JOHN RANDLE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 2010 FINALIST

JOHN RANDLE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 2010 FINALIST

JOHN RANDLE 6-1 / 287 / DOB 12-12-67 COLLEGE: TEXAS A&I HIGH SCHOOL: HEARNE, TX John Randle s struggle to the top of the NFL heap was a long shot at best growing up in tiny, rural Hearne, Texas. Always an underdog, his fought his way to top dog. His stature kept him off the radar of the big schools in football-crazy country and he wound up starting his collegiate career at Trinity Valley Junior College before getting a shot at Division II Texas A&I. Even though he would eventually be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Randle was toiled in obscurity at A&I and was overlooked by the NFL. His size and small-school stigma followed him and Randle wasn t drafted by an NFL team. The Vikings acquired Randle in 1990 as a rookie free agent and brought him to training camp. As a rookie he earned a name for himself as a reckless special teams player. Just three years later, Randle was a full-time starter and heading to his fi rst Pro Bowl after tallying 11.5 sacks during the 1993 season. Randle went on to earn seven Pro Bowl selections and six All-Pro honors as well as being named to the 1990s All-Decade Team. He recorded double-digit sacks during eight different seasons, including a career-high and league-leading 15.5 sacks in 1997; he led the Vikings in sacks nine different times (eight years consecutively). Randle re-defi ned the DT position and ushered in the emergence of the under-tackle or 3-technique position. His ability proved that a pass-rush threat from the interior could alter how offenses protected and have a ripple effect across the line. Randle and his brother, NFL LB Ervin Randle, made the most of their humble childhoods and achieved at the highest level through unwavering work ethic and determination. Ervin presented John for his induction into the Vikings Ring of Honor in 2008. John and wife Candace, with their children, live in suburban Minneapolis. RANDLE MILESTONES 1st NFL game: at Kansas City, 9/9/90 1st NFL sack: at Philadelphia, 10/15/90 - QB Randall Cunningham 1st NFL start: at Detroit, 10/6/91 Single-game career-high sacks: 3.5 at Green Bay, 9/22/96 Single-game career-high tackles: 10 at San Francisco, 12/7/97 Touchdown: 1, fumble recovery at NY Giants, 12/23/01 Inducted into Vikings Ring of Honor: 11/30/08 Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame: 2008 WINNING WAYS Randle was only part of a losing team once in his 13 seasons as a starter, in a 7-9 campaign with Seattle in 2002. Randle was a starter on 8 playoff squads with the Vikings in a 9-season span from 1992-2000. Randle played on 9 playoff-bound teams during his 13 seasons as a starter and 14 overall seasons. ALOHA RANDLE John Randle earned berths in 7 Pro Bowls, being recognized for his play in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2001. Randle went to 6 straight Pro Bowls with the Vikings and earned a berth with Seattle for his play in 2001, his 1st season as a Seahawk after joining the team as a free agent.

