Lucius Sanford
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 14, 1956 Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1978 / round: 4 / pick: 89 | ||||||||
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Lucius Marvin Sanford Jr. (born February 13, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. While at Georgia Tech, Sanford was a member of the ANAK Society, one of the highest recognitions a senior can achieve. Was a six-year winner and two-year runner up of the Milledgeville mean-mug award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Sanford was selected in the fourth round of the 1978 NFL draft by the Bills.[2] He started 114 of his 129 career games in the NFL and recorded 5 interceptions returned for 124 yards. He unofficially registered 13 career sacks (the NFL did not make sacks an official stat until 1982).[3] He returned one fumble for a touchdown (46 yards) against the Seattle Seahawks on October 14, 1984.[4]
Once earning a starting role with the Bills, Sanford recorded 100 tackles in five straight seasons and led Buffalo in forced fumbles in 1980 and 1981. As a rookie, he set the Bills record for most blocked field goals in a game with two against the Kansas City Chiefs on December 3, 1978.[5][6] In addition, he is the only player in Bills' history to return two blocked punts for a touchdown in a career (September 9, 1979, 3 yards versus Cincinnati Bengals;[7] October 5, 1980, in end zone versus San Diego Chargers.[8])
References
[edit]- ^ Lucius Sanford Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1978 National Football League Draft | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site". pfhof. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "Lucius Sanford Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks - October 14th, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "All-Time Team LB preview". www.buffalobills.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "Courier express. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1964-1982, December 04, 1978, Image 9". No. 1978/12/04. December 4, 1978. p. 9.
- ^ "Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills - September 9th, 1979". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "Buffalo Bills at San Diego Chargers - October 5th, 1980". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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