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Joe Klecko

joe klecko

DT | 1977-1987

Inducted: 2023

Klecko's 20.5 sacks in 1981 set the franchise record (broken three seasons later by Mark Gastineau) and his 77.5 career sacks were second in franchise annals when inducted. A member of the New York Sack Exchange defensive line of the early 1980s, Klecko earned Pro Bowl recognition four times from 1981-85 at three different positions (DE, DT and NT), and his uniform number 73 was retired by the team on the last day of the 2004 regular season.