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Jerry Ball

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Jerry Ball recorded 185 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 13 rostered seasons with Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, RAI, Detroit Lions.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

6

playoff games

13

indexed seasons

185

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Jerry Ball's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1989
DETROITLIONS
CHICAGOBEARS
DEC 10, 1989

Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Dec 10, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
NOV 12, 1989

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 12, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 22, 1989

Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 22, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1999
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
ST. LOUISRAMS
JAN 16, 2000

Minnesota Vikings vs St. Louis Rams

Divisional Round · Jan 16, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1999
DALLASCOWBOYS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 9, 2000

Dallas Cowboys vs Minnesota Vikings

Wild Card · Jan 9, 2000

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Jerry Ball's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 4 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
CHICAGOBEARS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
OCT 10, 1999

Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Oct 10, 1999

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
1989
DETROITLIONS
CHICAGOBEARS
DEC 10, 1989

Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Dec 10, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 tackle for loss

Divisional Round
1999
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
ST. LOUISRAMS
JAN 16, 2000

Minnesota Vikings vs St. Louis Rams

Divisional Round · Jan 16, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
1999
DALLASCOWBOYS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NOV 8, 1999

Dallas Cowboys vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Nov 8, 1999

3 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1996
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
SEP 15, 1996

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Sep 15, 1996

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Jerry Ball's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1959–1988

01
DETBALL—Jerry Ball
DETLEBEAU—Dick LeBeau
DETBARNEY—Lem Barney

Great defenders and Billy Sims cannot sustain a winner

Detroit Lions · The long wait

Detroit produced elite players but only intermittent contention, and Sims's career-altering injury removed the brightest offensive hope.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETBALL—Jerry Ball
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

03
CLEBALL—Jerry Ball
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1988–2001

04
LVBALL—Jerry Ball
LVBROWN81Tim Brown
LVGANNON12Rich Gannon

Old stars give way to Gruden's veteran contender

Las Vegas Raiders · Back to Oakland

The Raiders returned home, developed Brown and Woodson, and found a precise veteran offense under Jon Gruden.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

05
ARIBALL—Jerry Ball
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1992–2000

06
MINBALL—Jerry Ball
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

07
CLEBALL—Jerry Ball
CLETHOMAS73Joe Thomas
CLECRIBBS16Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 1991Pro Bowl selection · 1989, 1990, 199113 NFL seasons185 career games9 career solo tackles33 career sacksJersey: 936 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 13, 1987Most recent: Jan 16, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history