1992 NFL Draft
Notable undrafted players
Table:
Original NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

Notes

Chicago Bears

Kelly Blackwell

TE

TCU

SWC

Chicago Bears

Jim Schwantz †

LB

Purdue

Big Ten

Cincinnati Bengals

Kevin Sargent

OT

Eastern Washington

Big Sky

Cincinnati Bengals

Milt Stegall

WR

Miami

MAC

Cincinnati Bengals

Jeff Thomason

TE

Oregon

Pac-10

Dallas Cowboys

Lin Elliot

K

Texas Tech

SWC

Detroit Lions

Eric Lynch

RB

Grand Valley State

MIFC

Detroit Lions

Bernard Wilson

DT

Tennessee State

OVC

Denver Broncos

Russell Freeman

OG

Georgia Tech

ACC

Denver Broncos

Arthur Marshall

WR

Georgia

SEC

Denver Broncos

Willie Oshodin

DE

Villanova

Yankee

Miami Dolphins

Bernie Parmalee

RB

Ball State

MAC

Minnesota Vikings

John Jett

P

East Carolina

Ind. (I-A)

New York Giants

Corey Raymond

CB

LSU

SEC

Phoenix Cardinals

Keith Rucker

DT

Eastern Michigan

MAC

San Diego Chargers

Alfred Pupunu

TE

Weber State

Big Sky

San Francisco 49ers

Derrick Deese

OT

USC

Pac-10

San Francisco 49ers

Mark Seay

WR

Long Beach State

Big West

Seattle Seahawks

James Harris

DE

Temple

Big East

Seattle Seahawks

Rafael Robinson

CB

Wisconsin

Big Ten

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The 1992 Chicago Bears season was their 73rd regular season completed in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The Bears were looking to get back into the playoffs for a third straight year and improve on their 11-5 record , which was good enough for second place in the NFC Central , and to win their eighth division title in ten years . Although the Bears had a 4-3 record through seven games , they lost eight of their remaining nine ( including six consecutively ) and finished at 5-11 . The Bears ' poor record resulted in the termination of Mike Ditka as head coach on January 5 , 1993 after eleven seasons . Dave Wannstedt , who was serving as the Dallas Cowboys ' defensive coordinator , was hired to take his place . Ditka was fired from coaching the Bears with a 106-62 record , playoff appearances in seven out of 11 seasons since 1982 and a Super Bowl victory in 1985 , with the defense considered the best of all time . He would return as a head coach in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints in 1997 .
Kelly Blackwell ( born February 13 , 1969 ) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League . He played college football at Texas Christian University , where he was named to the All-America Team in 1991 and holds the all-time record for receptions with 181 . Blackwell played in sixteen games with the Chicago Bears in 1992 and two games with the Dallas Cowboys in 1993 .
The tight end ( TE ) is a position in American football , arena football , and formerly Canadian football , on the offense . The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver . Like offensive linemen , they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be effective blockers . On the other hand , unlike offensive linemen , they are eligible receivers adept enough to warrant a defense 's attention when running pass patterns . Because of the hybrid nature of the position , the tight end 's role in any given offense depends on the tactical preferences and philosophy of the head coach . In some systems , the tight end will merely act as a sixth offensive lineman , rarely going out for passes . Other systems use the tight end primarily as a receiver , frequently taking advantage of the tight end 's size to create mismatches in the defensive secondary . Many coaches will often have one tight end who specializes in blocking on running plays while using a tight end with better pass-catching skills in obvious passing situations . Offensive formations may have as few as zero or as many as three tight ends at one time .
The 1991 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University ( TCU ) in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Horned Frogs finished the season 7-4 overall and 4-4 in the Southwest Conference . The team was coached by Jim Wacker , in his ninth and final year as head coach . The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium , which is located on campus in Fort Worth , Texas . Following the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season , TCU replaced the existing upper-deck seating area of Amon G. Carter stadium with aluminum bleacher seating . The new designed reduced the official seating capacity of the stadium from 46,083 to 44,008 . Additionally , TCU replaced the field 's artificial turf with natural grass .
The Southwest Conference ( SWC ) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996 . Composed primarily of schools from Texas , at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas as well , but not from the actual Southwestern United States . For most of its history , the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas : Rice University , Southern Methodist University , Texas A & M University , Texas Christian University , Baylor University , the University of Arkansas , and the University of Texas . After a long period of stability , the conference 's overall athletic prowess began to decline throughout the 1980s , due in part to numerous member schools violating NCAA recruiting rules , culminating in the suspension of the entire SMU football program ( death penalty ) for the 1987 and 1988 seasons . Arkansas , after years of feeling like an outsider in the conference , left after the 1990-91 school year to join the Southeastern Conference , although they did compete in the SWC in football for the 1991 season . Five years later , the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor , Texas , Texas A & M , and Texas Tech ( which had entered in 1956 ) combined with the members of the former Big Eight Conference to form a new league , the Big 12 Conference , while Rice , SMU , TCU , and Houston ( which entered the SWC in 1976 ) found homes in less prominent conferences ( although TCU later joined the Big 12 ) .
