Greg Favors

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Greg Favors
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1974-09-30) September 30, 1974 (age 48)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Career information
College: Mississippi State
NFL Draft: 1998  / Round: 4 / Pick: 120
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:254
Sacks:14.5
Interceptions:1
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Gregory Bernard Favors (born September 30, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. [1] He played high school football at Southside High School in Atlanta and college football at Mississippi State.

Favors also played for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Favors appeared as a substitute, [2] however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.

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References

  1. "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. "Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters". sportspool.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2012.