For the baseball player, see Michael Rucker (baseball).
American football player
Mike Rucker
Rucker with the Panthers
No. 93
Position:
Defensive end
Personal information
Born:
(1975-02-28) February 28, 1975 (age 49) St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:
275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school:
Benton (St. Joseph)
College:
Nebraska
NFL draft:
1999 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38
Career history
Carolina Panthers (1999–2007)
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl (2003)
NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year (2003)
2× National champion (1995, 1997)
Second-team All-Big 12 (1998)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:
421
Sacks:
55.5
Interceptions:
1
Player stats at PFR
Michael Dean Rucker (born February 28, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and was selected by the Panthers in the second round of the 1999 NFL draft.
in the military. MikeRucker is a commentator on preseason games for the Carolina Panthers on the Panthers Television Network. Rucker's younger brother...
band released five studio albums with Rucker as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the...
Panthers defensive line in Super Bowl XXXVIII that featured Kris Jenkins, MikeRucker, Brentson Buckner and Julius Peppers. Light was a part of an offensive...
named after Holcombe Rucker, a local teacher and a playground director for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Rucker started a basketball...
defensive ends Julius Peppers (7 sacks and three forced fumbles) and MikeRucker (12 sacks and an interception), and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kris Jenkins...
49–25 victory. Sprung by a block by freshman defensive end MikeRucker, Husker return man Mike Fullman took a punt back 79 yards in the first quarter to...
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Jenkins was rewarded with his first Pro Bowl start, and joined teammate MikeRucker as half of the NFC's defensive front line. However, the 2004 NFL season...
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Josh Heskew, Sheldon Jackson, Jay Foreman, Mike Brown, Chad Kelsay All-Big 12 2nd team Kris Brown, MikeRucker, Joe Walker, Bill Lafleur All-Big 12 3rd...
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picked up several players in the 1999 NFL draft, including defensive end MikeRucker. In Seifert's first season with the team, the Panthers finished with...
associated with former NFL football players Ethan Horton, Mike Minter, Michael Dean Perry, and MikeRucker. He has two children, Kennedy and Corey. "1994 NFL...
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to #2 in the polls. Unfortunately, this victory came at a cost, as safety Mike Minter suffered a season-ending knee injury. The next two weeks first saw...
cartilage in the second quarter, when a sack by Panthers' defensive end MikeRucker was worsened by linebacker Greg Favors tackling McNabb on the ground...
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plays later, fullback Richie Anderson fumbled the ball and Carolina safety Mike Minter recovered it. Later in the second quarter, Gowin once again gave the...
the 2006 NFL season, McNair was sacked by Carolina Panthers defenders MikeRucker and Chris Draft. The result of that play was a mild concussion and a...
of a defensive line that included Brentson Buckner, Kris Jenkins, and MikeRucker. Together, the unit were key players that helped the Panthers reach the...
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