draftyear finalyear birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position highschool draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick statlabel
1996 2003 chester , pennsylvania 1996 634 10.5 5 john mobley
 linebacker chester -lrb- pa -rrb- chichester 1 kutztown -lrb- pa -rrb- 10 october 1973 mob265611 51 15 tackles sacks interceptions
john mobley

john ulysses mobley -lrb- born october 10 , 1973 in chester , pennsylvania -rrb- is a former american football linebacker who played eight seasons for the denver broncos from 1996 through 2003 in the national football league .
mobley was drafted in the first round of the 1996 nfl draft by the broncos after a college football career in kutztown university .
mobley 's best season was in 1997 when he had 132 tackles and four sacks and was an all-pro that season .
mobley missed most of the 1999 season because of an injury .
mobley suffered a bruised spinal column during the 2003 season after he collided with his teammate kelly herndon in a game against the baltimore ravens , and the injury was severe enough that the broncos cut him before the 2004 season in order to allow him time for recovery .
he later re-signed with the broncos and retired because of the injury .
mobley served seven days in prison for a dui conviction in 2004 after being pulled over and arrested on december 28 , 2002 .
he was found guilty by a jury in april 2004 and was sentenced to 365 days behind bars , but the judge in the case later reduced it to seven days .
in super bowl xxxii , mobley deflected a brett favre pass on 4th and 6 from the 31-yard-line with just over 30 seconds left in the game .
the deflection sealed a 31-24 victory for the broncos .
during his career , mobley played in 105 career games , starting 102 of them , including two super bowls , during which he made 608 career tackles , 10.5 quarterback sacks , and five interceptions for 45 yards and a touchdown .
he is the cousin of former nba player cuttino mobley .
