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Tennessee State statistical leaders using 2022 statistics

Here are the players to watch for the Tigers.

The most prominent name presently connected to Tennessee State is coach Eddie George, once one of the NFL’s most prominent running backs. While George did not attend Tennessee State, over 100 NFL players have. Among them are Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent and Ed “Too Tall” Jones, the top overall pick in the 1974 draft who played 15 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.

Saturday’s game is prominent in that it’s the first time Notre Dame has played a program from the Football Championship Subdivision. If that had to happen, and many Irish fans weren’t happy about it when it was announced, at least the Irish are playing a historically Black university and not some seemingly random FCS school that the Alabamas and Ohio States of the world love to schedule to inflate their College Football Playoff resumes.

Statistically, here are the top returning players on this year’s Tigers from 2022:

Eagles’ regular season countdown: Every player to wear No. 95 for Philadelphia

With Eagles training camp quickly approaching, we’re looking at every player to wear the No. 95 for Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Eagles will kick off their 2023 regular season against the New England Patriots on Sept. 10, now 80 days away.

From now until the start of the season, we’ll be counting down each day by revisiting the players who have worn that specific jersey number.

No. 95 is worn by veteran defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu, who will fight for a roster spot at the defensive tackle position.

With less than 90 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to ever wear No. 95 for the Eagles (via Pro Football Reference):

WATCH: Richard Dent’s message to Robert Quinn after breaking Bears single-season sack record

Robert Quinn surpassed Richard Dent for most sacks in a Bears single season. Watch Dent’s message to Quinn:

Outside linebacker Robert Quinn made history Sunday when he notched his 18th sack of the season, setting a new single-season record for the Bears.

Quinn surpassed Bears great and Hall of Famer Richard Dent, who previously held the record with 17.5 back in 1984.

When the Giants abandoned the passing game for most of Sunday’s game, it appeared that Quinn wouldn’t get a chance to break the single-season record. And Quinn came close a couple of times before actually breaking the record.

The Bears Twitter account shared a message from Dent — along with fellow Bears teammate and Hall of Famer Jimbo Covert — after Quinn broke his record.

Not only does Quinn hold the record for most sacks in a season for Chicago, but he’s currently the NFL leader in sacks, passing up Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt (17.5).

With just one game left this season, Quinn has a chance to add to his sack total against the Vikings next Sunday.

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Twitter reacts to Robert Quinn setting Bears’ single-season sack record

There hasn’t been much to love during this miserable season, but Robert Quinn making history was something special for Bears fans.

Robert Quinn made Bears history with his 18th sack of the season, breaking Hall of Famer Richard Dent’s single-season sack record in his 15th game this season.

For most of Sunday’s game against the Giants, it appeared as if them abandoning the passing game was going to keep Quinn from even getting an opportunity to break the record.

But when you’re trailing by 26 points, eventually you have to start throwing the ball. Even if disaster awaited Mike Glennon every time he dropped back to pass.

After some close calls earlier in the game, Quinn finally got home to Glennon  in the fourth quarter.

There hasn’t been much to love during this miserable season, but Quinn making history was something special for Bears fans to remember. Especially after Quinn looked like he was going to be a free-agent bust after last season before a remarkable comeback year.

Bears’ Robert Quinn breaks Richard Dent’s single-season sack record

Robert Quinn is the Bears’ new single-season sack leader after breaking Richard Dent’s record from 1984.

Outside linebacker Robert Quinn made Bears history with his sack of quarterback Mike Glennon during Sunday’s home finale against the Giants.

Quinn has amassed 18 sacks, which has set a new franchise record for a single season. That breaks the previous record set by Hall of Famer Richard Dent, who had 17.5 back in 1984.

Quinn has also surpassed Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt (17.5) for the most sacks in the NFL this season.

Following a disappointing season, Quinn has bounced back in a huge way, including earning a Pro Bowl nod. Quinn entered Week 17 with 17.0 sacks, the second most in the NFL, 41 tackles, including 17 for a loss, 19 QB hits and three forced fumbles.

