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Carlos Emmons
No. 51
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1973-09-03) September 3, 1973 (age 51)
Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school: Greenwood
(Greenwood, Mississippi)
College: Arkansas St.
University of Miami School of Business
NFL Draft: 1996 / Round: 7 / Pick: 242
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 648
Sacks: 19.0
Forced fumbles: 6
Fumble recoveries: 8
Interceptions: 5
Defensive touchdowns: 1
Player stats at PFR

Carlos Antoine Emmons (born September 3, 1973) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Emmons is President/CEO of Emmons, LLC. and owned restaurants/bars called Wet Willie's and B51 in Atlanta, GA.

Biography

Emmons started playing football in seventh grade as an offensive lineman before moving to wide receiver in eighth grade. He attended Greenwood High School and played defensive back and linebacker. After high school, he played college football at Arkansas State University, where he was a four-year starter and received his BS in Business Management in December 1995. He earned second-team All-Big West Conference honors following his senior season, when he had 63 tackles, including four sacks.

Emmons was drafted in the seventh round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played for the Steelers until 1999. In 2000, he began playing with the Philadelphia Eagles and was named team Defensive MVP in his final year. He signed as a free agent by the New York Giants in March 2004 and was released by them on February 12, 2007, after having career-ending back surgery.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Led the league
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
1996 PIT 15 0 7 5 2 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1997 PIT 5 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PIT 15 14 63 46 17 3.5 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
1999 PIT 16 16 67 51 16 6.0 1 22 0 22 1 3 2 0
2000 PHI 16 13 78 55 23 0.5 2 8 0 8 1 1 2 0
2001 PHI 16 15 79 61 18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI 13 13 60 51 9 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 1
2003 PHI 15 15 85 65 20 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2004 NYG 15 15 97 62 35 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYG 9 8 49 35 14 0.0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 0
2006 NYG 12 12 62 49 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
147 121 648 481 167 19.0 5 38 0 22 6 8 48 1

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
1996 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 PHI 2 2 15 7 8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PHI 3 3 11 8 3 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI 2 2 7 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYG 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 8 33 21 12 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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