Steve Niehaus
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Position: | Defensive lineman |
Personal information | |
Born: | Cincinnati, Ohio | September 25, 1954
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 263 lb (119 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
College: | Notre Dame |
NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Steve Niehaus (born September 25, 1954) is a former American defensive lineman who played for 4 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first draft pick for the Seattle Seahawks and the second player taken in the 1976 NFL Draft.[1] Niehaus was the 1976 NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year[2] and holds the Seahawk rookie record for sacks in a season with 9½.[3]
He suffered multiple knee injuries which ended his career.
Notes[]
- ^ Player Bio.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Seattle Seahawks Spirit of '76.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ NFL Stats.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football defensive tackles
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- American football defensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs