Byron Keith Traylor was born on September 3,1969 and is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle for 17 seasons in the National Football League.
63 Facts About Keith Traylor
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Keith Traylor was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1991 NFL draft.
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Keith Traylor was born September 3,1969, into an athletic family.
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Keith Traylor's mother, Vernestine, was a standout high school basketball player before giving birth to him at age seventeen, and his two younger brothers played college football and basketball, respectively.
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Keith Traylor was a two-time all-state and all-conference linebacker at Malvern High School in Malvern, Arkansas.
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Keith Traylor excelled in basketball and baseball, earning all-state and all-conference honors in both sports.
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Keith Traylor was named Player of the Decade for the 1980s by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and is second in state history for tackles in a season, amassing 231 tackles in 1985.
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Keith Traylor was named Honorable Mention All-American as a freshman, and was a 1st Team All-American as a sophomore.
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Keith Traylor transferred and played two seasons at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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Keith Traylor amassed 146 tackles, five sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries at Central Oklahoma.
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Keith Traylor was a first-team All-Lone Star Conference selection as a senior when he posted 79 tackles, five sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
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On October 18,2006, Keith Traylor was named one of the top 75 players and coaches in the history of the Lone Star Conference to commemorate the conference's 75th anniversary.
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Keith Traylor was projected to be one of the top thirty prospects leading up to the 1991 NFL draft, but was not selected until the Denver Broncos picked him in the third-round.
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Keith Traylor played in all 16 regular season games for the Broncos as a rookie, making two starts and recording 27 tackles.
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Keith Traylor's first start of NFL career came against the Seattle Seahawks on September 15,1991, when he opened at an inside linebacker spot in place of the injured Michael Brooks.
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Keith Traylor started the following week against the San Diego Chargers and recorded ten tackles.
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Keith Traylor saw action in both playoff games following the season in a reserve role.
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Keith Traylor started three of the 16 games in which he played with the Broncos in 1992.
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Keith Traylor collected 39 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble.
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Keith Traylor signed with the Los Angeles Raiders on July 19,1993, but was released just over a month later.
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Keith Traylor was inactive for one game with the Packers.
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Keith Traylor remained a free agent until being signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on January 5,1994.
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Keith Traylor was inactive for the team's first-round playoff game and was waived the following week.
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Keith Traylor was re-signed by the Chiefs in May 1994, but was released by the team on August 28 during final cutdowns and spent the entire season out of football.
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Keith Traylor was re-signed by the Chiefs on February 28,1995.
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Keith Traylor started three of the eight games that he played with the Barcelona Dragons, recording 18 tackles and a pair of fumble recoveries.
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Keith Traylor made the Chiefs' roster out of training camp and appeared in all 16 games in a reserve role.
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Keith Traylor was credited with 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and four passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor played in 15 games with the Chiefs in 1996, including one start.
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Keith Traylor notched 42 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a pass defensed.
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Keith Traylor blocked a Cole Ford 43-yard field goal attempt against the Oakland Raiders.
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Keith Traylor had a season-high six tackles against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football, while his lone sack of the season occurred against the Detroit Lions.
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In 1997, Keith Traylor returned to the team that drafted him six years prior, playing now as a defensive tackle.
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Keith Traylor started all 16 regular season games after re-joining the Broncos, posting 51 tackles, two sacks, an interception and two passes defensed for a unit that ranked fifth in the NFL in overall defense.
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Keith Traylor started all four playoff games following the season, registering 11 tackles, a sack and two passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor was awarded a game ball in the Broncos' Divisional playoff victory at Kansas City when he recorded three tackles, including two tackles for loss, just two days after his mother died.
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Keith Traylor registered two tackles, including a sack and a pass breakup in AFC Championship game at Pittsburgh.
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Keith Traylor was part of a unit that ranked third in the NFL in rush defense.
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Keith Traylor totaled six tackles and a pass defensed in the playoffs.
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In 1999, Keith Traylor started all 15 games that he played with Denver.
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Keith Traylor collected 42 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and a career-high six passes defensed.
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In what would be his final season as a Bronco, Keith Traylor started all 16 regular season games and recorded a career-high 53 total tackles.
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Keith Traylor added one sack, a fumble recovery, two forced fumbles and four passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor joined the Chicago Bears as an unrestricted free agent in 2001 and went on to start 15 of the 16 games in which he appeared.
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Keith Traylor had 45 tackles, two sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles and four passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor was part of a defensive unit that ranked second in the NFL, allowing an average of only 82.1 yards rushing per game.
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Keith Traylor and Ted Washington controlled the middle of the field, allowing young linebacker Brian Urlacher to roam the field and make plays.
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Keith Traylor started the team's Divisional Playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles and was credited with four tackles and a pass defended.
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In 2002, Keith Traylor started all 15 games that he played with the Bears.
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Keith Traylor registered 41 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and two passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor posted a season-high five tackles and registered his only sack against the St Louis Rams in a Monday night game.
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Keith Traylor entered the 2003 season in a battle with Bryan Robinson for a starting position on the Bear's defensive line.
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Robinson started all sixteen games, and Keith Traylor started all ten games in which he played with Chicago in 2003, recording 18 tackles, a forced fumble and three passes defensed.
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Keith Traylor joined the New England Patriots in 2004 and went on to start 10 of the 16 regular season games at nose tackle.
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Keith Traylor posted 33 tackles on the year and was part of a unit that ranked sixth in the NFL in rush defense, allowing an average of only 98.3 yards per game.
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Keith Traylor started each of the final ten regular season games and opened two of three postseason contests.
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Keith Traylor ended up wearing number 98 because his Patriots teammate Ty Warren was wearing his traditional number 94.
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Keith Traylor started all 13 games in which he played and was inactive for three contests with a knee injury.
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Keith Traylor tallied 40 tackles, a pair of sacks and two passes defensed on the year.
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Keith Traylor was part of a defensive line that allowed a 3.7-yard average per rush attempt, a figure that ranked fourth in the AFC and seventh in the NFL.
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An unrestricted free agent in the 2007 offseason, Keith Traylor was re-signed by the Dolphins to a two-year deal on March 8.
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On February 11,2008, Keith Traylor was one of nine players released by the Dolphins.
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Mark Keith Traylor died after suffering several years from Behcet's disease, a rare immune disorder.