Freddie Joe Nunn (April 9, 1962 October 16, 2021) was an American professional

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player who was a li nebacker in the

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(NFL). He spent most of his career with the St.Louis / Phoenix Cardinals and retired as the franchise's all-time sacks leader. Nunn was born in Noxubee County, Mississippi and played scholastically at Nanih Waiya School in neighboring Winston County. He played collegiately for the

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, where, as a senior, he was honored by

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(UPI) as a first-team

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. Nunn was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (18th overall) of the 1985 NFL draft. He started his career as a defensive end and later moved to the linebacker position. He played for the Cardinals organization from 1985 to 1993, and for the

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from 1994 to 1996. In his career, Nunn played in 157 games and recorded 67.5 sacks. At the time of his death on October 16, 2021, Nunn's 66.5 sacks as a Cardinal stood as an official franchise record. When Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones broke that record in a game played only three weeks after Nunn's death, Jones paid tribute to Nunn by revealing a t-shirt worn under his jersey bearing Nunn's name and portrait.

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