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Pat Swilling
#56 | Linebacker | Oakland Raiders | Roster

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Career Notes

1995
Signed by the Los Angeles Raiders as a free agent on April 11 ...

1994
Played in 16 games for Lions and recorded 29 tackles and 3.5 sacks.

1993
Traded by the New Orleans Saints to the Detroit Lions for first-round (OT Willie Roaf) and fourth-round (RB Lorenzo Neal) picks in the 1993 draft on April 25 ... Played in his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl ... Had a career-high three INTs during season ... Missed two games due to an ankle sprain.

1992
Selected to the Pro Bowl for the third consecutive year, his first as a starter.

1991
Made second straight Pro Bowl appearance ... Led the league with 17 sacks to break his own club record.

1990
Named to his first Pro Bowl ... Led the team with 11 sacks and totaled a career-high 63 tackles ... Tied a team-record with four sacks vs. Tampa Bay.

1989
Named NFL Defensive Player-of-the-Year by a consensus of voting organizations ... Set a team record with 16.5 sacks, all coming in the last 12 games ... Led team with a career-high five forced fumbles.

1988
Voted All-Pro by College and Pro Football Newsweekly and Linebacker-of-the-Year by the NFL Alumni Association's after tying for team lead in sacks with seven

1987
Led the team with 10.5 sacks.

1986
Selected by the Jacksonville Bulls in the USFL territorial draft, but did not sign ... Selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round (60th pick overall), signed on July 21 ... Played in all 16 games.


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