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TBSELMON—

Lee Roy Selmon

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers · DE-DT

Lee Roy Selmon recorded 121 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

4

playoff games

9

indexed seasons

121

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Lee Roy Selmon's most significant indexed performances.

Divisional Round
1979
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 29, 1979

Philadelphia Eagles vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Divisional Round · Dec 29, 1979

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
OCT 23, 1983

New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Oct 23, 1983

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1982
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 9, 1983

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Wild Card · Jan 9, 1983

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1981
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 2, 1982

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 2, 1982

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1984
NEW YORKJETS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 16, 1984

New York Jets vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 16, 1984

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Lee Roy Selmon's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 3 sacks

Regular Season
1983
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
OCT 23, 1983

New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Oct 23, 1983

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Lee Roy Selmon's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1976–1982

01
TBSELMON—Lee Roy Selmon
TBWILLIAMS17Doug Williams
TBGILES88Jimmie Giles

A defense gives the creamsicles credibility

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · From 0–26 to the NFC title game

After losing its first 26 games, Tampa Bay reached the 1979 NFC Championship Game behind Selmon and one of the league's best defenses.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

02
TBSELMON—Lee Roy Selmon
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons121 career games23 career sacksCollege: Oklahoma4 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 1976Most recent: Dec 16, 1984

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