NFL CAREER SACKS Bruce Smith, DE...200.0 Reggie White, DE...198.0 Kevin Greene, DE...160.0 Chris Doleman, DE...150.5 Michael Strahan, DE 141.5 John Randle, DT...137.5 Richard Dent, DE...137.5 VIKINGS CAREER SACKS Carl Eller, DE...130.0 Jim Marshall, DE...127.0 John Randle, DT...114.0 NFL SACKS 1991-2002 John Randle... 131.0 Bruce Smith... 118.5 Reggie White... 103.0 Kevin Greene... 100.5 NFL SACKS 1994 Kevin Greene... 14.0 John Randle... 13.5 Ken Harvey... 13.5 NFL SACKS 1997 John Randle... 15.5 Dana Stubblefi eld... 15.0 MOST CONSECUTIVE 10+ SACK SEASONS Reggie White... 9 John Randle... 8 Lawrence Taylor... 7 Bruce Smith... 7 MOST SEASONS LEADING VIKINGS IN SACKS John Randle... 9 Jim Marshall... 6 Alan Page... 6 Chris Doleman... 6 VOICES ON RANDLE Tenacious is the fi rst word that comes to mind when I think of John. He played hard on every play for 60 minutes. He also played with a great love for the game. He had fun out there. He talked a lot and let everyone know he was having fun. I respected John as a great player and I will always remember how much he appreciated the opportunity to play in the NFL. - Troy Aikman I got the chance to play with John in the last few seasons of his career in Seattle. You knew who he was from seeing all the highlights through the years, but what you didn t know when you fi rst met him was how hard he worked every day in practice and how much he put into his preparation. I was lucky to see fi rst-hand what a player of his caliber dedicated to his day-today routine. You couldn t help but work harder when he was going full-bore every day. He made all of us on the offensive line better by facing him at practice. - Steve Hutchinson 1993-98 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-PRO DEFENSIVE LINES 1993... John Randle, DT; Cortez Kennedy, DT; Bruce Smith, DE; Neil Smith, DE 1994... John Randle, DT; Corez Kennedy, DT; Bruce Smith, DE; Charles Haley, DE 1995... John Randle, DT; Chester McGlockton, DT; Bruce Smith, DE; Reggie White, DE 1996... John Randle, DT; Bryant Young, DT; Bruce Smith, DE; Alfred Williams, DE 1997... John Randle, DT; Dana Stubblefi eld, DT; Bruce Smith, DE; Michael Strahan, DE 1998... John Randle, DT; Darrell Russell, DT; Michael Strahan, DE; Reggie White, DE 1993-98 NFC PRO BOWL DEFENSIVE LINE STARTERS 1993... John Randle, DT; Sean Gilbert, DT; Richard Dent, DE; Reggie White, DE 1994... John Randle, DT; Leon Lett, DT; Charles Haley, DE; William Fuller, DE 1995... John Randle, DT; Eric Swann, DT; Charles Haley, DE; Reggie White, DE 1996... John Randle, DT; Bryant Young, DT; Tony Tolbert, DE; Reggie White, DE 1997... John Randle, DT; Dana Stubblefi eld, DT; Michael Strahan, DE; Chris Doleman, DE 1998... John Randle, DT; Warren Sapp, DT; Michael Strahan, DE; Reggie White, DE 2001 AFC PRO BOWL DEFENSIVE LINE STARTERS 2001.. John Randle, DT; Sam Adams, DT; John Abraham, DE; Marcellus Wiley, DE

RANDLE S CAREER Season... G/S...W-L... Division... Sacks... Tackles...FF...FR...PD 1990 (Minnesota)...16/0... 6-10... 5th...1.0... 12... 1... 0...0 1991 (Minnesota)...16/8... 8-8... 3rd...9.5... 56... 2... 0...0 1992 (Minnesota)...16/14...11-5... 1st...11.5... 56...0... 1...2 Playoffs...1/1...0.0... 0... 0... 0...0 1993 (Minnesota)...16/16... 9-7... 2nd...12.5... 59... 3... 0...0 Playoffs...1/1...0.0... 6... 0... 0...0 1994 (Minnesota)...16/16... 10-6... 1st...13.5... 47... 2... 2...0 Playoffs...1/1...0.0... 1... 0... 0...1 1995 (Minnesota)...16/16... 8-8... 4th...10.5... 47...1... 0...0 1996 (Minnesota)...16/16... 9-7... 2nd...11.5... 58... 4... 0...4 Playoffs...1/1...0.0... 2... 0... 0...0 1997 (Minnesota)...16/16... 9-7... 4th...15.5... 71...2... 2...5 Playoffs...2/2...1.0... 5... 0... 0...0 1998 (Minnesota)...16/16... 