Mike Cofer

Michael Lynn Cofer
Born: April 7, 1960
Knoxville, TN USA
Deceased: March 21, 2019
Position: LB-DE
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 245
College: Tennessee
High School: Rule (Knoxville, TN)
Career: 1983-1992
Drafted: 1983 in Round 3, #67 overall by the Detroit Lions

Mike Cofer played from 1983 to 1992 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Cofer recorded 62.5 quarterback sacks in his career.

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Interceptions:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1990NFL Detroit Lions100.00
Totals100.00

Sacks:

Year Team No. Yds Avg.
1983NFL Detroit Lions4.50.0
1984NFL Detroit Lions7.00.0
1985NFL Detroit Lions1.00.0
1986NFL Detroit Lions7.50.0
1987NFL Detroit Lions8.50.0
1988NFL Detroit Lions12.00.0
1989NFL Detroit Lions9.00.0
1990NFL Detroit Lions10.00.0
1991NFL Detroit Lions1.00.0
1992NFL Detroit Lions2.00.0
Totals62.500.0

Defense and Fumbles:

Year Team Tackle Brup Fum F Rec FYds FTD FF
1983NFL Detroit Lions01000
1984NFL Detroit Lions01000
1986NFL Detroit Lions03000
1987NFL Detroit Lions01000
1988NFL Detroit Lions02000
1990NFL Detroit Lions002000
Totals00010000

Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1983NFLDetroit Lions166
1984NFLDetroit Lions1616
1985NFLDetroit Lions77
1986NFLDetroit Lions1615
1987NFLDetroit Lions1111
1988NFLDetroit Lions1616
1989NFLDetroit Lions157
1990NFLDetroit Lions1616
1991NFLDetroit Lions22
1992NFLDetroit Lions88

Honors

1988 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1988 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1990 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1990 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)


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