Quinn was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month for November, where he logged 5.5 sacks, 14 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles.

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Bears Pro Bowler Robert Quinn notches 15th sack of season

Bears OLB Robert Quinn celebrated his Pro Bowl nod with his 15th sack of the season.

What does a pass rusher do to celebrate being named to the Pro Bowl? Continue taking down quarterbacks of course.

Chicago Bears outside linebacker Robert Quinn continued his dominant stretch against the Minnesota Vikings when he took down Kirk Cousins in the second quarter of Monday night’s game.

Facing a third and long in the redzone, Quinn got Cousins to the ground to force a field goal attempt.

The sack was also his 15th on the season, inching closer to Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent’s single-season record for the team. Quinn is now just two and a half sacks away from Dent’s record with a good chance to break it.

Quinn was named to the Pro Bowl prior to kickoff, along with return specialist Jakeem Grant.

As the first half starts to come to a close, the Vikings lead 10-0.

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Can Robert Quinn break Richard Dent’s single-season sack record for Bears?

Bears OLB Robert Quinn has 11 sacks so far this season, and he has the chance to break Richard Dent’s single-season record.

A certain car company likes to let everyone know they can have a December to remember as the holidays grow closer. For Robert Quinn, though, he just had a November to remember that he likely won’t forget anytime soon.

Quinn was named the NFC Player of the Month for November after he totaled 5.5 sacks in just three games. He’s had an incredible year, particularly when it comes to sacking the quarterback. He’s been so impressive, can he somehow find a way to set a team’s single-season sack record by the end of the season?

Quinn, now in his second season with the Bears after signing as a free agent last year, currently has 11 sacks in 11 games, tied for fourth in the league heading into Week 13. With just six games to go, he’s in range to possibly break the team’s single-season sack record of 17.5 set by Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent in 1984.

Before he gets to Dent’s record, though, Quinn has to leapfrog quite a few players. As of now, he’s tied for 14th on the team’s single-season sack leader list, behind players such as Steve McMichael, Dan Hampton, and Julius Peppers (11.5), Mark Anderson (12) and teammate Khalil Mack (12.5).

He’ll then need to find a way to crack Dent’s impressive run as he holds the top four records in the stat category. In addition to his record of 17.5, Dent also has seasons of 17 and two separate 12.5 sack campaigns in his Bears career.

It’s a tall order, but given Quinn’s recent tear, plus the fact the Bears are playing an extra game this year, it’s not out of the question he makes a run at 18 sacks when the season wraps up.

With six games to go, Quinn would need to average one sack per game to get to 17 on the season, putting him one off Dent’s record and tying him for second in team history.

To put that in perspective, Quinn has totaled 6.6 sacks in his last six games that he’s played. It’s certainly an outside shot, but at the very least, Quinn is likely to become the top player on the team’s single-season sack record list not named Richard Dent.

While November was special for Quinn, maybe he will wind up having a December to remember after all.

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The NFL’s 25 best postseason players from the Super Bowl era

The NFL’s 25 best postseason players from the Super Bowl era

 

The NFL’s 25 best postseason players from the Super Bowl era

Maybe one day Patrick Mahomes or, who knows who else (Joe Burrows even? Heh. Too soon? Too soon?) might join this list, but for now, let’s go with these 25. Some were clear choices while others you might dispute for someone else, but it’s obviously …

Maybe one day Patrick Mahomes or, who knows who else (Joe Burrows even? Heh. Too soon? Too soon?) might join this list, but for now, let’s go with these 25. Some were clear choices while others you might dispute for someone else, but it’s obviously a list full of Super Bowl MVP QBs, so guessing the top 10 or 12 should be easy. The rest are guys you sometimes forget about. With research, marginal recall and experts’ input, here’s the final call.

(Editor’s note: These are not ranked, although the first few are the ones that quickly became clear.)

Tom Brady

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He’s at the top of the list for reasons: He’s guided the Patriots to nine (!) Super Bowls and six titles and he has four Super Bowl MVP trophies, all NFL records.

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