Verlon Biggs

Verlon Biggs

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Died:

June 7, 1994 (aged 51)
Moss Point, Mississippi, U.S.

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AFL draft:

1965 / Round: 3 / Pick: 20
(by the New York Jets)^[1]

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Player stats at PFR

Verlon Marion Biggs (March 16, 1943 – June 7, 1994) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played for the New York Jets (AFL) in Super Bowl III, but felt he didn't receive enough credit for the Jets' playoff win against the Oakland Raiders in the AFL Championship Game that launched them into the Super Bowl. He played well but sulked until 1971, demanded more money, and wound up signing with George Allen's Washington Redskins. Always a dominating defensive end, Biggs solidified Allen's defense along with fellow newcomers Diron Talbert, Myron Pottios and Jack Pardee, plus holdovers Pat Fischer, Chris Hanburger, Brig Owens and Mike Bass, and led the Redskins into Super Bowl VII. His nickname with the Redskins was "Dirty Biggs" because of his extremely physical style of play.

References

^ "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

v t e New York Jets 1965 AFL draft selections
Joe Namath Tom Nowatzke John Huarte Verlon Biggs Bob Schweickert Glenn Sasser Don Hoovler Archie Roberts Jim Harris Rick McCurdy Jimmy Sidle Frank Lambert Jim Gray John Berrington Sonny Utz Gary Plumlee Jim Burt Seth Cartwright Bob Lehman Bill Scott Charlie Browning Mitch Dudek Troy Allen

v t e New York Jets Super Bowl III champions
11 Jim Turner 12 Joe Namath (MVP) 13 Don Maynard 15 Babe Parilli 22 Jim Hudson 23 Bill Rademacher 24 Johnny Sample 26 Jim Richards 29 Bake Turner 30 Mark Smolinski 31 Bill Mathis 32 Emerson Boozer 33 Curley Johnson 34 Lee White 35 Billy Joe 41 Matt Snell 42 Randy Beverly 43 John Dockery 45 Earl Christy 46 Bill Baird 47 Mike D'Amato 48 Cornell Gordon 50 Carl McAdams 51 Ralph Baker 52 John Schmitt 56 Paul Crane 60 Larry Grantham 61 Bob Talamini 62 Al Atkinson 63 John Neidert 66 Randy Rasmussen 67 Dave Herman 68 Michael Stromberg 70 Karl Henke 71 Sam Walton 72 Paul Rochester 74 Jeff Richardson 75 Winston Hill 80 John Elliott 81 Gerry Philbin 83 George Sauer 85 Steve Thompson 86 Verlon Biggs 87 Pete Lammons
Head coach: Weeb Ewbank
Coaches: Walt Michaels Clive Rush Buddy Ryan Joe Spencer

v t e AFL annual sacks leaders
1960: Branch & Morris 1961: Husmann & Nery 1962: Husmann 1963: Eisenhauer 1964: Sestak 1965: Eisenhauer 1966: Biggs 1967: Lassiter 1968: Philbin 1969: DeLong
Stats retroactively counted - American Football League merged with National Football League after 1969

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