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Mark Haynes

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Mark Haynes
No. 36
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1958-11-06) November 6, 1958 (age 66)
Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:J. C. Harmon (Kansas City)
College:Colorado
NFL draft:1980 / round: 1 / pick: 8
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:17
Sacks:1.0
Touchdowns:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Mark Haynes (born November 6, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos from 1980 until 1989.[1] He made three Pro Bowls while playing for New York[2] and appeared in all three of Denver's Super Bowl teams in the 1980s.[3]

Haynes was a first-round draft pick of the Giants in the 1980 NFL draft and was instrumental in their 1981 playoff run, which saw the Giants make the playoffs for the first time since 1963.

Mark Haynes has one career touchdown on an interception return, which took place during the 1987 season.[1] In the 1984 season Haynes had seven interceptions and was named first-team All-Pro. He ended his career with seventeen total interceptions and four fumble recoveries.

References

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  1. ^ a b NFL.com. "Mark Haynes, DB". Retrieved on May 14, 2013.
  2. ^ Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary (Eds.). The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, p. 1361. Sterling Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
  3. ^ Neft, David S. & Cohen, Richard M. The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional NFL Football from 1892 to the Present, pp. 845, 873, 913. St. Martin's Press, 1991. ISBN 0-312-05089-5.