* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro. Randle recorded perhaps his finest season in 1997 when he led the NFL with 15.5 sacks and also had a career-high 71 tackles. I’m honored to present John Randle for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Are you a Stathead, too? He had one tackle in the game. Named an All-Pro seven times, he recorded double-digit sacks during eight different seasons, including a career-high and league-leading 15.5 sacks in 1997. (Full List), PFR HOF Monitor: 135.33 (5th among DT, average HOF DT is 114.18), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, October 23, 6:40AM. I love you. Also I want to thank my hometown, Mumford, Texas, population 150.
Born: I also want to thank my whole family in Texas and a new one in Minnesota for being on this journey with me and also for helping me believe in myself and continue after football. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. END OF VIDEO So right away he caught your attention. degree in sociology in 1990 from Texas A&I University, in Kingsville, and played defensive lineman for the Javelinas football Division II championship winning team, receiving Little All-American honors. In 1997 had career best and league leading 15.5 sacks ... Named first-team All-Pro/All-NFC six consecutive years (1993-98) and once All-AFC with Seahawks (2001) ... Named to seven Pro Bowls ... Born December 12, 1967 in Hearne, Texas. When someone had to be the closer, he could close it out. I’ve been lucky enough to coach 31 playoff games, six championship games and be in four Super Bowls, and having the chance to present John Randle is bigger than all those things combined. He wanted you to think he was crazy; he wasn’t crazy. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Randle started at defensive tackle. Thank you, guys, for taking me under your wing and showing me the way. John Randle . More stuff that he’d choose, wondering where do you get that stuff from, or that’s really off the wall, why is he talking about that? | March 3, 2001 – Randle signed as free agent with Seattle Seahawks. Or write about sports? the official stats partner of the NFL.
I also want to thank Dennis Ryan, the head equipment guy from the Minnesota Vikings for finding a shoulder pad that would fit this small body (laughter). Randle was elected to seven Pro Bowls (1994-99, 2002) and named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s. He was a Parana on a feeding frenzy. Randle played 14 years in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks. He played in all 16 games as a rookie before he earned a starting role at defensive tackle in his second season. We told him you had one thing to do, get to the quarterback. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. If I didn't do any of this, I would be too mechanical, too uptight. In the 1993 season, Randle registered 12.5 sacks, amassed 59 tackles and forced three fumbles to earn All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl invitation for the first time. You may not believe this, but those days when I believed that I couldn't go on, I didn't have the strength to continue, you gave me the strength to play hard, practice hard, and to go out there and play a hundred percent on every play. Sign up and get Insider's information & Special Offers. Also thank you for showing me what sometimes I didn't see in myself. Enshrinement Week Powered by Johnson Controls, HALL OF FAME VILLAGE POWERED BY JOHNSON CONTROLS, Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic. Do you have a sports website? I'd also like to thank my loving family, my wife Candace, she is my strength and best friend, and my kids who are my pride and joy. He received his B.S.
The Hearne, Texas, native amassed 105 tackles and 34 career sacks en route to leading the Javelinas to back-to-back conference championships in 1988 and '89 and two trips to the NCAA Division II playoffs. And the thing that’s so amazing of those numbers, is 54 came on third-down, but 53 came on first. Football player John Randle was born on December 12, 1967 in Mumford, Texas. Rushing & Receiving Table; Rushing Receiving Scrimmage; Year School Conf Class Pos G Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD *2003 Kansas: Big 12: FR: RB: 13: 88: 503: 5.7: 2: 19: 136 No one wanted to see Randle coming. Though his methods may not have been conventional, they were effective. Do you have a blog? Thank you, guys. Randle played 14 years in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks. In all, Randle amassed 137.5 sacks during his 14-season career. During nine different seasons, Randle tallied at least ten sacks, earning himself seven trips to the Pro Bowl and six First-Team All-Pro selections. College: Texas A&M-Kingsville. Presenter: John Teerlinck, former Minnesota Vikings defensive line coach, Other Members of the Class of 2010: Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith. (Records through the 2000 season, Randle’s final season with Minnesota), • [1st] Most Seasons Leading Team, Sacks – 9 (1991, 1993-2000) Narrator: We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. He also convinced me to continue with my dream of playing football when I was uncertain about college and my future. Injuries forced him out of the starting lineup for parts of the 1991 and 1992 seasons before embarking on an impressive streak of 176 consecutive games played and 133 straight starts with the Vikings. Find out more. Wow. He led the Vikings in sacks nine times and the Seahawks twice. He was not drafted, so he wasn’t one of the premier guys, but you recognized that he was a young, eager, fire-round, go-get-em guy.
December 12, 1967 Most people get their sacks on third-down out of a sub package, out of a mismatch, but first down for John was just as pass-happy as third down. He was the bunny before they had the bunny. in Hearne, TX, Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 106 (117th overall since 1960), Hall of Fame: Inducted as Starting his college playing career at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, Randle led a defense that allowed an average of only eight points per game during his senior campaign. The following year he added 11.5 sacks which marked the first of eight straight seasons with double-digit sack totals. John talked a lot of trash, but it wasn’t the normal taunting kind of trash talk, it was funny, it was stuff to get distracted. Keith coached me at Trinity Valley Community College. John was a back-up defensive end and a special teamer. We set up a bunch of drills back then just to see what we had—watch movement, watch how you could use your hands and feet and he just took over the drill. Pro-Football-Reference utilizes Official NFL data for current NFL seasons. Thank you also for all my college teammates at Texas A&I. I'd also like to thank Jerry Burns, Denny Green for seeing something in me and also believing that I could make the team. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. It began a string of six straight All-Pro and Pro Bowl seasons for Randle. Officially Randle would be 1st. Narrator (Steve Sabol): Thank you to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, everyone who played a part in electing me for making this small-town kid's dream come true. We present them here for purely educational purposes. I also want to say, John, thank you for saying I could excel and play in the National Football League, even though I wasn't drafted, didn't play for a major school. He also encouraged me to go to Texas A&I with a rich winning tradition. After joining the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent in 2001, he ran the string to 183 games and 140 starts before a knee injury forced him out of a game. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Data Provided By Most data provided by 24-7 Baseball, creators of the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia. John Anthony Randle Position: DT-DE 6-1, 290lb (185cm, 131kg) Born: December 12, 1967 in Hearne, TX. ), NFL Statistical Championships • [1st] Most Consecutive Seasons Leading Team, Sacks – 8 (1993-2000) Next I'd like to thank the Minnesota Vikings, a team that believed in me, gave me a chance to play defensive line when most teams thought I was undersized and I wasn't going to make the team.
And it might not have anything to do with football. ©2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame All Rights Reserved. He improved his sack total again in 1994 with a NFC-high 13.5 sacks.
You could really see this guy had all kinds of shake and wiggle and movement, and of course, a nonstop motor. Pro Career: 14 Seasons, 219 Games
Thirty-five times he recorded multi-sack games including eight games with three or more sacks. John Randle, a Little All-America from Texas A&I, signed a contract as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 1990. I'd also like to thank the fans for those days when I thought I had given my all and had nothing left to give. John Randle, a Little All-America from Texas A&I, signed a contract as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 1990. All-Pro: 1993 (AP, PFWA), 1994 (AP, PFWA, SN), 1995 (AP, PFWA, SN), 1996 (AP, PFWA, SN), 1997 (AP, PFWA, SN), 1998 (AP, PFWA, SN), All-NFC: 1993 (UPI, PW), 1994 (UPI, PW), 1995 (UPI, PW), 1996 (UPI, PW), 1997 (PW) • 1998 (PW), (7) – 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, (at time of his retirement following 2003 season), • [2nd] Most Consecutive Seasons with 10 or More Sacks – 8 (1992-1999), Vikings’ records held by Randle Also a lot of credit goes to my teammates at the Vikings and also the Seattle Seahawks, and especially my teammates when I first got in the league, such guys at Henry Thomas, Chris Doleman, and Randall McDaniel. Selected as a First Team All-America in 1988, Randle was twice named the Lone Star Conference's Lineman of the Year. Teerlinck: John Randle Defensive Tackle Biography Randle's fierce style of play and emotional leadership were hallmarks of his 11 seasons with the Vikings (1990-2000).
That really says a lot. Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame: August 7, 2010 Randle started at right defensive end. 1998 NFC – Atlanta Falcons 30, Minnesota Vikings 27 (OT) John had 137.5 sacks in his career. Teerlinck: Sack Titles: 1994, 1997, Team Statistical Championships 2000 NFC – New York Giants 41, Minnesota Vikings 0 I first met John in, be the winter of ’91-’92 after I left the Rams and signed down with Denny Green at Minnesota. He retired as the league's all-time leader in sacks by a defensive tackle (137.5).
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