James William Schwantz ( born January 23 , 1970 ) is the Mayor of Palatine , Illinois . He is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears , Dallas Cowboys , and San Francisco 49ers . He played college football at Purdue University .
A linebacker ( LB or backer ) is a playing position in gridiron football . Linebackers are members of the defensive team , and line up approximately three to five yards ( 4 m ) behind the line of scrimmage , behind the defensive linemen , and therefore back up the line . Linebackers generally align themselves before the ball is snapped by standing upright in a two-point stance ( as opposed to the defensive linemen , who put one or two hands on the ground for a three-point stance or four-point stance before the ball is snapped ) . The goal of the linebacker is to provide either extra run defense or extra pass defense based on the particular defensive play being executed . Another key play of the linebacker position is blitzing . A blitz occurs when a linebacker acts as an extra pass rusher running into any exposed gap . When a blitz is called by the defense , it is mainly to sack or hurry the opposing offense 's quarterback . Linebackers are often regarded as the most important position in defense , due to their versatility in providing hard hits on running plays or an additional layer of pass defense , when required . Similar to the free safety position , linebackers are required to use their judgment on every snap , to determine their role during that particular play .
The 1991 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette , Indiana . The team was coached by head coach Jim Colletto .
The Big Ten Conference ( stylized B1G , formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference ) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States . It is based in Rosemont , Illinois . For decades the conference consisted of 10 universities , while the present conference has 14 member institutions . They compete in the NCAA Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A , the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport . The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska , as well as two additional public land-grant schools and a private university . The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H. Smart and representatives from the University of Chicago , University of Illinois , University of Michigan , University of Minnesota , Northwestern University , and University of Wisconsin gathered at Chicago 's Palmer House Hotel to set policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics . In 1899 , Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools . In 1905 , the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives . The conference is one of the nation 's oldest , predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade , and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men 's basketball . Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations . All institutions except full member University of Nebraska and associate member Notre Dame are members of the Association of American Universities . Large student enrollment is a hallmark of Big Ten Universities , as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students .
The 1992 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team 's 25th year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League ( NFL ) . They finished the year with five wins and 11 losses , and did not qualify for the playoffs . The Bengals , who were then owned by Mike Brown , the son of coach Paul Brown , now turned to the son of another coach to lead the team on the field when he hired assistant Dave Shula to assume the head coaching reins . The Bengals selected University of Houston quarterback David Klingler in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft . The younger Shula got off to a good start as the Bengals won their first two games , but then lost its next five games , on the way to a five-win season . Wide receiver Carl Pickens , a second-round selection out of the University of Tennessee , earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors . Following the season , perennial all-pro offensive tackle Anthony Muñoz retired , as the Bengals moved in a new direction by trading quarterback Boomer Esiason to the New York Jets .
Kevin Sargent ( born March 31 , 1969 in Bremerton , Washington ) is a former American football Offensive tackle in the National Football League . He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1992 . He played college football at Eastern Washington .
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football . Historically , in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , a tackle played on both offense and defense . In the modern system of specialized units , offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions , and the stand-alone term tackle refers to the offensive tackle position only . The offensive tackle ( OT , T ) is a position on the offensive line , left and right . Like other offensive linemen , their job is to block : to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown . The term tackle is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense .
The Eastern Washington Eagles football team represents Eastern Washington University in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . The Eastern Eagles are members of the Big Sky Conference and play at Roos Field , which is known for being the only stadium in college football with a red playing surface .
