| No. 54, 51, 53, 55 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (1974-09-30) September 30, 1974 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Southside (Atlanta) | ||||||||
| College | Mississippi State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: 4th round, 120th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Gregory Bernard Favors (born September 30, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL draft.[1] He played high school football at Southside High School in Atlanta and college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Favors also played for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Favors appeared as a substitute,[2] however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1998 | KAN | 16 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | TEN | 15 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TEN | 16 | 15 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | TEN | 16 | 12 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | BUF | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CAR | 16 | 12 | 76 | 56 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | JAX | 15 | 11 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | JAX | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | 54 | 242 | 172 | 70 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1999 | TEN | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CAR | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | JAX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters". sportspool.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
 | This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
