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{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Seth Joyner
| image       = Seth Joyner by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = Joyner in 2022
| number      = 59, 54, 99
| position    = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1964|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Spring Valley, New York]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lb   = 245
| high_school = [[Spring Valley High School (New York)|Spring Valley]]
| college     = [[UTEP Miners football|UTEP]]
| draftyear   = 1986
| draftround  = 8
| draftpick   = 208
| pastteams   = * [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1986|1993}})
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|1994|1996}})
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1997}})
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1998}})
| highlights  = * [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXIII|XXXIII]])
* 2× Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1991 All-Pro Team|1991]], [[1992 All-Pro Team|1992]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1992 Pro Bowl|1991]], [[1994 Pro Bowl|1993]], [[1995 Pro Bowl|1994]])
* [[Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team]]
* [[Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame]]
| statlabel1  = Total [[Tackle (football move)#Gridiron football|tackles]]
| statvalue1  = 1,123
| statlabel2  = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue2  = 52
| statlabel3  = Forced [[fumble]]s
| statvalue3  = 26
| statlabel4  = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4  = 12
| statlabel5  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue5  = 24
| statlabel6  = Interception yards
| statvalue6  = 307
| statlabel7  = Defensive [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue7  = 5
| pfr         = JoynSe00 
}}

'''Seth Joyner''' (born November 18, 1964), is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[linebacker]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]],<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last1=George|first1=Thomas|title=PRO FOOTBALL; Eagles' Joyner Hits as Hard As His Candor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/sports/pro-football-eagles-joyner-hits-as-hard-as-his-candor.html|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 1992|ref=nytimes}}</ref> [[Arizona Cardinals]], [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Denver Broncos]]. Joyner graduated from [[Spring Valley High School (New York)|Spring Valley High School]] and played [[college football]] for the [[UTEP Miners football|UTEP Miners]].<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="KROD">{{cite web|last1=Kaplowitz|first1=Steve|title=Antonio Davis and Seth Joyner Highlight 2017 UTEP Hall of Fame|url=http://krod.com/antonio-davis-and-seth-joyner-highlight-2017-utep-hall-of-fame/|website=KROD|publisher=KROD|access-date=September 18, 2017|ref=KROD}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Joyner was selected by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in the eighth round (208th overall) of the [[1986 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was actually cut in training camp, but the Eagles re-signed him later in the season. Joyner played in the [[National Football League|NFL]] for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (1986–1993), [[Arizona Cardinals]] (1994–1996), [[Green Bay Packers]] (1997), and the [[Denver Broncos]] (1998). Joyner's unique combination of strength and quickness allowed him to excel in all defensive statistical categories and propelled him to three [[Pro Bowl]] accolades; being selected in 1991, 1993, and 1994. In one ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game in 1991 against the [[Houston Oilers]], Joyner, playing with a 102-degree fever, recorded 8 solo tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 sacks. He was named NFL Player of the Year by [[Paul Zimmerman (sportswriter)|Paul Zimmerman]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' that year<ref>{{cite news |author=Zimmerman, Paul |title=Strength in Numbers |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/12/30/strength-in-numbers-statistical-leaders-buffalo-and-philadelphia-dominate-dr-zs-all-pro-team-as-well |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117135301/https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/12/30/strength-in-numbers-statistical-leaders-buffalo-and-philadelphia-dominate-dr-zs-all-pro-team-as-well |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |website=SI.com |date=December 30, 1991 |access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref> and received runner-up honors for [[Associated Press]] [[NFL Defensive Player of the Year]], while a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. As a Green Bay Packer, he appeared in [[Super Bowl XXXII]], and the next year, he won [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] as a member of the [[1998 Denver Broncos season|Broncos in 1998]], which turned out to be his last game.

He is one of many members in the 20/20 Club for [[interception]]s and [[quarterback sack|sacks]] in [[National Football League|NFL]] history. He is second in sacks behind [[Ted Hendricks]] (60.5) with 52.<ref name="c341">{{cite web | last=Sando | first=Mike | title=20-20: Lawyer Milloy to join Adrian Wilson | website=ESPN.com | date=2010-10-19 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/25814/20-20-lawyer-milloy-to-join-adrian-wilson | access-date=2024-08-13}}</ref>

Joyner is currently a football analyst on FS1 and on Eagles Pregame and Postgame Live on NBC Sports Philadelphia.

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[Super Bowl]]
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="4"| Tackles
! colspan="3"| Interceptions
! colspan="2"| Fumbles
|-
! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! FF !! FR
|-
! [[1986 NFL season|1986]] !! [[1986 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 14 || 7 || 44 || – || – || 2.0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
! [[1987 NFL season|1987]] !! [[1987 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 12 || 12 || 96 || – || – || 4.0 || 2 || 42 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
! [[1988 NFL season|1988]] !! [[1988 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || '''136''' || – || – || 3.5 || '''4''' || '''96''' || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
! [[1989 NFL season|1989]] !! [[1989 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| 14 || 14 || 123 || – || – || 5.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0
|-
! [[1990 NFL season|1990]] !! [[1990 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 132 || – || – || '''7.5''' || 1 || 9 || 0 || 3 || 0
|-
! [[1991 NFL season|1991]] !! [[1991 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 110 || – || – || 6.5 || 3 || 41 || 0 || '''6''' || '''4'''
|-
! [[1992 NFL season|1992]] !! [[1992 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 121 || – || – || 6.5 || '''4''' || 88 || '''2''' || 3 || 1
|-
! [[1993 NFL season|1993]] !! [[1993 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 113 || – || – || 2.0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 0
|-
! [[1994 NFL season|1994]] !! [[1994 Arizona Cardinals season|ARI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 53 || 38 || 15 || 6.0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0
|-
! [[1995 NFL season|1995]] !! [[1995 Arizona Cardinals season|ARI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 70 || 50 || 20 || 1.0 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 3
|-
! [[1996 NFL season|1996]] !! [[1996 Arizona Cardinals season|ARI]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 86 || '''64''' || '''22''' || 5.0 || 1 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
! [[1997 NFL season|1997]] !! [[1997 Green Bay Packers season|GB]]
| 11 || 10 || 34 || 25 || 9 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! [[1998 NFL season|1998]] !! style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1998 Denver Broncos season|DEN]]
| '''16''' || 1 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoynSe00.htm Career] || 195 || 172 || 1,123 || 181 || 67 || 52.0 || 24 || 307 || 2 || 26 || 12
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=2501545 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=J/JoynSe00}}
* {{twitter|sethjoyner}}

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