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Tony Brackens
American college and professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive end

Tony Brackens

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American college and professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive end
A.K.A.
Tony Lynn Brackens Jr.
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, USA
Age
50 years
Stats
Height:
76 in
Weight:
267 lbs
Education
Fairfield High School
Texas, USA
Sports Teams
Jacksonville Jaguars (USA)
Texas Longhorns football (USA)
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Biography

Tony Lynn Brackens, Jr. (born December 26, 1974) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire nine-year career as a defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning consensus All-American honors. A second-round pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, Brackens was named a second-team All-Pro and selected to the Pro Bowl with Jacksonville in 1999.

Early life

Brackens was born and raised in Fairfield, Texas. He attended Fairfield High School, and played for the Fairfield Eagles high school football team.

College career

Brackens attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1992 to 1995. He developed a reputation as a ferocious hitter as a defensive end. As senior in 1995, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and was also a first-team All-Southwest Conference selection. He finished his career ranked eighth on the Longhorns' all-time list with 24 sacks. He was also a key contributor to the 1995 Longhorns team that went 10-1 and won the Southwest Conference and gained a berth in the 1996 Sugar Bowl against the Virginia Tech Hokies.

Professional career

He was taken in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars, for whom he played his entire professional career. His lone Pro Bowl appearance came in 2000, after the 1999 season in which he had 12 sacks and 8 forced fumbles. As of 2011, he held the all-time Jacksonville Jaguars records for several categories: sacks (55), fumble recoveries (13) and forced fumbles (28). He is also the leading tackler (all-time) among Jaguars defensive ends.

He was released in 2004, after a series of troubling leg injuries and operations. He ultimately decided to retire, saying that recent rule changes had made it impossible for him to play his style of football. He said, "Mentally and physically, I thought I could probably still do it, but I didn’t want to put up with all the rule changes. All the stuff they’re doing to players takes the fun out of the game." The moment in which he was let go was captured by NFL Films in "Jacksonville Jaguars: Inside the Training Camp", an unofficial version of the Hard Knocks TV series.

NFL statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGPTacklesFumblesInterceptions
CombSoloAstSackFFFRIntYdsAvgLngTDPD
1996JAX165545107.05312727.02709
1997JAX15413837.051000.0007
1998JAX123927123.513000.0008
1999JAX1666531312.0822168.01618
2000JAX16615387.522177.0708
2001JAX124239311.051000.0006
2002JAX511921.001000.0001
2003JAX15383266.020144.0402
Career1073532965755.0281355410.827149

Postseason

YearTeamGPTacklesFumbles
CombSoloAstSackFFFR
1996JAX38621.010
1997JAX16420.000
1998JAX12201.001
1999JAX27702.022
Career7231944.033
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