Jack Youngblood

Jack Youngblood

Hall of Fame induction speech in 2001
No. 85
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1950-01-26) January 26, 1950 (age 67)
Place of birth:	Jacksonville, Florida
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:	Monticello (FL) Jefferson Co.
College:	Florida
NFL Draft:	1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20
Career history
Los Angeles Rams (1971–1984)
Career highlights and awards
7× Pro Bowl (1973–1979) 5× First-team All-Pro (1974–1976, 1978, 1979) 3× Second-team All-Pro (1973, 1977, 1980) UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1975) 2× NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1975, 1976) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team Los Angeles Rams Ring of Fame Los Angeles Rams No. 85 retired First-team All-American (1970) First-team All-SEC (1970)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 202 Games started: 188 Quarterback sacks: 151.5 Fumbles recovered: 10 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Herbert Jackson Youngblood III (born January 26, 1950) is an American former college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Before playing professionally, Youngblood played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as an All-American. He is considered among the best players Florida ever produced—a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and one of only five Florida Gators to be named to the Gator Football Ring of Honor.

After retiring as a player in 1985, Youngblood worked in the Rams' front office until 1991. He also worked in the front office of the Sacramento Surge of the World League (WLAF) from 1992 to 1993, and the administration of the Canadian Football League's Sacramento Gold Miners from 1993 to 1994. He was a vice-president, then president, of the Orlando Predators from 1995 until 1999. From 1999 through 2002, he served as the NFL's liaison for the Arena Football League.

Youngblood has made forays into broadcasting (both radio and television), acting, and business, and has written an autobiography. He was a popular spokesperson for various products, and he has been consistently involved in charity work, starting in college, continuing throughout his NFL career, and remaining so today. Currently, Youngblood serves on the NFLPA Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee.