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Marcus Cotton

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Seattle Seahawks · LB

Marcus Cotton recorded 44 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

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playoff games

4

indexed seasons

44

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Marcus Cotton's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1989
DETROITLIONS
ATLANTAFALCONS
DEC 24, 1989

Detroit Lions vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Dec 24, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
ATLANTAFALCONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 10, 1989

Atlanta Falcons vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 10, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
DEC 3, 1989

San Francisco 49ers vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Dec 3, 1989

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW YORKJETS
NOV 26, 1989

Atlanta Falcons vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Nov 26, 1989

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1989
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 29, 1989

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 29, 1989

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Marcus Cotton's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
1989
DETROITLIONS
ATLANTAFALCONS
DEC 24, 1989

Detroit Lions vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Dec 24, 1989

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Marcus Cotton's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1966–1988

01
ATLCOTTON—Marcus Cotton
ATLBARTKOWSKI—Steve Bartkowski
ATLHUMPHREY—Claude Humphrey

The Grits Blitz and Bartkowski bring the first wins

Atlanta Falcons · Building an identity

After a difficult expansion launch, Atlanta found its first playoff teams through an attacking defense, Bartkowski's arm and Andrews's punishing running.

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Franchise era

1989–1996

02
ATLCOTTON—Marcus Cotton
ATLSANDERS21Deion Sanders
ATLRISON89Andre Rison

Deion Sanders makes Atlanta an event

Atlanta Falcons · Prime Time changes the temperature

Sanders brought speed and swagger to a franchise still searching for consistency, setting the tone for a bolder Atlanta football identity.

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Franchise era

1985–1995

03
CLECOTTON—Marcus Cotton
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

1983–1998

04
SEACOTTON—Marcus Cotton
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons44 career games14 career sacksJersey: 00 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1988Most recent: Sep 15, 1991

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