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Bryce Paup

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Minnesota Vikings · LB

Bryce Paup recorded 139 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers.

▶Best highlights

0.2

tackles/gm

12

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

139

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Bryce Paup's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1991
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
SEP 15, 1991

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Sep 15, 1991

0 tackles · 4.5 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1994
DETROITLIONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DEC 31, 1994

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

Wild Card · Dec 31, 1994

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 7, 1997

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1997

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
BUFFALOBILLS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 5, 1995

Buffalo Bills vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 5, 1995

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 17, 1995

Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 17, 1995

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Bryce Paup's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 5 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
OCT 3, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Oct 3, 1999

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 4.5 sacks

Regular Season
1991
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
SEP 15, 1991

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Sep 15, 1991

0 tackles · 4.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 7, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1999

2 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Conference Championship
2000
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NEW YORKGIANTS
JAN 14, 2001

Minnesota Vikings vs New York Giants

Conference Championship · Jan 14, 2001

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 interceptions

Regular Season
1994
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 31, 1994

Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 31, 1994

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 2 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Bryce Paup's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1968–1991

01
GBPAUP95Bryce Paup
GBLOFTON—James Lofton
GBDICKEY—Lynn Dickey

Two decades of searching after Lombardi

Green Bay Packers · The long road back

Green Bay cycled through coaches and rarely reached the playoffs before a new front office changed the franchise's direction.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

02
GBPAUP95Bryce Paup
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

1985–1996

03
BUFPAUP95Bryce Paup
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

1997–2016

04
BUFPAUP95Bryce Paup
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

1995–1999

05
JAXPAUP95Bryce Paup
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

1992–2000

06
MINPAUP95Bryce Paup
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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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997First-team All-Pro · 1995NFL Defensive Player of the Year · 1995NFL sacks leader · 199511 NFL seasons139 career games26 career solo tackles75 career sacksJersey: 9512 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Nov 25, 1990Most recent: Jan 14, 2001

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