Washington Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan has 84.5 sacks in his eight-year NFL career, and he’s closing in on a franchise record quickly.
Kerrigan needs seven sacks this season to break the record, and given that he’s had more than that total in all eight of his NFL seasons, smart money says he will do it again. Even so, the veteran defender isn't going to take anything for granted. He knows how hard this game can be and how things can change in an instant.
“I’ll never take any sack for granted because they’re all hard to get,” Kerrigan said on the Rundown podcast. “But yeah, we’ll cross that bridge when it comes.”
Dexter Manley officially holds the franchise record with 91 sacks. Though, the record does come with an asterisk. Sacks have only been an official statistic since 1982, and Manley’s rookie season was 1981. Accounts pegged Manley’s total that year at six sacks, so Kerrigan may actually need 13 sacks before he has really sacked the quarterback more times than any other player in team history. Though seven will still get his name atop the charts.
No signs of a slowed step have hindered Kerrigan yet, as he's racked up double-digit sacks in three consecutive seasons — and four of the last five — with three straight Pro Bowl selections.
He’s recorded 13.0 sacks in each of the past two seasons and has averaged more than 10 quarterback takedowns per year since entering the NFL in 2011. So, hey, he may get both the official and unofficial records.
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