JASON TAYLOR 2017 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 99 // DE JASON TAYLOR INDUCTED: 2017 // BORN: 9/1/74 // COLLEGE: AKRON ‘97 NFL: 1997-2011 // DOLPHINS: 1997-2007, 2009, 2011 PRO CAREER Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 4, 2017 ... Became the 10th individual who spent the majority of his career with the Dolphins to be elected to the Hall, joining WR Paul Warfield (inducted 1983), FB Larry Csonka (1987), C Jim Langer (1987), QB Bob Griese (1990), G Larry Little (1993), Coach Don Shula (1997), C Dwight Stephenson (1998), LB Nick Buoniconti (2001) and QB Dan Marino (2005) ... Became only the second Dolphins defensive player to be elected to the Hall, joining Buoniconti … Among Dolphins Hall of Famers, Taylor is the fifth to be elected in his first year of eligibility, as he joined Shula, Marino, Langer and Warfield ... He’s the 10th defensive lineman elected to the Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, joining Joe Greene, Deacon Jones, Bob Lilly, Gino Marchetti, Merlin Olsen, Warren Sapp, Bruce Smith, Randy White and Reggie White ... Played in the NFL from 1997-2011, including 1997-07, 2009, and 2011 with the Dolphins, 2008 with Washington, and 2010 with the N.Y. Jets ... Originally a third-round draft pick by the Dolphins in 1997... SACKS: Taylor had a total of 139.5 career sacks and ranked sixth among the NFL’s all-time sack leaders at the time of his retirement ... He currently ranks seventh: NFL’S ALL-TIME QUARTERBACK SACK LEADERS PLAYER YEARS GAMES TEAM(S) SACKS 1. Bruce Smith 1985-2003 207 Buffalo, Washington 200.0 2. Reggie White 1985-98, 2000 232 Philadelphia, Green Bay, Carolina 198.0 3. Kevin Greene 1985-99 228 Rams, Pittsburgh, Carolina, San Francisco 160.0 4. Chris Doleman 1985-99 232 Minnesota, Atlanta, San Francisco 150.5 5. Julius Peppers 2002-16 234 Carolina, Chicago, Green Bay 143.5 6. Michael Strahan 1993-2007 216 N.Y. Giants 141.5 7. JASON TAYLOR 1997-2011 233 MIAMI, WASHINGTON, N.Y. JETS 139.5 8. DeMarcus Ware 2005-16 178 Dallas, Denver 138.5 9. Richard Dent 1983-97 203 Chicago, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia 137.5 John Randle 1990-2003 219 Minnesota, Seattle 137.5 SACKS BY QUARTERBACK: Below are Taylor’s 139.5 career sacks broken down by quarterbacks (70 different QBs): TAYLOR’S CAREER SACKS BY QUARTERBACK Tom Brady (Patriots): 11.5 sacks (1 on 10/7/01; 2 on 10/6/02; 1 on 10/19/03; 1.5 on 12/7/03; 1 on 12/20/04; 1 on 11/13/05; 1 on 10/8/06; 1 on 12/23/07, 1 on 9/9/10#; 1 on 12/24/11) Drew Bledsoe (Bills; Patriots): 6.5 sacks (3 on 12/21/03 (BUF); 2 on 12/1/02 (BUF); 0.5 on 11/21/99 (NE), 1 on 11/23/97 (NE)) Rob Johnson (Bills): 6 sacks (3 on 12/3/00, 1 on 10/8/00, 2 on 9/13/98) Drew Brees (Chargers; Saints): 5 sacks (2 on 11/24/02 (SD), 1 on 9/14/08 (NO)*, 2 on 10/25/09 (NO)) Peyton Manning (Colts): 5 sacks (1 on 11/2/03; 1 on 12/10/01, 1 on 11/11/01, 1 on 12/17/00, 1 on 9/6/98) Chad Pennington (Jets): 5 sacks (1 on 11/10/02, 1 on 12/28/03, 1 on 10/3/04, 1 on 10/15/06, 1 on 12/25/06) Vinny Testaverde (Jets): 4.5 sacks (0.5 on 9/14/03; 1 on 9/22/02; 1 on 10/23/00, 2 on 10/4/98) Brett Favre (Packers, Vikings): 4 sacks (1 on 10/29/00, 2 on 10/22/06, 1 on 10/11/10#) Rich Gannon (Raiders): 4 sacks (3 on 12/15/02, 1 on 10/31/99) Brooks Bollinger (Jets): 3 sacks (3 on 12/18/05) Kerry Collins (Raiders): 3 sacks (3 on 11/27/05) Tim Rattay (49ers): 3 sacks (3 on 11/28/04) TAYLOR’S CAREER SACKS BY QUARTERBACK (Cont’d) Donovan McNabb (Eagles): 3 sacks (1 on 12/15/03, 2 on 12/21/08*) Matt Schaub ( Texans): 3 sacks (2 on 10/7/07; 1 on 9/18/11) Michael Vick (Falcons; Eagles): 3 sacks (1 on 11/6/05 (Atl); 2.0 sacks on 12/11/11 (Phi)) Tony Banks (Ravens): 2.5 sacks (2.5 on 9/17/00) Trent Edwards (Bills): 2.5 sacks (2.5 on 10/4/09) Charlie Batch (Lions; Steelers): 2 sacks (1 on 11/5/00 (DET); 1 on 9/7/06 (PITT)) Kyle Boller (Ravens): 2 sacks (2 on 12/16/07) David Carr (Texans): 