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Lawrence Taylor

New York Giants · LB · 1981-1993
Football1981-1993
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About Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Taylor was a dominant New York Giants linebacker whose speed and pass-rushing ability reshaped how offenses protected the quarterback. A three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and Pro Football Hall of Fame member, he remains one of football’s most influential defenders.

Lawrence Julius Taylor played linebacker for the New York Giants from 1981 through 1993. Selected second overall in the 1981 NFL Draft, he made an immediate impact by winning Defensive Rookie of the Year and helping establish a new standard for attacking the quarterback from the edge. Taylor earned 10 first-team All-Pro selections, won the NFL’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1986, and was a central figure on the Giants’ Super Bowl XXI championship team. He also helped New York win Super Bowl XXV before ending his playing career after the 1993 season. Taylor finished with 132.5 official sacks and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Lawrence Taylor was a dominant New York Giants linebacker whose speed and pass-rushing ability reshaped how offenses protected the quarterback. A three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and Pro Football Hall of Fame member, he remains one of football’s most influential defenders.

1981
Giants draft TaylorNew York selected Taylor with the second overall pick in the NFL Draft.
1981
Immediate impactTaylor won Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in his first professional season.
1986
MVP seasonHe became the first defensive player since 1971 to win the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XXI.
1990
Second championshipTaylor and the Giants won Super Bowl XXV.
1999
Hall of Fame inductionTaylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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HOF MVP
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