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Kevin Hardy

Retired

Cincinnati Bengals · OLB

Kevin Hardy recorded 133 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots.

▶Best highlights

3.2

tackles/gm

8

playoff games

9

indexed seasons

133

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Kevin Hardy's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2001
CLEVELANDBROWNS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEP 30, 2001

Cleveland Browns vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Sep 30, 2001

11 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2001
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEP 9, 2001

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Sep 9, 2001

11 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1998
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NEW YORKJETS
JAN 10, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs New York Jets

Divisional Round · Jan 10, 1999

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 7, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1999

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1999
MIAMIDOLPHINS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 15, 2000

Miami Dolphins vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2000

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Kevin Hardy's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 12 total tackles

Regular Season
2002
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DALLASCOWBOYS
OCT 27, 2002

Seattle Seahawks vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Oct 27, 2002

12 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
2001
CLEVELANDBROWNS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEP 30, 2001

Cleveland Browns vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Sep 30, 2001

11 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2002
DALLASCOWBOYS
HOUSTONTEXANS
SEP 8, 2002

Dallas Cowboys vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Sep 8, 2002

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
BALTIMORERAVENS
OCT 28, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Oct 28, 2001

8 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2003
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 26, 2003

Seattle Seahawks vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 26, 2003

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Kevin Hardy's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1983–1999

01
MIAHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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
NEHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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
JAXHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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
JAXHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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
CINHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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

1992–2006

06
PITHARDY—Kevin Hardy
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

07
BUFHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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

1997–2004

08
TENHARDY—Kevin Hardy
TENMCNAIR9Steve McNair
TENGEORGE27Eddie George

The Music City Miracle launches a Super Bowl run

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

After two temporary seasons, Tennessee found its name and stadium, then came one yard short of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

09
CLEHARDY—Kevin Hardy
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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Franchise era

2000–2015

10
DALHARDY—Kevin Hardy
DALROMO9Tony Romo
DALWITTEN82Jason Witten

Undrafted improvisation restores contention

Dallas Cowboys · The Romo years

Romo developed into a prolific quarterback and gave Dallas repeated division titles, though a sequence of narrow playoff losses shaped the era's reputation.

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Franchise era

2003–2010

11
CINHARDY—Kevin Hardy
CINPALMER9Carson Palmer
CINJOHNSON85Chad Johnson

The passing game restores belief

Cincinnati Bengals · Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Marvin Lewis brought credibility and Palmer's vertical offense won the 2005 division before injuries and inconsistency shortened the window.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 1999Pro Bowl selection · 19999 NFL seasons133 career games298 career solo tackles36 career sacksDrafted by: JAXDraft pick: 2Jersey: 518 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1996Most recent: Jan 2, 2005

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