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}}

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{{for-multi|the baseball player|Herb Welch (baseball)|the SNL character|Herb Welch (Saturday Night Live)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Herb Welch

| number = 27, 20, 28

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|1|12|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 180

| high_school = Earl Warren (CA)

| college = UCLA

| draftyear = 1985

| draftround = 12

| draftpick = 326

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1985|1988}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1989}})
• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1990|1991}})
• Sacramento Surge (1992)

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXI)

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 7

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 2

| pfr = WelcHe20

}}

Herbert Doyan Welch Jr. (born January 12, 1961) is an American former professional football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and Detroit Lions. He also played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) for the Sacramento Surge. Welch played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles and was selected in the twelfth round of the 1985 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1985 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1985/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

On December 10, 1986, he replaced the injured Terry Kinard as the New York Giants' starting free safety for the remainder of that Super Bowl-winning season.{{Cite web |title=Knee Injury to Sideline Kinard for the Playoffs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/10/sports/giants-and-jets-notebooks-knee-injury-to-sideline-kinard-for-the-playoffs.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=nytimes.com.com |language=en}}