The Big Sky Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I , with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the western United States in the nine states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Utah , and Washington . Four affiliate members each participate in one sport . Two schools from California are football-only participants , and two schools from the Northeast participate only in men 's golf .
Milton Eugene Stegall ( born January 25 , 1970 ) is a former professional gridiron football player who played 17 years of professional football , three years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . He is currently an analyst on the CFL on TSN studio panel . Stegall was an All-Star receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL . Spanning an illustrious 14-year career from 1995-2008 , he held several major CFL records upon his retirement including most career receiving yards , and currently holds the record for career receiving touchdowns and most touchdowns scored . In 2012 , he was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame .
A wide receiver , also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers , is an offensive position in gridiron football , and is a key player . They get their name because they are split out wide ( near the sidelines ) , farthest away from the rest of the team . Wide receivers are among the fastest players on the field . The wide receiver functions as the pass-catching specialist .
The 1991 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . In its second season under head coach Randy Walker , the team compiled a 6-4-1 record ( 4-3-1 against MAC opponents ) , finished in a tie for third place in the MAC , and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 214 to 140 . The team 's statistical leaders included Jim Clement with 938 passing yards , Kevin Ellerbe with 708 rushing yards , and Milt Stegall with 489 receiving yards .
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
Jeffrey David Thomason ( born December 30 , 1969 ) is a former American football tight end .
The 1991 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . They were led by head coach Rich Brooks , who was in his 15th season as head coach of the Ducks . They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene , Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference .
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States , participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level . Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ) , the higher of two tiers of NCAA Division I football competition . The conference 's 12 members are located in the states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Oregon , Utah , and Washington . They include each state 's flagship public university , four additional public universities , and two private research universities . The modern Pac-12 conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC ) , whose principal members founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU ) in 1959 . The conference previously went by the names Big Five , Big Six , Pacific-8 , and Pacific-10 . The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah . Nicknamed the Conference of Champions , the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history . The top three schools with the most NCAA team championships are members of the Pac-12 : Stanford , UCLA , and USC , respectively . Washington 's national title in women 's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school . The current commissioner of the conference is Larry Scott . Scott replaced Thomas C. Hansen , who retired in July 2009 after 26 years in that position .
The 1992 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise 's 33rd season in the National Football League and was the fourth year of the franchise under head coach Jimmy Johnson which the Cowboys made one of three Super Bowl appearances between 1992-95 . Headed by a powerful offense and the NFL 's number one ranked defense , Dallas fielded at the time , the youngest team in the NFL and posted a franchise-best 13-3 record throughout the regular season . In the playoffs , the Cowboys disposed of the Philadelphia Eagles , followed by a memorable victory against the San Francisco 49ers en route to a Super Bowl XXVII win over the Buffalo Bills .
Lindley Franklin Elliott Jr. ( born November 11 , 1968 ) is a former kicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs . He played college football at Texas Tech . He earned a Super Bowl ring playing for the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII .
Placekicker , or simply kicker ( PK or K ) , is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points . In many cases , the placekicker also serves as the team 's kickoff specialist or punter as well .
The 1991 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference ( SWC ) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their fifth season under head coach Spike Dykes , the Red Raiders compiled a 6-5 record ( 5-3 against SWC opponents ) , finished in a tie for second place in the conference , and outscored opponents by a combined total of 315 to 272 . The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock , Texas .
The 1992 Detroit Lions season was the 63rd season in franchise history . After going 12-4 from the 1991 season , the Lions took a step back as they posted a disappointing 5-11 record despite another Pro Bowl season from Barry Sanders , who passed Billy Sims for the franchise record in rushing on November 22 . The Lions were expected to once again challenge for the NFC title .
Eric D. Lynch ( born May 16 , 1970 ) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Detroit Lions . He played college football for the Grand Valley State Lakers . He was inducted into Grand Valley States Hall of Fame .
