Winfred Tubbs
{{Short description|American football player (born 1970)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Winfred Tubbs
| number = 54, 55
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|9|24}}
| birth_place = Fairfield, Texas, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 250
| high_school = Fairfield (TX){{Cite web|title=Stanford expects great returns from 1-time Longhorn pledge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/356819695/?match=1&terms=%22winfred%20tubbs%22|access-date=2024-10-28|website=Austin American-Statesman|language=en-US}}
| college = Texas
| draftyear = 1994
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 79
| pastteams =
- New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1994|1997}})
- San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1998|2000}})
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 641
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 10.5
| statlabel3 = Passes defended
| statvalue3 = 8
| statlabel4 = Interceptions
| statvalue4 = 8
| statlabel5 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue5 = 6
| statlabel6 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue6 = 7
| pfr = TubbWi20
}}
Winfred O'Neal Tubbs (born September 24, 1970) is an American former professional football player. A 6'4", {{convert|254|lb|abbr=on}}. linebacker from the University of Texas, Tubbs was selected by the New Orleans Saints 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 seven National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1994 to 2000 for the Saints and San Francisco 49ers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1998, and was named All-NFL (second team) in 1997.
Winfred Tubbs is perhaps best known for his appearance in the arcade football game NFL Blitz.
Tubbs, now an entrepreneur, writes a blog on finance and investing for MSN Money's "The Invested Life."{{cite web | url = http://theinvestedlife.msnbc.msn.com/investor.aspx?type=blog&aid=i_1&id=26293332&source=msn>1=25074#/bio/i_1// | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101212155624/http://theinvestedlife.msnbc.msn.com/investor.aspx?type=blog&aid=i_1&id=26293332&source=msn>1=25074#/bio/i_1// | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-12-12 | title = Winfred Tubbs Bio - The Invested Life | publisher = MSN | accessdate = 2011-01-26 }}
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 | |
| 1994 | NOR
| 13 || 7 || 54 || 41 || 13 || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | NOR
| 7 || 6 || 59 || 44 || 15 || 1.0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | NOR
| 16 || 13 || 112 || 84 || 28 || 1.0 || 1 || 11 || 0 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | NOR
| 16 || 16 || 160 || 116 || 44 || 2.5 || 2 || 21 || 0 || 15 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | SFO
| 16 || 15 || 86 || 60 || 26 || 1.0 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 7 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | SFO
| 16 || 15 || 88 || 74 || 14 || 2.0 || 1 || 8 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | SFO
| 14 || 14 || 82 || 56 || 26 || 2.0 || 1 || 11 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 98 | 86 | 641 | 475 | 166 | 10.5 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 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 | |
| 1998 | SFO
| 1 || 1 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes and references
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Category:American football linebackers
Category:New Orleans Saints players
Category:San Francisco 49ers players
Category:Texas Longhorns football players
Category:People from Fairfield, Texas
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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