Jim Flanigan
{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|James Flanagan (disambiguation)}}
{{See also|Jim Flanigan, Sr.}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jim Flanigan
| number = 68, 99, 75, 55, 79
| position = Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|27}}
| birth_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 290
| high_school = Southern Door (Brussels, WI)
| college = Notre Dame
| draftyear = 1994
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 74
| pastteams =
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1994|2000}})
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2001}})
- San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2002}})
- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2003}})
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 342
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 46.0
| statlabel3 = Interceptions
| statvalue3 = 1
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 7
| statlabel5 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue5 = 3
| pfr = FlanJi21
}}
James Michael Flanigan Jr. (born August 27, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) from 1994 to 2003. Most of his success came when he was with the Chicago Bears from 1994 to 2000. He was selected by the Bears in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at the University of Notre Dame. His father, Jim Flanigan, Sr., also played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers. Flanigan also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Packers and San Francisco 49ers during his NFL career.
During his tenure with the Bears, primarily as a defensive tackle, he also saw limited action on offense as a tight end in short-yardage situations. From the 1994 through 1996 seasons, he made four receptions for four touchdowns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FlanJi21/touchdowns/|title=Jim Flanigan Career Touchdown Log|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} He also caught a surprise pass for the first two-point conversion in Bears' history on September 1, 1997, against the Packers.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/09/02/flanigan-hauls-in-surprise-pass/ |title=Flanigan Hauls In Surprise Pass - Chicago Tribune |website=Chicago Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180931/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-09-02/sports/9709020115_1_bears-history-super-bowl-xxxi-todd-sauerbrun |archive-date=2014-07-14}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
| 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 | |
| 1994 | CHI
| 14 || 0 || 11 || 10 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | CHI
| 16 || 12 || 49 || 39 || 10 || 11.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | CHI
| 14 || 14 || 41 || 36 || 5 || 5.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | CHI
| 16 || 16 || 50 || 38 || 12 || 6.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | CHI
| 16 || 16 || 46 || 32 || 14 || 8.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | CHI
| 16 || 16 || 43 || 35 || 8 || 6.0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | CHI
| 16 || 14 || 46 || 33 || 13 || 4.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | GNB
| 16 || 8 || 40 || 26 || 14 || 4.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | SFO
| 15 || 1 || 12 || 7 || 5 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | PHI
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 145 | 97 | 342 | 260 | 82 | 46.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
References
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{{Walter Payton Man of the Year Award}}
{{Bears1994DraftPicks}}
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