Clark Haggans, an outdoor linebacker who gained a Tremendous Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers throughout a 13-year profession that included stops in Arizona and San Francisco, has died. He was 46.
Colorado State College, the place Haggans starred within the late Nineteen Nineties, mentioned Haggans died on Monday. No reason behind demise was given.
The Steelers took an opportunity on Haggans within the fifth spherical of the 2000 draft. He responded by turning into a particular groups ace earlier than graduating right into a beginning function reverse Joey Porter on a protection that often ranked among the many greatest within the NFL.
Haggans’ most interesting season got here in 2005. He racked up a career-best 9 sacks and was a disruptive power within the playoffs as Pittsburgh gained three straight highway video games to succeed in the Tremendous Bowl. Haggans had one in every of three Pittsburgh sacks within the title recreation towards the Seahawks because the Steelers earned their fifth championship.
Haggans headed west to Arizona in 2008 however went down with a foot damage in mid-December, forcing him to sit down out a postseason run that ended with the Cardinals falling to Pittsburgh within the Tremendous Bowl.
Haggans performed for Arizona from 2008-11 and spent his closing season within the league with the 49ers in 2012, ending with 46.5 sacks in 172 video games.
Haggans grew up close to Torrance, California, earlier than enjoying at Colorado State within the late Nineteen Nineties. He helped the Rams to a pair of Western Athletic Convention titles and his 33 sacks stay a program file. He had a son and a daughter.
