Mike Haynes (cornerback)

  • New England Patriots (1976-1982)
  • Los Angeles Raiders (1983-1989)
  • 9 × Pro Bowl selection ( 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 )
  • 8 × All-Pro selection ( 1976-1980, 1982, 1984, 1985)
  • NFL 75th Anniversary All- Time Team
  • NFL 1980s All- Decade Team
  • NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1976 )
  • NFL Rookie of the Year Award ( 1976)
  • George S. Halas Trophy (1984 )
  • Back number 40 in the locked Patriots
  • NFC Champion (1983 )
  • Super Bowl winners (XVIII )
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame (1997)
  • College Football Hall of Fame (2001)
  • California Sports Hall of Fame (2011)

Michael James " Mike" Haynes ( born July 1, 1953, in Denison, Texas, United States), nicknamed " Luxury", is a former American professional American football player. He played as a cornerback in the National Football League for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Raiders.

Youth

Mike Haynes was born in Texas, grew up in Los Angeles, however, where he attended high school. As an athlete and football player he was because of his athletic achievements honored by his school and voted in the last school year for Athlete of the Year.

Playing career

College career

Mike Haynes studied from 1972 to 1975 at Arizona State University. At college, he played like in high school football, but was still active as a track and field athlete. In the long jump, he won the Conference championship. For the football team, he ran into the defense as a cornerback, but also played on special teams the college team. In the years 1972, 1973 and 1975, he won with his team the league championship and pulled each one in the Fiesta Bowl. All three games were won by his team. In 1972, his team remained unbeaten and was therefore chosen for the nation's second- best college team. Haynes was elected three times in the league selection in 1972 and 1975 took place in each election to the All-American. During his studies in Arizona he could catch 17 passes of the opposing quarterbacks.

Professional career

Haynes was drafted in 1976 by ​​the New England Patriots in the first round in fifth place. Even in his rookie year game Haynes was used as starters on defense. Get him this season eight interceptions with which he was able to achieve a space gain of 90 yards. Although the Patriots could move in the years 1976, 1978 and 1982 in the play offs, they did not succeed in winning the title. Haynes showed up repeatedly dissatisfied with his contract during his playing time in Foxborough. To enforce a contract improvement, he joined in 1980 not in the first three games of the season. In 1983, he sat out even for eleven games, reaching that the Patriots charges him during the season to the Raiders. The change to the trained by Tom Flores Raiders should prove to Haynes in his first game year in California as a godsend. The Raiders moved into the NFC Championship Game and were able to defeat the Seattle Seahawks with 30:14 there. The victory meant for the Raiders the way into the Super Bowl, where they met the Washington Redskins. The supervised by Joe Gibbs Redskins were Super Bowl XVIII chance and had to admit defeat with 38:9. Haynes was in the game a pass from Joe Theismann, the Redskins quarterback of the intercept, and thus contribute significantly to the victory of his team. The following year, the Raiders were able to once again qualify for the play-offs, but left out early. The highlight for Haynes this season was a game against the Miami Dolphins on December 4. Already at the beginning of the game he could intercept a pass from Dan Marino and carry the ball for a distance of 97 yards into the end zone of the Dolphins. As the game Haynes intercepted a second pass from Marino and this time could achieve a space gain of 54 yards. The realized gain of space is a club record today. After 177 games in the NFL Mike Haynes ended after the 1989 season his career.

After the NFL

Michael Haynes worked after his playing career in television and at the company Callaway Golf. He lives in Del Mar, California.

Honors

Mike Haynes is one of the most honored football players in the NFL. He played nine times in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players in a season eight times and was selected to the All- Pro. In 1976 he was chosen NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Year. In 1984 he won the George S. Halas Trophy awarded to the best defensive player of the year. He is a member of the NFL 75th Anniversary All- Time Team and the NFL 1980s All- Decade Team in the. In 1997, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, took place in 2001 to join the College Football Hall of Fame. The New England Patriots have his shirt number 40 locked.

Denison (Texas) 1976 NFL season Touchdown All-Star National Football League Rookie of the Year Award Athletics (sport) Endzone Callaway Golf Company National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team Joe Montana Dan Fouts Walter Payton Roger Craig (American football) John Riggins Jerry Rice Steve Largent Ozzie Newsome Joe Jacoby John Hannah (American football) Dwight Stephenson Mike Webster Reggie White Dave Butz Mike Singletary Lawrence Taylor Jack Lambert (American football) Andre Tippett John Anderson (American football) Carl Banks Frank Minnifield Ronnie Lott Kenny Easley Deron Cherry Morten Andersen Gary Anderson (placekicker) Billy Johnson (American football) National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team Sammy Baugh Johnny Unitas Marion Motley Raymond Berry Rosey Brown Forrest Gregg Jim Parker (American football) Mel Hein Deacon Jones Bob Lilly Merlin Olsen Dick Butkus Jack Ham Ray Nitschke Dick Lane (American football) Rod Woodson Larry Wilson (American football) Ray Guy Jan Stenerud Bill Parcells Marcus Allen George Blanda Bob Brown (offensive lineman) Dave Casper Al Davis John Madden Warren Sapp
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