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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | April 23, 1974 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Thomasville, Georgia | ||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
College: | Louisville | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Tackles: | 471 |
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Interceptions: | 38 |
Sacks: | 2.0 |
Forced fumbles: | 10 |
Passes defensed: | 81 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Samuel Adolphus Madison, Jr. (born April 23, 1974) is a former American football cornerback who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Louisville, and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Madison also played for the New York Giants. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII against the New England Patriots.
Madison attended Florida A&M University Developmental Research School where he played wide receiver and defensive back. Aside from football he also lettered in basketball, baseball and track and field.
Madison played college football for the University of Louisville. Madison was a three-year starter for the Cardinals and set the school records for interceptions with 16 and passes defended with 44. As a junior, he earned third-team All-America selection after recording 65 tackles, two sacks, 13 passes defensed and seven interceptions. As a senior, he was named a second-team All-America and first-team All-Conference USA after finishing with 52 tackles, two sacks, six interceptions and 16 passes defensed.