London Fletcher
| London Fletcher | |
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey number (s): 59 |
| born on May 19, 1975 in Cleveland , Ohio | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1998 - 2013 | |
| Undrafted in 1998 | |
| College : John Carroll | |
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| Tackles | 2,046 |
| Sacks | 39 |
| forced fumbles | 20th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
London Levi Fletcher (born May 19, 1975 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a former American football player for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). The 1.78 meter tall Fletcher played the position of middle linebacker .
Career
The small side for a linebacker Fletcher was after an unremarkable college career at John Carroll University in the NFL Draft in 1998 committed by any team and came as an undrafted free agent for the minimum salary to the St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil . With the Rams, Fletcher was initially just a reservist, but established himself in his second season as a starting middle linebacker and scored 66 tackles . Fletcher was part of the team at the new starting quarterback and Most Valuable Player Kurt Warner , running back Marshall Faulk and the two wide receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt , the spectacular for its offensive The Greatest Show on Turf (dt .: the greatest show on Artificial turf ). With the Rams, Fletcher won Super Bowl XXXIV . In the following season Fletcher managed more than 100 tackles (105), which he was able to repeat three times in his career. The Rams reached the final again , but Super Bowl XXXVI was lost.
In 2002, Fletcher joined the Buffalo Bills from Head Coach Gregg Williams . There Fletcher was again a regular player, but was never nominated for the Pro Bowl despite his excellent tackle qualities (five seasons in a row with at least 94 tackles) . He also earned a reputation for robustness because he plays in a very physically demanding position (middle linebacker) and never missed a game. Because he was still only chosen as the "Pro Bowl Alternate" (German: Pro Bowl substitute) without ever playing, he complained about a lack of respect. That changed when he joined the Washington Redskins from Head Coach Joe Gibbs in 2007 . Here, too, the 32-year-old Fletcher became the head of defense and was one of the few bright spots in a mediocre Redskins team: in 2009 he finally made it to the Pro Bowl, which he repeated in the following years 2010 and 2011. In the 2012 season, Fletcher was part of the team around the new starting quarterback Robert Griffin III , who made the leap into the play-offs after years of mediocrity . After the 2013 season, he ended his career.
At the time of his retirement, Fletcher was one of the most consistent players in NFL history. He never missed a competitive game in his career. He played 256 games in a row, 215 of them in the starting lineup. In the eternal ranking of players with the most stakes, Fletcher is in 4th place and is the highest ranked linebacker. It is known as the "tackle machine" because of its many tackles .
Private life
Fletcher is married with two children.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ London Fletcher Stats ESPN. Retrieved January 1, 2013
- Jump up ↑ Fletcher, I'm the Susan Lucci of the NFL , ESPN.com.
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| SURNAME | Fletcher, London |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fletcher, London Levi (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio , United States |