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| Position: | Safety | ||||||
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| Born: | (1951-05-01)May 1, 1951 (age 73) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Northern (Detroit) | ||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1973: 3rd round, 55th pick | ||||||
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Randolph Logan (born May 1, 1951) is an American former professionalfootball player who was asafety for 11 seasons with thePhiladelphia Eagles of theNational Football League (NFL) from 1973 to 1983. He playedcollege football for theMichigan Wolverines football from 1970 to 1972, earning consensusAll-American honors in 1972. He was a second-team All-NFL player in 1980, and his streak of 159 consecutive games is the second longest in Eagles history.
Logan was born inDetroit,Michigan, in 1951. He attendedNorthern High School in Detroit.[1] He was the first football player from his school to win a scholarship to aBig Ten Conference university.[2]
Logan enrolled at theUniversity of Michigan in 1969 and playedcollege football for coachBo Schembechler'sMichigan Wolverines football teams from 1970 to 1972.[3] As a sophomore, he played as a backup at thewingback position and carried the ball six times for 27 yards, an average of 4.5 yards per carry.[4]
As a junior, Logan started 11 games atstrong safety for the1971 Michigan Wolverines football team that gave up only 83 points (6.9 points per game) and finished with an 11-1 record, going undefeated in the regular season before losing toStanford, 13-12, in the1972 Rose Bowl.[5] Logan had 63 tackles during the 1971 season, including a career-high 12 tackles in the 1971 season opener againstNorthwestern.[4]
As a senior, Logan was the co-captain and starter in all 12 games at the "wolfman" position (a linebacker/safety hybrid) for the1972 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season with a 10-1 record.[6] During the 1972 season, Logan had 45 tackles, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.[4] At the end of the season, Logan was selected as the most valuable player on the 1972 Michigan football team.[6] He was also selected as a consensus first-teamdefensive back on the1972 College Football All-America Team.[7] He received first-team honors from theUnited Press International, theAmerican Football Coaches Association, theWalter Camp Football Foundation, andFootball News.[8]
Mike McCormack, thePhiladelphia Eagles coach who selected Logan in the NFL Draft, recalled watching tapes of Logan at Michigan: "I watched every game on tape, and I never saw the kid out of position. And when he hit, he made their heads snap."[2]
Logan was selected by thePhiladelphia Eagles in the third round (55th overall pick) of the1973 NFL draft.[1] As a rookie during the1973 NFL season, he was the Eagles' starting strong safety in all 14 games and had five interception with 38 interception return yards.[1] Logan remained with the Eagles for his entire NFL career, playing 11 seasons with the team from 1973 to 1983.[1]
Logan was one of the few players retained by the team afterDick Vermeil took over as head coach in 1976. According to Ray Didinger inThe Eagles Encyclopedia, Logan was "part of the nucleus Vermeil built around as he changed the Eagles from sad sacks to winners."[2] He started all 16 games at free safety for the1980 Philadelphia Eagles team that compiled a 12-4 record, won the NFC Championship, and lost to theOakland Raiders inSuper Bowl XV. He was selected by theAssociated Press andNewspaper Enterprise Association as a second-team All-NFL defensive back at the end of the1980 NFL season.[1]
Logan was known as a tough and durable player,[9] appearing in 159 consecutive games for the Eagles—the second longest consecutive game streak in Eagles' history behindHarold Carmichael.[2] Logan also totaled 23 interceptions and 293 interception return yards in his career with the Eagles.[1]
After retiring from football, Logan worked as the Principal of the school department, at Saint Gabriel's Secondary School, a residential facility inAudubon, Pennsylvania, for teenage boys who had been adjudicated delinquent. He worked beside his long time wife, who also worked as a Teacher in the Catholic Boys Detention Center[10][11] Philadelphia Rappers M-I-Corleone & The Late General Reezy (RIP) Fight Was "Squashed" by Randy Logan and told by M-I-Corleone on his Learn As You GROW Show Podcast.