Seth Joyner
{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Seth Joyner
| image = Seth Joyner by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Joyner in 2022
| number = 59, 54, 99
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|18}}
| birth_place = Spring Valley, New York, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 245
| high_school = Spring Valley
| college = UTEP
| draftyear = 1986
| draftround = 8
| draftpick = 208
| pastteams = * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1986|1993}})
- Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1994|1996}})
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1997}})
- Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1998}})
| highlights = * Super Bowl champion (XXXIII)
- 2× Second-team All-Pro (1991, 1992)
- 3× Pro Bowl (1991, 1993, 1994)
- Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team
- Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 1,123
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 52
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 26
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 12
| statlabel5 = Interceptions
| statvalue5 = 24
| statlabel6 = Interception yards
| statvalue6 = 307
| statlabel7 = Defensive touchdowns
| statvalue7 = 5
| pfr = JoynSe00
}}
Seth Joyner (born November 18, 1964), is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles,{{cite news|last1=George|first1=Thomas|title=PRO FOOTBALL; Eagles' Joyner Hits as Hard As His Candor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/sports/pro-football-eagles-joyner-hits-as-hard-as-his-candor.html|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 1992|ref=nytimes}} Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos. Joyner graduated from Spring Valley High School and played college football for the UTEP Miners.{{cite web|last1=Kaplowitz|first1=Steve|title=Antonio Davis and Seth Joyner Highlight 2017 UTEP Hall of Fame|url=http://krod.com/antonio-davis-and-seth-joyner-highlight-2017-utep-hall-of-fame/|website=KROD|publisher=KROD|access-date=September 18, 2017|ref=KROD}}
Professional career
Joyner was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eighth round (208th overall) of the 1986 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1986 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was actually cut in training camp, but the Eagles re-signed him later in the season. Joyner played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles (1986–1993), Arizona Cardinals (1994–1996), Green Bay Packers (1997), and the Denver Broncos (1998). Joyner's unique combination of strength and quickness allowed him to excel in all defensive statistical categories and propelled him to three Pro Bowl accolades; being selected in 1991, 1993, and 1994. In one Monday Night Football game in 1991 against the Houston Oilers, Joyner, playing with a 102-degree fever, recorded 8 solo tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 sacks. He was named NFL Player of the Year by Paul Zimmerman of Sports Illustrated that year{{cite news |author=Zimmerman, Paul |title=Strength in Numbers |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/12/30/strength-in-numbers-statistical-leaders-buffalo-and-philadelphia-dominate-dr-zs-all-pro-team-as-well |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117135301/https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/12/30/strength-in-numbers-statistical-leaders-buffalo-and-philadelphia-dominate-dr-zs-all-pro-team-as-well |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |website=SI.com |date=December 30, 1991 |access-date=May 3, 2020}} and received runner-up honors for Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year, while a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. As a Green Bay Packer, he appeared in Super Bowl XXXII, and the next year, he won Super Bowl XXXIII as a member of the Broncos in 1998, which turned out to be his last game.
He is one of many members in the 20/20 Club for interceptions and sacks in NFL history. He is second in sacks behind Ted Hendricks (60.5) with 52.{{cite web | last=Sando | first=Mike | title=20-20: Lawyer Milloy to join Adrian Wilson | website=ESPN.com | date=2010-10-19 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/25814/20-20-lawyer-milloy-to-join-adrian-wilson | access-date=2024-08-13}}
Joyner is currently a football analyst on FS1 and on Eagles Pregame and Postgame Live on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the Super Bowl |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="4"| Tackles ! colspan="3"| Interceptions ! colspan="2"| Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR |
| 1986 | PHI
| 14 || 7 || 44 || – || – || 2.0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1987 | PHI
| 12 || 12 || 96 || – || – || 4.0 || 2 || 42 || 0 || 2 || 2 | |||||||||
| 1988 | PHI
| 16 || 16 || 136 || – || – || 3.5 || 4 || 96 || 0 || 1 || 1 | |||||||||
| 1989 | PHI
| 14 || 14 || 123 || – || – || 5.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1990 | PHI
| 16 || 16 || 132 || – || – || 7.5 || 1 || 9 || 0 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1991 | PHI
| 16 || 16 || 110 || – || – || 6.5 || 3 || 41 || 0 || 6 || 4 | |||||||||
| 1992 | PHI
| 16 || 16 || 121 || – || – || 6.5 || 4 || 88 || 2 || 3 || 1 | |||||||||
| 1993 | PHI
| 16 || 16 || 113 || – || – || 2.0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1994 | ARI
| 16 || 16 || 53 || 38 || 15 || 6.0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1995 | ARI
| 16 || 16 || 70 || 50 || 20 || 1.0 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 3 | |||||||||
| 1996 | ARI
| 16 || 16 || 86 || 64 || 22 || 5.0 || 1 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 1 | |||||||||
| 1997 | GB
| 11 || 10 || 34 || 25 || 9 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1998 | style="background:#afe6ba;"|DEN
| 16 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoynSe00.htm Career] || 195 || 172 || 1,123 || 181 || 67 || 52.0 || 24 || 307 || 2 || 26 || 12 |
References
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External links
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Category:People from Spring Valley, New York
Category:Players of American football from Rockland County, New York
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