Super Bowl champion Monte Coleman dead at 68

Monte Coleman, a three-time Super Bowl champion who played 16 years successful the NFL, has died, the University of Arkansas astatine Pine Bluff and the Washington Commanders announced. He was 68.

Coleman was a standout astatine Central Arkansas earlier the Washington Redskins selected him successful the 11th circular of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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Washington Redskins linebacker Monte Coleman runs with the shot during the 1983 NFC Championship crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine RFK Stadium successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 8, 1984. The Redskins defeated the 49ers 24-21. (Malcolm Emmons/USA TODAY Sports)

"Monte Coleman was 1 of the top players successful Washington history," Commanders proprietor Josh Harris said successful a statement. "He was 1 of the pillars of our title defenses having played for each 3 Super Bowl-winning teams. His durability and enactment acceptable the modular for what it meant to suit up for the Burgundy & Gold."

He aboriginal joined Arkansas Pine-Bluff arsenic a linebackers and took implicit arsenic caput manager successful 2008. He was astatine the schoolhouse for 10 years and helped the squad to a Southwestern Athletic Conference title successful 2012.

NFL fable Monte Coleman announces a enactment for the Washington Football Team during the 2nd circular of the NFL draught connected April 29, 2021, successful Cleveland. (Gregory Payan/AP)

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"Coach Coleman represented everything we strive for astatine UAPB," diversion manager Chris Robinson said. "Excellence, integrity, and a relentless committedness to processing our student-athletes. His bequest is not lone written successful championships and honors, but successful the lives helium changed each azygous day."

Coleman played his full 16-year vocation with Washington. He led the NFL successful tackles erstwhile – successful 1980 erstwhile helium had 118 during the season.

In 215 games, helium had 49.5 sacks, 1,002 full tackles, 17 interceptions and 4 antiaircraft touchdowns.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff caput manager Monte Coleman argues a telephone during the archetypal fractional of the SWAC title shot crippled against Jackson State astatine Legion Field successful Birmingham, Ala., connected Dec. 8, 2012. (Dave Martin/AP)

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He was connected the Redskins’ Super Bowl teams successful 1982, 1987 and 1991.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.