Darryl Talley Darryl Victor Talley ( born July 10 , 1960 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League ( NFL ) for fourteen seasons during the 1980s and 1990s . He played college football for West Virginia University , and was recognized as an All - American . Talley played professionally for the Buffalo Bills , Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings of the NFL , and played in four Super Bowls with the Bills . College career . Talley played college football at West Virginia University . Many scouts were pushed away from him , because he played fullback and linebacker at Shaw High School , never settling on either position . He also missed his last seven high school games with a broken ankle . He was a starter from 1979 to 1982 and led the Mountaineers to the 1981 Peach Bowl and the 1982 Gator Bowl . Against Pitt , he intercepted Dan Marino to set up a Mountaineer field goal and blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown . As a senior in 1982 , he was selected as West Virginia ' s third - ever consensus All - American . He started the season off with a win over Oklahoma and was named WVU ' s season MVP and was named All - American . He also played in the 1983 Hula Bowl . Legacy . Talley ' s five tackles - for - a - loss against Penn State stand as a single - game record and his personal - best 15 tackles against Boston College won " Sports Illustrated " Player of the Week honors . For his career , he had 282 unassisted tackles ( first all - time ) , 202 assisted tackles ( second ) , 28 tackles - for - loss ( second ) and 19 sacks ( fourth ) . During his four - year career , he recorded a school record of 484 career tackles ; which has been passed by Grant Wiley . Talley was named to the 2008 College Football Hall of Fame ballot for nominees for induction , and was inducted in 2011 He is also a member of the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame . Professional career . Talley played in the National Football League for 14 seasons and played in four Super Bowls . He never missed a game in his 12 - years with the Buffalo Bills . Jim Kelly , the Bills ' Hall of Fame quarterback considers Talley his most underrated teammate and believes that Talley should also be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Buffalo Bills . Talley was selected in the second round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Bills and played in Buffalo for 12 seasons . He is the Bills ' all - time leading tackler with 1 , 137 , and also recorded 38 . 5 sacks , 12 interceptions for 189 return yards and 3 touchdowns , and 14 fumble recoveries for 76 return yards . He averaged 120 tackles , 3 . 5 sacks and 6 . 2 takeaways per season and his mark of 188 regular season games played ranks fifth - most in team history . While with the Bills , Talley had multiple nickname s on the field as " The Duke of Awesome " , " Spider - Man " , and " The Hammer " . His cheering section at Rich Stadium was known as the " Talley - Whackers " . On November 4 , 1990 , playing against the Cleveland Browns in his hometown , Talley returned an interception for his first career touchdown . After the season , he received the Ed Block Courage Award . In 2003 Talley became the 20th member on the Wall of Fame in Ralph Wilson Stadium . Later career . Talley left the Bills to play with the Falcons in the 1995 campaign and then with the Vikings . He left Atlanta on a less than stellar note when it was discovered that he played his last game in Atlanta with a loaded U - Haul truck in the parking lot . He had it so he could go home to spend the holiday with his family once the game was over . He ended his career after the 1996 season and won the Ralph C . Wilson , Jr . Distinguished Service Award in 2000 . Personal life . On June 2 , 2008 Talley commented that former Bills kicker Scott Norwood should be inducted onto the Bills ' Wall of Fame . He stated ; " One thing I wish people would take a look at is out of all the things that we accomplished we wouldn ' t have done a lot of them without Scott Norwood " . He continued on , " Everybody seems to have forgotten Scott . If you look back in the early days we won a lot of games with special teams and him kicking field goals . So I think there ' s somewhere up there ( the Wall ) for Scott to be , but nobody wants to acknowledge him because he missed a kick . But as I recall , I missed some tackles in that game , Bruce missed some . Thurman dropped some balls and Jim threw interceptions , but nobody realizes that here is a guy that made major contributions to what this organization was about . It just irks me that people have forgotten him . " He now lives in Orlando , Florida with his wife and two kids . Talley is the brother of Cleveland Brown John Talley , and is the cousin of New York Yankee Derek Jeter . On April 25 , 2009 , it was announced at the Bills Season Ticket Holder Draft Day Party at Ralph Wilson Stadium , that fans had voted 26 members to the Bills 50th Season All - Time Team , which was presented by Tops Friendly Markets . The all - star team included the following , including Talley ; quarterback Jim Kelly , running back Thurman Thomas , wide receiver s Andre Reed , Eric Moulds and James Lofton , tight end Pete Metzelaars , and offensive line men Joe DeLamielleure , Kent Hull , Billy Shaw , Ruben Brown and Jim Ritcher . The defensive players chosen by the fans were ; defensive line men Bruce Smith , Fred Smerlas and Tom Sestak , linebacker s Talley , Mike Stratton , Cornelius Bennett and Shane Conlan , cornerback s Butch Byrd and Nate Odomes and safeties George Saimes and Henry Jones . The special teams ' players selected by the fans were kicker Steve Christie , punter Brian Moorman and special teamer Steve Tasker .