A running back ( RB ) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football . The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball , and block . There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play , depending on the offensive formation . A running back may be a halfback ( in certain contexts also referred to as a tailback ) , a wingback or a fullback . A running back will sometimes be called a feature back if he is the team 's starting running back .
The Grand Valley State Lakers football team represents Grand Valley State University ( GVSU ) in NCAA Division II football . The team currently competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and was affiliated with the now defunct Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference . The Lakers football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games , winning four championships , since 2001 . The team has made the playoffs in 17 seasons . They have also won or shared 16 conference titles ( GLIAC & MIFC ) . Since the start of the football program in 1970 , the team has an overall winning percentage of .729 ( 371-137-3 ) that places the program ranking the one of the highest among teams from NCAA Division 2 Football . The Lakers all time home record is 171-38-1 . Grand Valley has played its home field games at Lubbers Stadium since 1973 . The stadium has undergone numerous renovations and expansions in recent years to accommodate the overflow crowds that regularly exceed the stadium 's 10,444 seat capacity .
The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference ( MIFC ) was a football-only NCAA Division II conference formed for the 1990 football season . The conference was formed as the result of a merger of the football only Heartland Collegiate Conference and the football playing members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( GLIAC ) . The membership in the MIFC was a somewhat unstable occurrence with membership ranging from 11 members when it formed in 1990 to 14 members in the final 1998 season .
Bernard Wilson ( born August 17 , 1970 in Nashville , Tennessee ) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League . He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1992 . He played college football at Tennessee State . Wilson also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Cardinals .
A defensive tackle ( DT ) is typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players in American football . The defensive tackle typically lines up opposite one of the offensive guards . Depending on a team 's individual defensive scheme , a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles . These roles may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent 's backfield . If a defensive tackle reads a pass play , his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback , or simply knock the pass down at the line if it is within arm 's reach . Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme . In a traditional 4-3 defense , there is no nose tackle . Instead there is a left and right defensive tackle . Some teams , especially in the National Football League ( NFL ) , do have a nose tackle in this scheme , but most of them do not .
The Tennessee State Tigers are the college football team representing the Tennessee State University . The Tigers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference .
The Ohio Valley Conference ( OVC ) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States . It participates in Division I of the NCAA ; the conference 's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ; formerly known as Division I-AA ) , the lower of two levels of Division I football competition . The OVC has 12 members , 9 of which compete in football in the conference .
The 1992 Denver Broncos season was the team 's 33rd year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League ( NFL ) .
Russell Freeman ( born September 2 , 1969 in Homestead , Pennsylvania ) is a former player in the National Football League . He played for the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders . He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team .
In gridiron football , a guard ( G ) is a player who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage used primarily for blocking . Right guards ( RG ) is the term for the guards on the right of the offensive line , while left guards ( LG ) are on the left side . Guards are to the right or left of the center . The guard 's job is to protect the quarterback from the incoming linemen during pass plays , as well as creating openings ( holes ) for the running backs to head through . Guards are automatically considered ineligible receivers , so they can not intentionally touch a forward pass , unless it is to recover a fumble or is first touched by a defender or eligible receiver .
The 1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team , and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta , Georgia . They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference , finishing tied for second . The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll , Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses . They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic , losing 22-34 . Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls . They won 5 of their last 6 , however , capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu .
The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States . Headquartered in Greensboro , North Carolina , the conference consists of fifteen member universities , each of whom compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Current members of the conference are Boston College , Clemson University , Duke University , Georgia Institute of Technology , Florida State University , North Carolina State University , Syracuse University , the University of Louisville , the University of Miami , the University of North Carolina , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Pittsburgh , the University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , and Wake Forest University . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference 's history . Generally , the ACC 's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation . Also , the conference enjoys extensive media coverage . The ACC was one of the five collegiate power conferences , which had automatic qualifying for their football champion into the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , the ACC is one of five conferences with a contractual tie-in to a New Year 's Six bowl game , the successors to the BCS . The ACC was founded on May 8 , 1953 , by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States , with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight . The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven , while the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight , and Florida State 's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine . Since 2000 , with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA , seven additional schools have joined , and one original member ( Maryland ) has left to bring it to the current membership of 15 schools .
Arthur James Marshall Jr. ( born April 29 , 1969 ) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League . He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 1992 . He played college football at Georgia . Marshall also played for the New York Giants .
The 1991 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Bulldogs completed the season with a 9-3 record .
The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States . Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states , three additional public land grant universities , and one private research university . The conference is headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama . The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for football , it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A . The SEC is regarded as one of the most accomplished sports conferences in terms of its winning reputation , with 43 national football championships , 21 basketball championships , 41 indoor track championships , 42 outdoor track championships , 24 swimming championships , 20 gymnastics championships , and 13 College World Series . The conference is also highly successful financially , as it consistently leads most others in revenue distribution to its members , including an SEC record $ 455.8 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year , which was a sizable increase over the $ 292.8 million for the 2013-14 fiscal year , largely due to the revenue from the introduction of the SEC Network . The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game ( and award a subsequent title ) for college football and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . The current SEC commissioner is Greg Sankey . The conference sponsors team championships in nine men 's sports and twelve women 's sports .
Willie Oshodin ( born September 16 , 1969 ) is a former American football defensive end . He played for the Denver Broncos from 1993 to 1995 .
Defensive End ( DE ) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football . This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line , but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is played .
The Villanova Wildcats football program represents Villanova University in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS , known as Division I-AA until 2006 ) . The Wildcats currently compete in the Colonial Athletic Association for football only . They play on campus at Villanova Stadium with capacity of 12,000 , with some games at PPL Park in Chester with capacity of 18,000 . They are currently led by head coach Mark Ferrante . Former head coach Andy Talley was head coach of the program from its reinstatement in 1985 through 2016 and led the program to its first NCAA Division I FCS national championship in 2009 .
The Yankee Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States . It once sponsored competition in many sports , but eventually became a football-only league . Although not under the same charter , it is essentially an ancestor of today 's Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) football conference . The Yankee Conference essentially was formed in 1938 as the New England Conference . The NCAA however considers the Yankee Conference and New England Conference to be two separate conferences , as they were formed under different charters .
The 1992 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise 's 27th season in the National Football League . The season began with the team attempting to improve on their 8-8 record in 1991 . The season was a success as the Dolphins finished the season 11-5 , won the AFC East and returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence . After beating the Chargers 31-0 in the Divisional Playoffs , they played host to their AFC East rivals the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game . However , 5 turnovers and a huge disparity in the running game meant they lost the game 29-10 . As of 2020 , this was the last time the Dolphins have made the AFC Championship Game .
Bernard Bernie Parmalee ( born September 16 , 1967 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) is an American football coach and former running back . He currently serves as the running backs coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League .
