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Carnell Lake

Retired

Baltimore Ravens · DB

Carnell Lake recorded 185 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 13 rostered seasons with Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills.

▶Best highlights

0.4

tackles/gm

16

playoff games

12

indexed seasons

185

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Carnell Lake's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXX
DALLASCOWBOYS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 28, 1996

Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl XXX · Jan 28, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 30, 1997

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 30, 1997

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1994
CLEVELANDBROWNS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 7, 1995

Cleveland Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 7, 1995

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1992
BUFFALOBILLS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 9, 1993

Buffalo Bills vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 9, 1993

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 7, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1999

2 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Carnell Lake's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
DENVERBRONCOS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DEC 13, 1999

Denver Broncos vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Dec 13, 1999

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1998
CINCINNATIBENGALS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DEC 20, 1998

Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Dec 20, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career highs: 2 passes defended · 1 forced fumble

Divisional Round
1999
MIAMIDOLPHINS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
JAN 15, 2000

Miami Dolphins vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2000

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 47 interception return yards

Regular Season
1996
BUFFALOBILLS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
SEP 16, 1996

Buffalo Bills vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Sep 16, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Carnell Lake's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1980–1991

01
PITLAKE—Carnell Lake
PITSTALLWORTH—John Stallworth
PITWOODSON26Rod Woodson

The old champions fade while defense reloads

Pittsburgh Steelers · After the dynasty

Pittsburgh remained competitive as its Hall of Famers retired and Woodson became the versatile star of a new defensive generation.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

02
PITLAKE—Carnell Lake
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

1981–1996

03
NYJLAKE—Carnell Lake
NYJGASTINEAU99Mark Gastineau
NYJKLECKO—Joe Klecko

Pass rush returns the Jets to January

New York Jets · The Sack Exchange and more near misses

The Sack Exchange led consecutive playoff teams, and the 1986 club began 10–1 before injuries and an overtime loss ended its run.

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Franchise era

1985–1996

04
BUFLAKE—Carnell Lake
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

05
CINLAKE—Carnell Lake
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

1997–2006

06
NYJLAKE—Carnell Lake
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

1995–1999

07
JAXLAKE—Carnell Lake
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

08
JAXLAKE—Carnell Lake
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

2000–2006

09
BALLAKE—Carnell Lake
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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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 1997, 1999Pro Bowl selection · 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 19991× first-team All-Pro13 NFL seasons185 career games69 career solo tackles25 career sacksJersey: 3716 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 10, 1989Most recent: Jan 13, 2002

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