| NFL Teams: | Denver Broncos (1989-98), New York Jets (1999) |
| Important Notes: | Drafted by the Denver Broncos with the 20th overall pick in the 1989 NFL Draft...named to All-NFL Rookie team in 1989... named the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year by Football Digest in 1989...twice led Denver in tackles ('93 and '95)... selected to seven consecutive Pro-Bowls from 1990-96 and eight overall...named All-Pro by the Associated Press in '91, '92 and '96...a key leader on the Broncos' back-to-back Super Bowl championship teams in 1997 and 1998... re-signed by Denver in 2000 to retire as a Bronco...one of the hardest hitters to play the game...at 6'3" and over 200 pounds, he was a Safety in a Linebackers body...elected as the 20th member of the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame in 2005...named to the Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team in September 2009. |
| Important Stats: | Career high 173 tackles in 1990...career high five interceptions for 104 yards in 1991...had 1,301 tackles (818 solo), five sacks (-39 yards), 89 pass breakups, 12 forced fumbles and nine fumble recoveries during his Broncos career...intercepted 24 passes in his career and returned them for 388 yards...started all 155 regular-season games he played in his 10 seasons with the Broncos. |
| Arkansas Notes: | Three-time All-SWC selection and two-time All-American... lettered in 1985, '86, '87 & '88...intercepted 15 passes in his four years as a Hog...the defensive MVP of the East-West Shrine Game in 1989...elected to the U of A Letterman's Association Hall of Honor in 1998...attended the same high school, Lutheran High School North, as another Hog great--Bobby Joe Edmonds...elected to the Arkansas (state) Sports Hall of Fame in 2002...on the Arkansas All-Century Team and All-Decade Team of the 80's. |
| Links: | Oinkville Pictures...Razorback Football History. |
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'I am a 17 year old fan from Connecticut. No one else in my family is a Broncos fan and I don't have many friends that are either. Who is my favorite player ever? Not Elway, Davis, nor Sharpe. None other than Atwater. I played eight years of football (4 high school, 4 Pop Warner) and I played two years at safety, including my Freshman year. I talked about Steve Atwater so much that my nickname became Atwater, and at our end of the year celebration, my coach said he only wished I could play like him. But there was no funer player to watch and many would agree (except maybe Christian Okoye) and number 27 should be retired from the Denver Broncos.' 'I am a bears fan, but.. but.. but.. my all time favorite football player has and always will be Steve Atwater.' 'Steve Atwater is the greatest hog to grace the NFL and should take his lofty place in the NFL hall of fame sooner rather than later. Steve you are the best!' |