Tony Casillas
Casillas with a fan prior to a Cowboys home game in 2011.
|
|||||||||
| No. 75, 92 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: | October 26, 1963 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 278 lb (126 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Tulsa East Central High School | ||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||
| Games: | 166 |
|---|---|
| Sacks: | 23 |
| Tackles: | 724 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Tony Steven Casillas (born October 26, 1963) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 through 1997. While at the University of Oklahoma he helped win the 1985 NCAA National Championship. He also won the Lombardi Award in 1985 and was the 1985 UPI Lineman of the Year. Casillas was also part of the Dallas Cowboys back to back victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, both against the Buffalo Bills. In 2004, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Casillas was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 16, 1963. He attended Tulsa East Central High School where he was an All-State player.
He had a difficult start to his college football career. As a redshirt freshman he suffered an ankle injury, contracted mononucleosis and was lost for the entire season. The next year he played sparingly at defensive tackle, registering only 10 tackles.
In 1984, Casillas was moved to nose guard and became a starter, receiving consensus All-American and first-team All-Conference honors.
In 1985, he became only the second Sooner ever to win the Lombardi award, which is given to the nation’s top lineman. He was named the UPI Lineman of the Year, the Big Eight Conference defensive player of the year, a consensus first team All-American and first team All-Conference. He ended his college career with 18 sacks and 213 career tackles in addition to graduating with Academic All-American honors in 1985, and a degree in public relations.
...
Wikipedia