Linebacker, USC, 1987–89
Junior Seau
Lettered 1988–89 (school media guide)
- Born
- Jan 19, 1969, in San Diego, California
- Died
- May 2, 2012, in Oceanside, California
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Junior Seau played linebacker at USC (1987–89). The San Diego Chargers took Seau in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 1990 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2015Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1989Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
- 1989First-team All-Pac-10
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 1987, 1988 and 1989
All-America: AP second team 1989; Gannett News Service 1989; Sporting News 1989; NEA second team 1989
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 12 (1991–2002) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 6 (1992–94, 1996, 1998, 2000) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1995, 1997, 1999)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1992–94, 1996, 1998, 2000; AP second team 1995, 1997, 1999; Pro Football Writers first team 1992–95, 1998, 2000; Sporting News first team 1992–96, 1998, 2000; NEA first team 1991–92.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Films and books
On film
In books
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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