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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1974-04-23)April 23, 1974 (age 50) Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | FAMU Developmental Research (Tallahassee, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Louisville | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1997: 2nd round, 44th pick | ||||||||||||||
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Samuel Adolphus Madison Jr. (born April 23, 1974) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theLouisville Cardinals, and was selected by theMiami Dolphins in the second round of the1997 NFL draft. A four-timePro Bowl selection, Madison also played for theNew York Giants. He has won two Super Bowls,Super Bowl XLII as a player with the Giants andSuper Bowl LIV as an assistant coach with the Chiefs.
Madison attended Florida A&M University Developmental Research School where he playedwide receiver anddefensive back. Aside from football he also lettered inbasketball,baseball andtrack and field.
Madison played college football for theUniversity of Louisville. Madison was a three-year starter for the Cardinals and set the school records forinterceptions with 16 andpasses defended with 44. As a junior, he earned third-teamAll-America selection after recording 65tackles, twosacks, 13 passes defensed and seven interceptions. As a senior, he was named a second-team All-America and first-team All-Conference USA after finishing with 52 tackles, two sacks, six interceptions and 16 passes defensed.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 181 lb (82 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) | 4.61 s | 1.69 s | 2.72 s | 4.16 s | 7.19 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 8 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
TheMiami Dolphins selected Madison in the second round (44th overall) of the1997 NFL draft. Madison was the eighth cornerback drafted in 1997.[2]
Madison made thePro Bowl for four straight years from 1999 to 2002. On March 1, 2006, the Dolphins released him.[3] He finished his career with the Dolphins starting 127 of 138 games, recording 353 tackles, a sack, 31 interceptions and twotouchdowns.
For much of his career as a Miami Dolphin, Sam Madison played alongside fellow cornerbackPatrick Surtain. During their time together, Madison and Surtain were one of the most prolific cornerback tandems in NFL history, posting a combined 697 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 60 interceptions, and 2 touchdowns.
Madison signed a four-year contract with theNew York Giants on March 10, 2006.[4] He earned aSuper Bowl ring with the Giants inSuper Bowl XLII against theNew England Patriots.
Madison appeared in just seven games for the Giants in 2008, recording eight tackles and an interception. He was placed on season-endinginjured reserve with a broken ankle on December 30. He was released on February 9, 2009.
| Legend | |
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| Led the league | |
| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Cmb | Tackles | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yards | Int | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | MIA | 14 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 1998 | MIA | 16 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 114 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 20 |
| 1999 | MIA | 16 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 164 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 14 |
| 2000 | MIA | 16 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 80 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 12 |
| 2001 | MIA | 13 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2002 | MIA | 16 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 2003 | MIA | 16 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 9 |
| 2004 | MIA | 16 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | MIA | 15 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2006 | NYG | 12 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007 | NYG | 16 | 67 | 59 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| 2008 | NYG | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 173 | 467 | 374 | 93 | 2.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 595 | 16 | 42 | 2 | 126 | |
On February 19, 2019, Madison was hired as the secondary and cornerbacks coach of theKansas City Chiefs.[5] In his first year as coach, Madison wonSuper Bowl LIV against theSan Francisco 49ers.[6] The Super Bowl win was his second win and first as a coach.
On February 18, 2022, theMiami Dolphins announced they hired Madison as their cornerbacks coach and pass game coordinator.[7]
Madison and his wife, Saskia, have two sons, Kellen and Kaden, and a daughter Kennedy. He donated a kidney to his daughter, who was three days shy of her 11th birthday, when both of hers were failing in 2016. His house was featured on an episode ofMTV Cribs. In 2019, Madison worked for WTVX as a Miami Dolphins analyst.[8]