Moe Gardner

No. 67

Position:

Defensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

August 10, 1968

Place of birth:

Indianapolis, Indiana

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

265 lb (120 kg)

Career information

High school:

Cathedral High School

College:

Illinois

NFL draft:

1991 / Round: 4 / Pick: 87

Career history

Atlanta Falcons (1991–1996)

Career highlights and awards

Consensus All-American (1989, 1990)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (1989, 1990)

Career NFL statistics as of 1996

Games played:	90
Games started:	84
Tackles:	420
Sacks:	10.0
Forced fumbles:	1
Fumble recoveries:	2
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Morris "Moe" Gardner, Jr. (born August 10, 1968) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Atlanta Falcons (1991–1996). Moe Gardner graduated from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he went on to become a two-time consensus All-American in 1989 and 1990. He was selected as the only active player named to Illinois' All-Century team in 1990 and ranks second in school history in career tackles for loss. He was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year earning the honor in both 1989 and 1990. He was also named as a finalist for both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. Gardner was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. 1993 is arguably considered to be his strongest season. That year, he recorded 128 tackles leading the Falcons’ defensive linemen and finishing second overall on the team.

1989 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Andre Ware RB Anthony Thompson RB Emmitt Smith WR Clarkston Hines WR Terance Mathis TE Mike Busch OL Jim Mabry OL Bob Kula OL Mohammed Elewonibi OL Joe Garten OL Eric Still C Jake Young

Defense	DL Chris Zorich DL Greg Mark DL Tim Ryan DL Moe Gardner LB Percy Snow LB Keith McCants LB Alfred Williams DB Todd Lyght DB Mark Carrier DB Tripp Welborne DB LeRoy Butler

Special teams	PK Jason Hanson P Tom Rouen

1990 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Ty Detmer RB Eric Bieniemy RB Darren Lewis WR Raghib Ismail WR Herman Moore TE Chris Smith OT Antone Davis OT Stacy Long OG Joe Garten OG Ed King C John Flannery

Defense	DL Moe Gardner DL Chris Zorich DL Russell Maryland DL David Rocker LB Mike Stonebreaker LB Alfred Williams LB Maurice Crum DB Ken Swilling DB Tripp Welborne DB Darryll Lewis DB Todd Lyght

Special teams	P Brian Greenfield PK Philip Doyle

Atlanta Falcons 1991 NFL draft selections

Bruce Pickens Mike Pritchard Brett Favre Moe Gardner James Goode Erric Pegram Brian Mitchell Mark Tucker Randy Austin Ernie Logan Walter Sutton Pete Lucas Joe Sims Bob Christian

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