The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) college football . Mike Neu is the current head coach . Ball State plays its home games on Scheumann Stadium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie , Indiana . The Cardinals compete in the Mid-American Conference as a member of the West Division . The Cardinals have a 421-381-32 record , which ranks below the top 50 most victories among NCAA FBS programs . Ball State was originally classified as a teacher 's college , participating in the National Junior College Athletic Association ( NJCAA ) from 1937 until 1956 . In 1957 , they were classified as a Small College school until 1972 . Ball State received Division II classification in 1973 , before becoming a Division I-AA program in 1975 and a Division I-A ( now FBS ) program in 1981 , dropping to Division I-AA for a single season ( 1982 ) before returning to Division I-A .
The 1992 Minnesota Vikings season was the team 's 32nd in the 73rd regular season of the National Football League . The Vikings finished with a record of 11 wins and five losses . With that record , they returned to the playoffs after a two-year absence . They met the Washington Redskins , their first playoff meeting in six years after the 1987 NFC Championship game , this time in the Wildcard round . The Vikings looked to avenge their loss , but it was too late as the Redskins would go on to stun the NFC Central champions , 24-7 . Minnesota 's starting quarterbacks were Rich Gannon , who went 8-4 in twelve starts , and Sean Salisbury , who won three of his four starts . The team 's leading rusher was Terry Allen , who ran for 1,201 yards . Receivers Cris Carter and Anthony Carter led the team with 681 and 580 receiving yards , respectively .
John Jett ( born November 11 , 1968 ) is a former American football punter in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions . He played college football for East Carolina University . Jett won two Super Bowl rings with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII and Super Bowl XXX .
A punter ( P ) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts ( kicks ) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage . This generally happens on a fourth down in American football and a third down in Canadian football . Punters may also occasionally take part in fake punts in those same situations , when they throw or run the football instead of punting .
The 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Pirates offense scored 409 points while the defense allowed 277 points . Led by head coach Bill Lewis , the Pirates won the Peach Bowl defeating in-state rival NC State .
National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference . This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do . There are fewer independent schools than in years past ; many independent schools join , or attempt to join , established conferences . The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences , and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season . All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) , or for the so-called access bowls associated with the CFP , if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee . Notre Dame has a potential tie-in with the Orange Bowl . Army has an agreement with the Military Bowl ( formerly the EagleBank Bowl ) , and Notre Dame , in addition to its CFP agreement , has other bowl agreements as part of its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . ( Notre Dame had similar agreements with its previous conference , the Big East . ) BYU had an agreement with the Armed Forces Bowl for 2011 . The ranks of football independents increased by one starting with the 2011 season with the announcement that BYU would leave the Mountain West Conference ( MWC ) to become a football independent starting with that season . The ranks increased by two in 2013 when the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) dropped football and New Mexico State and Idaho did not have a conference for football . The ranks of football independents decreased by two in 2014 with the return of Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference ( SBC ) and decreased by one more in 2015 with Navy joining the American Athletic Conference ( AAC ) as a football-only member .
The 1992 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 68th season in the National Football League . The Giants finished in fourth place in the National Football Conference East Division with a 6-10 record . Head coach Ray Handley was fired after this season , when the Giants finished 1-6 after starting the season 5-4 . Injuries helped to mar the Giants ' season , especially at quarterback . Phil Simms , once again the team 's starting quarterback , suffered a season-ending elbow injury in Week 4 . With Simms out the team once again turned to Jeff Hostetler , the Giants ' original 1991 starter and winner of Super Bowl XXV , to take his place . Hostetler , who had his own troubles with injuries including a broken back that ended his 1991 season , soon found himself out of the lineup after suffering a concussion in Week 12 . The Giants were then forced to turn to a pair of rookies , Kent Graham and Dave Brown , but Graham suffered from elbow and shoulder problems , and Brown suffered a broken right thumb . Hostetler returned for the final two games of the season , a win over the Kansas City Chiefs and a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles . Perhaps the most catastrophic injury was the torn Achilles ' tendon suffered by future Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor in Week 10 , as the Giants only won once more after the injury . It was the second consecutive year that an injury to Taylor ended his season prematurely ( a sprained knee in Week 13 of the 1991 season forced Taylor to miss the final game of the regular season and a previous game against the Cincinnati Bengals ) .
Corey Raymond ( born September 28 , 1969 ) is an American football coach and former player . He the defensive backs coach at Louisiana State University ( LSU ) .
A cornerback ( CB ) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football . Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time , but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses . They create turnovers through hard tackles , interceptions , and deflecting forward passes . Other members of the defensive backfield include strong and free safeties . The cornerback position requires speed , agility , and strength . A cornerback 's skill set typically requires proficiency in anticipating the quarterback , backpedaling , executing single and zone coverage , disrupting pass routes , block shedding , and tackling . Cornerbacks are among the fastest players on the field .
The 1991 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University for the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . Under head coach Curley Hallman , the Tigers had a record of 5-6 with a Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) record of 3-4 . It was Hallman 's first season as head coach at LSU .
The 1992 Phoenix Cardinals season was the 73rd season the team was in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The team matched their previous output of 4-12 . The Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the tenth straight season . Two of the Cardinals victories came at the expense of playoff-bound teams . Phoenix defeated the defending Super Bowl champion Redskins in week five , and in week nine , the Cards toppled the 49ers , who finished the regular season with the NFLs best record of 14-2 .
Keith Rucker V ( born November 20 , 1968 ) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League . He played for the Phoenix Cardinals ( 1992-1993 ) , the Cincinnati Bengals ( 1994-1995 ) , Philadelphia Eagles ( 1996 ) , the Washington Redskins ( 1996-1997 ) , and the Kansas City Chiefs ( 1997 ) . He played college football at Eastern Michigan University and Ohio Wesleyan University . Rucker is currently the defensive line coach at Capital University .
The 1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their ninth season under head coach Jim Harkema , the Eagles compiled a 3-7-1 record ( 3-4-1 against conference opponents ) , finished in seventh place in the Mid-American Conference , and were outscored by their opponents , 232 to 144 . The team lost to two Big Ten Conference opponents , Purdue ( 3-49 ) and Wisconsin ( 6-21 ) . The team 's statistical leaders included Kwame McKinnon with 849 passing yards , Cameron Moss with 452 rushing yards , and Jon Pfeifer with 241 receiving yards .
The 1992 San Diego Chargers season was the team 's 33rd season , their 32nd in San Diego , and 23rd in the National Football League . The Chargers began with the team trying to improve on their 4-12 record in 1991 . Bobby Ross began his first season as the team 's head coach , after having spent the previous five years as a college coach at Georgia Tech . The team made the playoffs for the first time in ten years . The Chargers would lose their first four games of the season , but would rally to an 11-5 finish to the season , clinching the AFC West title , and becoming the first ( and to this day , only ) NFL team to start 0-4 and still make the playoffs .
Alfred Sione Pupunu ( born October 16 , 1969 ) is a former professional American football tight end who played nine seasons in the National Football League from 1992 to 2000 .
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The 1992 San Francisco 49ers season was the team 's 43rd year with the National Football League . The 49ers appeared in the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three seasons . This would be the last season the Niners would have with Joe Montana . His last game as a 49er was on the December 28 MNF game against the Lions .
Derrick Deezy Deese ( born May 17 , 1970 ) is a former American football offensive tackle who played professionally in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He co-hosts a radio show on Fox Sports Radio weekends from 9am to 1pm Pacific Time .
The 1991 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California ( USC ) in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their fifth year under head coach Larry Smith , the Trojans compiled a 3-8 record ( 2-6 against conference opponents ) , finished in eighth place in the Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10 ) , and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 276 to 229 . Quarterback Reggie Perry led the team in passing , completing 131 of 255 passes for 1,574 yards with three touchdowns and 12 interceptions . Deon Strother led the team in rushing with 129 carries for 614 yards and seven touchdowns . Johnnie Morton led the team in receiving with 49 catches for 662 yards and no touchdowns .
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States , participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level . Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ) , the higher of two tiers of NCAA Division I football competition . The conference 's 12 members are located in the states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Oregon , Utah , and Washington . They include each state 's flagship public university , four additional public universities , and two private research universities . The modern Pac-12 conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC ) , whose principal members founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU ) in 1959 . The conference previously went by the names Big Five , Big Six , Pacific-8 , and Pacific-10 . The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah . Nicknamed the Conference of Champions , the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history . The top three schools with the most NCAA team championships are members of the Pac-12 : Stanford , UCLA , and USC , respectively . Washington 's national title in women 's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school . The current commissioner of the conference is Larry Scott . Scott replaced Thomas C. Hansen , who retired in July 2009 after 26 years in that position .
