Jack Youngblood
Career information High school: Monticello (FL) Jefferson Co. College: Florida NFL Draft: 1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 Debuted in 1971 for the Los Angeles Rams Last played in 1984 for the Los Angeles Rams Career history Los Angeles Rams (1971–1984) Career highlights and awards Pro Football Hall of Fame 7× Pro Bowl (1973 - 1979) 5× First-team All-Pro (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) 3× Second-team All-Pro (1973, 1977, 1980) First-team All-NFC (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980) Second-team All-NFC (1973, 1984) NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year (1975) UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1975) NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1975, 1976) All-Rookie (1971) Rams MVP (1975, 1976, 1979) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame St. Louis Rams #85 retired College Football Hall of Fame Gator Football Ring of Honor University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame 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 Stats at NFL.com Stats at pro-football-reference.com 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 Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1992 to 1993, and the administration of the CFL'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. In 2014, Youngblood opened the Jack Youngblood Center for NeuroEnhancement in Orlando, Florida, which purports to treat the symptoms of traumatic brain injury and offer care to patients in effort to restore normal brain function. Youngblood has stated, "The bonus with this therapy is that the time invested is minimal, while the results are extraordinary."