- Moe Gardner
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Moe Gardner No. 67 Defensive tackle Personal information Date of birth: August 10, 1968 Place of birth: Indianapolis, Indiana High School: Cathedral High School Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 265 lb (120 kg) Career information College: Illinois NFL Draft: 1991 / Round: 4 / Pick: 87 Debuted in 1991 for the Atlanta Falcons Last played in 1996 for the Atlanta Falcons Career history Career highlights and awards - College Football All-America Team (1989, 1990)
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (1989, 1990)
Career NFL statistics as of 1996 Games played 90 Games started 84 Tackles 420 Sacks 10.0 Forced fumbles 1 Fumble recoveries 2 Stats at NFL.com Stats at pro-football-reference.com Stats at DatabaseFootball.com Morris "Moe" Gardner, Jr. (born August 10, 1968) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Atlanta Falcons (1991–1996). Moe Gardner graduated from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he went on to become a two-time consensus All-American in 1989 and 1990. He was selected as the only active player named to Illinois' All-Century team in 1990 and ranks second in school history in career tackles for loss. He was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year earning the honor in both 1989 and 1990. He was also named as a finalist for both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. Gardner was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. 1993 is arguably considered to be his strongest season. That year, he recorded 128 tackles leading the Falcons’ defensive linemen and finishing second overall on the team.
1990 College Football All-America Team consensus selections Offense QB Ty Detmer | RB Eric Bieniemy | RB Darren Lewis | WR Raghib Ismail | WR Herman Moore | TE Chris Smith
OT Antone Davis | OT Stacy Long | OG Joe Garten | OG Ed King | C John FlanneryDefense DL Moe Gardner | DL Chris Zorich | DL Russell Maryland | DL David Rocker
LB Michael Stonebreaker | LB Alfred Williams | LB Maurice Crum
DB Ken Swilling | DB Tripp Welborne | DB Darryll Lewis | DB Todd LyghtSpecial teams P Brian Greenfield | PK Philip DoyleAtlanta Falcons 1991 NFL Draft selections Bruce Pickens • Mike Pritchard • Brett Favre • Moe Gardner • James Goode • Erric Pegram • Brian Mitchell • Mark Tucker • Randy Austin • Ernie Logan • Walter Sutton • Pete Lucas • Joe Sims • Bob Christian
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