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Dent, Richard

CARD: Pro Set 1990 Super Bowl MVP
ACQUIRED: 2020, Future Considerations

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • DL Richard Dent was an 8th round pick out of Tennessee State in 1983 by the Chicago Bears.
  • Became a permanent starter at RE in 1984.
  • Scored 17.5 sacks and a league leading 4 forced fumbles.
  • Followed that up in the Bears Super Bowl season with a league leading 17 sacks and an unbelievable league leading 7 forced fumbles.
  • He also scored a TD on a 9 yard interception.
  • Dent had 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 2 FF earning Super Bowl MVP honors.
  • Over the next 8 seasons, he never failed to have less than 8.5 sacks.
  • Had at least 10.5 sacks in 6 of his last 8 years with the Bears.
  • Forced 6 fumbles in 1992.
  • Joined the San Fransisco 49ers in 1994, but spent nearly the entire year on IR.
  • Again injuries played a part in his return to Chicago for another year in 1995.
  • As a pass rush specialist, Dent saw new life in Indianapolis in ’96- posting 6.5 sacks and 2 FF.
  • Richard then closed out his career in Philadelphia in 1997 adding another 4.5 sacks and a FF.
  • At the time of his retirement, Dent’s 137.5 sacks ranked 3rd all time.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Super Bowl XX MVP
  • Black College Hall of Fame 2015
  • All Pro 1985
  • Second Team All Pro 1984, ’88, ’90
  • Pro Bowl 1984, ’85, ’90, ’93
  • 100 Greatest Bears of All Time
  • Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

NOTES:

Well who knows what my friend Bryan Gianquinta is up to. I’m not sure if he was settling up old debts after I sent him a few autographs of players that he wanted from Texas, but he gave me this one telling me he’d gotten it in person at Canton.

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