2 sacks (2 on 10/1/06) Kellen Clemens (Jets): 2 sacks (2 on 12/2/07) Ryan Fitzpatrick (Bengals; Bills): 2.0 sacks (0.5 on 12/14/08* (CB); 0.5 on 11/29/09 (BB); 1.0 on 11/20/11 (BB)) Brian Griese (Broncos): 2 sacks (2 on 10/13/02) Rex Grossman (Bears; Redskins): 2 sacks (1 on 11/5/06 (CB); 1 on 11/13/11 (Wash.)) Jim Harbaugh (Colts): 2 sacks (1 on 12/14/97, 1 on 8/31/97) Kelly Holcomb (Bills): 2 sacks (2 on 10/9/05) Donald Hollas (Raiders): 2 sacks (2 on 12/6/98) J.P. Losman (Bills): 2 sacks (1 on 12/17/06, 1 on 11/11/07) Neil O’Donnell (Titans; Jets): 2 sacks (1 on 9/9/01(TT), 1 on 10/12/97 (NYJ)) Doug Pederson (Packers; Eagles): 2 sacks (1 on 10/24/99 (PHI); 1 on 11/4/02 (GB)) Jeff Blake (Ravens): 1.5 sacks (1.5 on 11/17/02) Daunte Culpepper (Vikings): 1.5 sacks (1.5 on 12/21/02) David Garrard (Jaguars): 1.5 sacks (1.5 on 12/3/06) Alex Van Pelt (Bills): 1.5 sacks (1.5 on 11/25/01) Derek Anderson (Browns): 1 sack (1 on 10/14/07) Steve Beuerlein (Panthers): 1 sack (1 on 11/15/98) Brian Brohm (Rams): 1 sack (1 on 1/2/11#) Marc Bulger (Rams): 1 sack (1 on 10/24/04) Jason Campbell (Redskins): 1 sack (1 on 9/9/07) Quincy Carter (Cowboys): 1 sack (1 on 11/27/03) Stoney Case (Lions): 1 sack (1 on 11/5/00) Matt Cassel (Patriots): 1 sack (1 on 12/10/06) John Elway (Broncos): 1 sack (1 on 12/21/98) Glenn Foley (Jets): 1 sack (1 on 11/9/97) Matt Hasselbeck (Seahawks): 1 sack (1 on 10/28/01) Tim Hasselbeck (Redskins): 1 sack (1 on 11/23/03) Chad Henne (Dolphins): 1 sack (1 on 9/26/10#) Brad Johnson (Vikings): 1 sack (1 on 11/19/06) Byron Leftwich (Jaguars): 1 sack (1 on 10/12/03) Josh McCown (Cardinals): 1 sack (1 on 11/7/04) Luke McCown (Browns): 1 sack (1 on 12/26/04) Colt McCoy (Browns): 1 sack (1 on 11/14/10#) Jim Miller (Bears): 1 sack (1 on 12/9/02) Moses Moreno (Chargers): 1 sack (1 on 11/12/00) Carson Palmer (Bengals): 1 sack (1 on 9/19/04) Jake Plummer (Broncos): 1.0 sack (1 on 9/11/05) Patrick Ramsey (Redskins): 1 sack (1 on 11/23/03) Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers): 1 sack (1 on 11/26/07) Matt Ryan (Falcons): 1 sack (1 on 9/13/09) Akili Smith (Bengals): 1 sack (1 on 10/1/01) Tim Tebow (Broncos): 1 sack (1 on 10/23/11) Billy Volek (Titans): 1 sack (1 on 12/24/05) Chris Weinke (Panthers): 1 sack (1 on 11/4/01) Vince Young (Titans): 1 sack (1 on 12/20/09) Travis Brown (Bills): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 1/6/02) Chris Chandler (Falcons): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 12/30/01) Trent Dilfer (Seahawks): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 11/21/04) Jon Kitna (Seahawks): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 9/3/00) Shaun King (Buccaneers): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 12/10/00) Mike McMahon (Lions): 0.5 sack (0.5 on 9/8/02) * - as a member of the Washington Redskins # - as a member of the New York Jets SACKS IN THE 2000s: In the decade of the 2000s (2000-09), Taylor recorded a total of 111 sacks, which was the highest total in that span in the NFL ... His total is 21 more than second-most in the decade (Joey Porter, 90 sacks) : NFL’S QUARTERBACK SACK LEADERS FROM 2000-09 PLAYER YEARS GAMES TEAM(S) SACKS 1. JASON TAYLOR 2000-09 157 MIAMI, WASHINGTON, N.Y. JETS 111.0 2. Joey Porter 2000-09 152 Pittsburgh, Miami 90.0 3. John Abraham 2000-09 129 N.Y. Jets, Atlanta 89.5 4. Michael Strahan 2000-07 113 N.Y. Giants 89.0 5. Leonard Little 2000-2009 135 St. Lous Rams 87.0 DOUBLE-DIGIT SACK SEASONS: Taylor had six seasons of 10-plus sacks in his career (all with Miami), including 14.5 in 2000, 18.5 in 2002, 13.0 in 2003, 12.0 in 2005, 13.5 in 2006 and 11.0 in 2007 ... His total of 18.5 sacks in 2002 led the NFL that season and tied for the Dolphins’ single-season team record (with Bill Stanfill in 1973) … He was in the top five four other times — 2000 (fifth with 14.5), 2003 (fourth with 13), 2005 (fifth with 12) and 2006 (fourth with 13.5) ..