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Jack Youngblood, a 6-4, 247-pound All-America from the University of Florida, excelled for 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams from 1971 to 1984
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Youngblood was selected 20th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1971 NFL Draft.
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He did so well as a backup to superstar Deacon Jones at left defensive end as a rookie that the Rams traded Jones before the 1972 season.
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He played in a Rams’ record 201 consecutive games and only missed one game in 14 seasons, that one miss coming in his final year in 1984.
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The Rams’ defensive captain, he was a three-time winner of the Dan Reeves Award given to that team’s most valuable player each season.
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Youngblood was All-Pro in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, and 1979 and All-NFC seven times. He played in seven straight Pro Bowls following each season from 1973 to 1979.
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Youngblood earned election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. He tapped former teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen (right) to serve as his presenter.
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Jack Youngblood poses with his Hall of Fame bust.
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Jack Youngblood's Hall of Fame mural.
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Jack Youngblood's Hall of Fame bust.