Larry Chester
{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Larry Chester
| image = Larry Chester.jpg
| caption = Chester with the Dolphins in 2002
| number = 64
| position = Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|17}}
| birth_place = Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 325
| high_school = Hammond
| college = Temple
| undraftedyear = 1998
| pastteams = * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1998|2000}})
- Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2001}})
- Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2002|2004}})
| highlights = * PFWA All-Rookie Team (1998)
- Second-team All-Big East (1997)
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 198
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 8.5
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 5
| pfr = ChesLa20
}}
Larry Travis Chester (born October 17, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).
After playing college football for the Temple Owls, Chester signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 1998, and stayed with the Colts organization until 2000. He was picked up by Carolina Panthers for a season, then played with the Miami Dolphins for another three seasons.{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChesLa20.htm | title=Larry Chester | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | accessdate=October 11, 2016}}
NFL career statistics
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! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
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| 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 | IND
| 14 || 2 || 23 || 20 || 3 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | IND
| 16 || 8 || 40 || 30 || 10 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | IND
| 16 || 0 || 16 || 10 || 6 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | CAR
| 11 || 5 || 37 || 27 || 10 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | MIA
| 16 || 16 || 37 || 26 || 11 || 1.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | MIA
| 15 || 15 || 38 || 20 || 18 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | MIA
| 2 || 2 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 90 | 48 | 198 | 140 | 58 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
References
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Category:American football defensive tackles
Category:Players of American football from Louisiana
Category:Sportspeople from Hammond, Louisiana
Category:Hammond High School (Louisiana) alumni
Category:Southwest Mississippi Bears football players
Category:Temple Owls football players
Category:Indianapolis Colts players