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Tony Brackens

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Jacksonville Jaguars · DE

Tony Brackens recorded 105 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots.

▶Best highlights

1.9

tackles/gm

7

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

105

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Tony Brackens's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
BALTIMORERAVENS
NOV 28, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Nov 28, 1999

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Conference Championship
1999
TENNESSEETITANS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 23, 2000

Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Conference Championship · Jan 23, 2000

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
OCT 3, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Oct 3, 1999

9 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1999
MIAMIDOLPHINS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 15, 2000

Miami Dolphins vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2000

2 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1998
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 3, 1999

New England Patriots vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Wild Card · Jan 3, 1999

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Tony Brackens's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 9 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NOV 21, 1999

New Orleans Saints vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 21, 1999

9 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 2.5 sacks · 3 forced fumbles

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
OCT 3, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Oct 3, 1999

9 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 3 tackles for loss · 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 23, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2001

3 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
2003
TENNESSEETITANS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
OCT 26, 2003

Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Oct 26, 2003

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Tony Brackens's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1999

01
MIABRACKENS—Tony Brackens
MIAMARINO13Dan Marino
MIACLAYTON83Mark Clayton

The quickest release in football rewrites passing

Miami Dolphins · The Marino years

Marino shattered records immediately and kept Miami relevant for seventeen seasons, though his lone Super Bowl came in year two.

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Franchise era

1993–2000

02
NEBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
NEBLEDSOE11Drew Bledsoe
NECOATES87Ben Coates

A No. 1 quarterback brings the Patriots back

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Robert Kraft's ownership and Bill Parcells's coaching stabilized the organization, leading to Super Bowl XXXI and a roster ready for another regime.

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Franchise era

1995–1999

03
JAXBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
JAXBRUNELL8Mark Brunell
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

Four straight playoff trips and two AFC title games

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Tom Coughlin built an expansion roster with extraordinary speed, upsetting Denver in 1996 and going 14–2 three years later.

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Franchise era

2000–2010

04
JAXBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
JAXTAYLOR28Fred Taylor
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

A physical offense keeps Jacksonville dangerous

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Explosive backs and a powerful defense produced several strong teams, including the 2007 group that won a playoff game in Pittsburgh.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

05
CINBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

06
GBBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
GBFAVRE4Brett Favre
GBWHITE92Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

07
BUFBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

08
KCBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2000–2006

09
BALBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALREED20Ed Reed

A historic unit sets the franchise standard

Baltimore Ravens · Defense wins the first title

The 2000 defense overwhelmed the postseason and won Super Bowl XXXV; Reed and Jamal Lewis then helped Baltimore remain a yearly threat.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

10
NYJBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

1998–2011

11
INDBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
INDMANNING18Peyton Manning
INDHARRISON88Marvin Harrison

Pre-snap command creates a perennial contender

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Manning and a precisely constructed offense won at least twelve games seven straight times and captured Super Bowl XLI after a defining comeback against New England.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

12
PHIBRACKENS—Tony Brackens
PHIMCNABB5Donovan McNabb
PHIDAWKINS20Brian Dawkins

Five NFC title games make contention routine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Andy Reid and McNabb created the franchise's most sustained run of success and reached Super Bowl XXXIX after four straight NFC title-game appearances.

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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 19998 NFL seasons105 career games164 career solo tackles54 career sacksDrafted by: JAXDraft pick: 33Jersey: 907 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1996Most recent: Dec 14, 2003

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