Mark Edward Seay ( born April 11 , 1967 ) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers , San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles . He played college football at Long Beach State University . Seay has the distinction of being the first NFL player to score a two-point conversion in Super Bowl history .
The 1991 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University , Long Beach [ note 1 ] during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . Cal State Long Beach competed in the Big West Conference . The team was led by Willie Brown , and played home games at Veterans Stadium on the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach , California . The 49ers offense scored 207 points while the defense allowed 412 points . This was the last season for Cal State Long Beach 's football program .
The 1992 Seattle Seahawks season was the team 's 17th season with the National Football League . The 1992 season was the first of three seasons in Seattle for head coach Tom Flores . The Seahawks ' 0.125 winning percentage in 1992 remains the worst in franchise history . The Seahawks ' 140 points ( 8.8 points per game ) scored in the regular season is the lowest total for any team playing a 16-game season . For comparison , the 2008 Detroit Lions , who went winless , scored 268 points , nearly double . Long-time quarterback Dave Krieg had left Seattle for the rival Kansas City Chiefs in the offseason , leaving Seattle with Kelly Stouffer , Stan Gelbaugh and Dan McGwire ( brother of Major League Baseball star Mark McGwire ) as their three quarterbacks . Football Outsiders calls Seattle 's 1992 offense the worst offense in ( their ranking system 's ) history . Seattle 's 1,778 passing yards are the fewest in a season by any team during the 1990s . Seattle was so inept that from the first game of the season until their Week 13 overtime win over Denver , they collectively had fewer points scored than punts attempted ; for the entire season , the team finished with only slightly more points than punts . The team failed to score more than 17 points in a single game . Despite their historically inept offense , Football Outsiders also ranked Seattle as having the third-best defense in 1992 , making them the most imbalanced team ever measured . The Seahawks ' star defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy was named the 1992 NFL Defensive Player of the Year .
James Edward Harris ( born May 13 , 1968 , in East St. Louis , Illinois ) is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Minnesota Vikings , the St. Louis Rams , and the Oakland Raiders .
The 1991 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . They were part of the Big East , placing last in the conference with a season record of two wins , nine losses .
The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013 . The conference 's members participated in 24 NCAA sports . The conference had a history of success at the national level in basketball throughout its history , while its shorter ( 1991 to 2013 ) football program , created by inviting one college and four other associate members ( their football programs only ) into the conference , resulted in two national championships . In basketball , Big East teams made 18 Final Four appearances and won seven NCAA Championships ( UConn with three , Villanova , Georgetown , Syracuse , and Louisville with one each ) . Of the Big East 's full members , all but South Florida attended the Final Four , the most of any conference , though Marquette , DePaul , Notre Dame , Rutgers , Cincinnati , and Pittsburgh made all their trips before joining the Big East . In 2011 , the Big East set the record for the most teams sent to the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Championship by a single conference with eleven out of their sixteen teams qualifying . In football , the Big East entered competition as a conference in 1991 , after inviting five football colleges to become members of the Big East , joining three teams from the Big East whose football teams were competing as Division I independents ( Boston College , Pittsburgh and Syracuse ) to form a new Division I football league . The strength of this league earned the Big East an automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series , when that series was created in 1998 . The Big East won two national football championships , both by University of Miami . Between 2005 and 2012 , four of the more successful football schools left the Big East for other conferences , starting a process that led to a complete realignment of the Big East in 2013 . On July 1 , 2013 , the non-football playing schools ( also known collectively as the secular Catholic 7 ) formed a non-football playing conference that retains the Big East Conference name . The remaining six football-playing members , three of whom had only joined the Big East in 2005 when the earlier exodus had started , joined with four schools from other conferences to become the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , which is the Big East 's legal successor .
Rafael Robinson ( born June 19 , 1969 in Marshall , Texas ) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League . He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1992 . He played college football at Wisconsin . Robinson also played for the Houston / Tennessee Oilers .
The 1991 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . They were led by second year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison , Wisconsin .