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In a season divided between the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions, defensive end Za'Darius Smith recorded nine sacks in 2024 to move into the NFL top 10 for players from Alabama high schools and colleges – on both lists. The NFL has two sets of sack stats – the official one that dates to 1982 and an unofficial one that dates to 1960. Sacks became an official NFL statistic in 1982. But based on the work of John Turney and Nick Webster of the Pro Football Researchers Association that was published in 2021, “a very thorough accounting” of pass-rushing has emerged that pushes the sack, at least unofficially, back to the 1960 season. The 10 players from Alabama high schools and colleges with the
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In a season divided between the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions, defensive end Za'Darius Smith recorded nine sacks in 2024 to move into the NFL top 10 for players from Alabama high schools and colleges – on both lists. The NFL has two sets of sack stats – the official one that dates to 1982 and an unofficial one that dates to 1960. Sacks became an official NFL statistic in 1982. But based on the work of John Turney and Nick Webster of the Pro Football Researchers Association that was published in 2021, “a very thorough accounting” of pass-rushing has emerged that pushes the sack, at least unofficially, back to the 1960 season. The 10 players from Alabama high schools and colleges with the
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