15-1... 1st...10.5... 56... 3... 1...0 Playoffs...2/2...0.0... 3... 0... 0...0 1999 (Minnesota)...16/16... 10-6... 2nd...10.0... 44... 4... 3...1 Playoffs...2/2...1.0... 4... 0... 0...1 2000 (Minnesota)...16/16...11-5... 1st...8.0... 31... 2... 0...0 Playoffs...2/2...1.0... 6... 1... 0...0 2001 (Seattle)...15/14... 9-7... 2nd...11.0... 35... 4... 1...0 2002 (Seattle)...12/12... 7-9... 3rd...7.0... 15... 0... 0...2 2003 (Seattle)...16/9... 10-6... 2nd...5.5... 17... 0... 1...0 Playoffs...1/0...0.0... 0... 0... 0...0 Total...219/185...137.5... 604... 28...11...14 Playoffs...13/12...3.0... 21... 1... 0...2 John Randle s Career Sack Totals 1990 1.0 1.0... Oct. 15... 24-32 L...at Philadelphia... Randall Cunningham 1991 9.5 1.0... Sept. 8... 20-19 W...at Atlanta... Chris Miller 1.0... Sept. 15... 17-14 W...vs. San Francisco... Steve Young 1.0... Sept. 29... 6-13 L...vs. Denver... John Elway 1.0... Oct. 6... 20-24 L...at Detroit... Rodney Peete 3.0... Oct. 13... 34-7 W...vs. Phoenix... Tom Tupa 1.0... Oct. 27... 28-0 W...at Phoenix... Tom Tupa 1.0... Dec. 8... 26-24 W...at Tampa Bay... Vinny Testaverde 0.5... Dec. 21... 27-7 L...vs. Green Bay... Don Majkowski 1992 11.5 1.0... Sept. 6... 23-20 W (OT)...at. Green Bay... Don Majkowski 1.0... Sept. 13... 17-31 L...at Detroit... Rodney Peete 1.0... Sept. 27... 42-7 W...at Cincinnati... Boomer Esiason 1.0... Oct. 15... 31-14 W...vs. Detroit... Erik Kramer 2.5... Nov. 2... 38-10 W...at Chicago... Jim Harbaugh 1.5... Nov. 15... 13-17 L...vs. Houston... Warren Moon 0.5... Dec. 6... 17-28 L...at Philadelphia... Randall Cunningham 1.0... Dec. 13... 17-20 L...vs. San Francisco... Steve Young 1.0... Dec. 20... 6-3 W...at Pittsburgh... Bubby Brister 1.0... Dec. 27... 27-7 W...vs. Green Bay... Brett Favre

1993 12.5 1.5... Sept. 12... 10-7 W...vs. Chicago... Jim Harbaugh 1.0... Oct. 10... 15-0 W...vs. Tampa Bay... Craig Erickson 3.0... Oct. 25... 19-12 W...at Chicago... Jim Harbaugh 2.0... Nov. 14... 26-23 W...at Denver... John Elway 3.0... Dec. 5... 13-0 W...at Detroit... Rodney Peete 1.0... Dec. 19... 21-17 W...at Green Bay (Milw.)... Brett Favre 1.0... Dec. 31... 14-9 W...at Washington... Mark Rypien 1994 13.5 1.0... Sept. 4... 10-16 L...at Green Bay... Brett Favre 2.5... Sept. 11... 10-3 W...vs. Detroit... Scott Mitchell 1.0... Oct. 2... 7-17 L...at Arizona... Jay Schroeder 2.0... Oct. 10... 27-10 W...at New York Giants... Dave Brown 2.0... Oct. 20... 13-10 W (OT)...vs. Green Bay... Brett Favre, Mark Brunell 1.0... Oct. 30... 36-13 W...at Tampa Bay... Craig Erickson 1.0... Dec. 1... 33-27 W (OT)...vs. Chicago... Steve Walsh 1.0... Dec. 11... 21-17 W...at Buffalo... Jim Kelly 2.0... Dec. 26... 21-14 W...vs. San Francisco... Steve Young, Elvis Grbac 1995 10.5 1.0... Sept. 3... 14-31 L...at Chicago... Erik Kramer 1.0... Sept. 10... 20-10 W...vs. Detroit... Scott Mitchell 1.0... Sept. 17... 23-17 W (OT)...vs. Dallas... Troy Aikman 0.5... Oct. 15... 17-20 L...at Tampa Bay... Trent Dilfer 1.0... Nov. 5... 27-24 W...vs. Green Bay... Brett Favre 2.0... Nov. 12... 30-24 W (OT)...at Arizona... Dave Krieg 2.0... Nov. 23... 38-44 L...at Detroit... Scott Mitchell 1.0... Dec. 3... 31-17 W...vs. Tampa Bay... Trent Dilfer 1.0... Dec. 9... 27-11 W...vs. Cleveland... Eric Zeir 1996 11.5 1.0... Sept. 1... 17-13 W...vs. Detroit... Scott Mitchell 1.0... Sept. 15... 20-14 W...at Chicago... Erik Kramer 3.5... Sept. 22... 30-21 W...vs. Green Bay... Brett Favre 1.0... Sept. 29... 10-15 L...at New York Giants... Dave Brown 1.0... Nov. 10... 23-42 L...at Seattle... John Friesz 2.0... Nov. 17... 16-13 W (OT)...at Oakland... Jeff Hostetler 1.0... Dec. 1... 41-17 W...vs. Arizona... Boomer Esiason 1.0... Dec. 15... 21-10 W...vs. Tampa Bay... Trent Dilfer 1997 15.5 2.0... Aug. 31... 34-13 W...at Buffalo... Todd Collins 1.0... Sept. 28... 28-19 W...vs. Philadelphia... Ty Detmer 2.0... Oct. 5... 20-19 W...at Arizona... Kent Graham 3.0... Oct. 12... 21-14 W...vs. Carolina... Steve Beuerlein 0.5... Oct. 26... 10-6 W...at Tampa Bay... Trent Dilfer 1.0... Nov. 2... 23-18 W...vs. New England... Drew Bledsoe 1.0... Nov. 9... 29-22 W...vs. Chicago... Erik Kramer 3.0... Dec. 14... 13-14 L...vs. Detroit... Scott Mitchell 2.0... Dec. 21... 39-28 W...vs. Indianapolis... Jim Harbaugh 1.0... Jan. 3, 98**... 22-38 L...@ San Francisco... Steve Young 1998 10.5 1.5... Sept. 20... 29-6 W...vs. Detroit... Charlie Batch 1.0... Sept. 27... 31-28 W...at Chicago... Erik Kramer 2.0... Oct. 25... 34-13 W...at Detroit... Charlie Batch 0.5... Nov. 8... 31-24 W...vs. New Orleans... Billy Joe Tolliver 1.0... Nov. 15... 24-3 W...vs. Cincinnati... Neil O Donnell

1.0... Nov. 22... 28-14 W...vs. Green Bay... Brett Favre 1.5... Dec. 6... 48-22 W...vs. Chicago... Steve Stenstrom 2.0... Dec. 20... 50-10 W...vs. Jacksonville... Jonathan Quinn 1999 10.0 2.0... Oct. 3... 21-14 W...vs. Tampa Bay... Trent Dilfer 1.0... Oct. 17... 23-25 L...at Detroit... Gus Frerrote 1.0... Nov. 8... 27-17 W...vs. Dallas... Troy Aikman 1.0... Dec. 12... 28-31 L...at Kansas City... Elvis Grbac 2.0... Dec. 26... 34-17 W...at NY Giants... Kerry Collins 3.0... Jan. 2, 00... 24-17 W...vs. Detroit... Charlie Batch, Gus Frerotte (2) 1.0... Jan. 16, 00**... 37-49 L...at St. Louis... Kurt Warner 2000 8.0 1.0... Oct. 9... 30-23 W...vs. Tampa Bay... Shaun King 1.0... Oct. 15... 28-16 W...at Chicago... Cade McNown 1.0... Nov. 6... 20-26 L (OT)...at Green Bay... Brett Favre 1.0... Nov. 12... 31-14 W...vs. Arizona... Jake Plummer 2.0... Nov. 19... 31-17 W...vs. Carolina... Steve Beuerlein 2.0... Nov. 30... 24-17 W...vs. Detroit... Stony Case 1.0... Jan. 6, 01**... 34-16 W...vs. New Orleans... Aaron Brooks 2001 11.0 1.0... Sept. 9... 9-6 W...at Cleveland... Tim Couch 0.5... Sept. 23... 3-27 L...vs. Philadelphia... Donovan McNabb 1.0... Sept. 30... 14-38 L...at Oakland... Rich Gannon 1.0... Oct. 7... 24-15 W...vs. Jacksonville... Mark Brunell 1.0... Oct. 14... 34-21 W...vs. Denver... Brian Griese 1.0... Nov. 4... 14-27 L...at Washington... Tony Banks 1.0... Nov. 25... 7-19 L...at Kansas City... Trent Green 2.0... Dec. 9... 7-20 L...at Denver... Gus Frerotte 1.0... Dec. 16... 29-3 W...vs. Dallas... Quincy Carter 1.5... Dec. 30... 25-22 W...at San Diego... Doug Flutie 2002 7.0 2.0... Oct. 27... 17-14 W...at Dallas... Chad Hutchinson 1.0... Nov. 24... 32-39 L...vs. Kansas City... Trent Green 1.0... Dec. 15... 30-24 W...at Atlanta... Michael Vick 3.0... Dec. 29... 31-28 W...at San Diego... Drew Brees 2003 5.5 1.0... Oct. 5... 13-35 L...at Green Bay... Brett Favre 1.0... Oct. 12... 20-19 W...vs. San Francisco... Jeff Garcia 2.0... Nov. 23... 41-44 L...at Baltimore... Anthony Wright 1.0... Dec. 21... 28-10 W...vs. Arizona... Josh McCown 0.5... Dec. 27... 24-17 W...@ San Francisco... Jeff Garcia ** playoffs 1990-2000 (Minnesota Vikings)... 114.0 regular season/ 3.0 playoffs 2001-2003 (Seattle Seahawks)... 23.5 regular season