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'{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography |image= Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett (CrashCouse Launch PSA) (cropped)Lott.png |caption= Lott in 2018 |position=[[Cornerback]], <br /> [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]] |number=42 |birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|5|8}} |birth_place=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |height_ft=6 |height_in=0 |weight_lbs=203 |draftyear=1981 |draftround=1 |draftpick=8 |high_school=[[Eisenhower High School (Rialto, California)|Eisenhower]] ([[Rialto, California]]) |college=[[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1977–1980) |pastteams= * [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1990}}) * [[Los Angeles Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1991}}–{{NFL Year|1992}}) * [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1994}}) * [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|1995}})* * San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1995}})* |highlights= * 4× [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]], [[Super Bowl XIX|XIX]], [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]], [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]]) * 8× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1981 All-Pro Team|1981]], [[1983 All-Pro Team|1983]], [[1986 All-Pro Team|1986]]–[[1991 All-Pro Team|1991]]) * 10× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1982 Pro Bowl|1981]]–[[1985 Pro Bowl|1984]], [[1987 Pro Bowl|1986]]–[[1992 Pro Bowl|1991]]) * 2× [[List of National Football League season interceptions leaders|NFL interceptions leader]] (1986, 1991) * [[NFL forced fumbles leader|NFL forced fumbles co-leader]] (1982) * [[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team|PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team#1981|1981]]) * [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]] * [[NFL 1990s All-Decade Team]] * [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]] * [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]] * [[San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame]] * [[San Francisco 49ers#Retired numbers|San Francisco 49ers No. 42]] retired * [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] (1978) * Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1980 College Football All-America Team|1980]]) ; NFL record * Most interceptions returned for touchdown in a season by a rookie: 3 (1981; tied with [[Lem Barney]] and [[Janoris Jenkins]]) |statlabel1=Tackles |statvalue1=1,146 |statlabel2=Interceptions |statvalue2=63 |statlabel3=Int. return yards |statvalue3=730 |statlabel4=Forced fumbles |statvalue4=16 |statlabel5=Fumble recoveries |statvalue5=17 |statlabel6=Touchdowns |statvalue6=5 |nfl=Ronnie-Lott |pfr=L/LottRo00 |HOF=ronnie-lott |CollegeHOF=2019 }} '''Ronald Mandel Lott''' (born May 8, 1959) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[defensive back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 14 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Lott played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|University of Southern California]] (USC), and was honored as a consensus [[1980 College Football All-America Team|All-American]]. A first-round pick in the [[1981 NFL Draft]], he played <!--professionally-->for the [[San Francisco 49ers]], [[Los Angeles Raiders]], [[New York Jets]], and [[Kansas City Chiefs]] of the NFL. Lott was elected into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2000, and is widely considered to be one of the best of all time at the [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]] position in NFL history and one of the best players in NFL history.<ref>{{cite news | title = 49ers announce plan to retire Lott's No. 42 | first = Roger | last = Phillips | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6973781.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195705/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6973781.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | newspaper = [[Oakland Tribune]] | date = November 6, 2003 | access-date = May 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Montana And Lott Lead Way Into Hall | first = Mike | last = Freeman | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E1DF1F3CF933A05752C0A9669C8B63 | newspaper = New York Times | date = January 30, 2000 | access-date = October 3, 2009}}</ref> ==College Career== Lott played for USC from 1977 to 1980. After sitting out his freshman season, Lott made the starting lineup and recorded 3 interceptions, assisting the team to a 12-1 record and #2 ranking in the nation. The 1978 season went even better. Lott recorded 3 interceptions again as a key member of an elite secondary that included future NFL players [[Jeff Fisher]], [[Dennis Smith (American football)|Dennis Smith]], [[Joey Browner]], and [[Dennis Johnson]]. Together with an offense led by future hall of fame NFL players [[Marcus Allen]] and [[Anthony Munoz]], and [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Charles White (American football)|Charles White]], he helped USC finish with a 11-0-1 record and a #1 ranking from the [[coaches poll]], though they finished 2nd under the AP. In his senior season, Lott led the nation in interceptions (8), and return yards (166) earning himself consensus All-American honors as the team went 8-2-1 with a final ranking of #11.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/ronnie-lott-1.html Ronnie Lott] Sports Reference</ref> ==Professional career== Lott was selected in the first round (8th overall) of the [[1981 NFL Draft]] by the [[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]. The level of skill demonstrated by the 6-foot, 203-pound standout was instantly recognized, and from the very beginning of training camp he had the job as the 49ers' starting left [[cornerback]]. In his rookie season in [[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|1981]], he recorded seven interceptions, helped the 49ers to win [[Super Bowl XVI]], and also became only the second rookie in NFL history to return three interceptions for [[touchdown]]s. His outstanding play resulted in his finishing second for [[National Football League Rookie of the Year Award|rookie of the year]] honors, behind [[New York Giants]] [[linebacker]] [[Lawrence Taylor]]. Lott switched to the safety position in [[1985 San Francisco 49ers season|1985]]. He had the tip of his left pinky finger amputated after the 1985 season when it was crushed while tackling running back [[Timmy Newsome]], and a bone graft surgery would not have allowed him to start the [[1986 San Francisco 49ers season|1986]] season. An injury sidelined him for the season's last two games in 1986, but he still led the league with a career-best 10 interceptions, while recording 77 tackles, three forced [[fumble]]s, and two [[quarterback sack]]s. In his 10 years with the 49ers, Lott helped them win eight division titles and four [[Super Bowl]]s: [[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]] (1981 season), [[Super Bowl XIX|XIX]] (1984), [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]] (1988), and [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]] (1989). He is one of five players that were on all four 1980s 49ers Super Bowl wins. The other four are quarterback [[Joe Montana]], linebacker [[Keena Turner]], cornerback [[Eric C. Wright|Eric Wright]], and wide receiver [[Mike Wilson (wide receiver)|Mike Wilson]]. After his career with San Francisco, Lott signed as a free agent in [[1991 Los Angeles Raiders season|1991]] with the [[Los Angeles Raiders]], and in [[1993 New York Jets season|1993]] with the [[New York Jets]]. In 1991, he led the league in interceptions (8) for a second time. Lott signed a free-agent deal with the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in [[1995 Kansas City Chiefs season|1995]], but was injured in the preseason. He returned to the 49ers in [[1995 San Francisco 49ers season|1995]], but the injuries he had suffered over the previous four seasons continued to plague him, and he announced his retirement before the season began. He was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2000, his first year of eligibility, and was also named to the [[National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team|NFL's 75th Anniversary Team]] in 1994 and the [[National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team|100th Anniversary Team]] in 2019. In his 14 NFL seasons, Lott recorded 8.5 sacks and 63 interceptions, which he returned for 730 yards and five touchdowns. He recovered 17 fumbles, returned them for 43 yards, and gained 113 yards on kickoff returns. Lott also played in 20 postseason games, recording nine interceptions, 89 tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and two touchdowns. Additionally, he was named All-Pro eight times, All-NFC six times, and All-AFC once. Beyond statistics, Lott had an uncanny awareness of how a play was developing, which allowed him to break up passes and earn a reputation as one of the hardest and most efficient open-field tacklers in the history of the league. ==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | style="background-color:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| | Won the [[Super Bowl]] |- | style="background-color:#cfecec; width:3em;"| | Led the league |- | '''Bold''' | Career-high |} ===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="4"| Tackles ! colspan="6"| Interceptions ! colspan="2"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! PD !! Int !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! FF !! FR |- ! [[1981 NFL season|1981]] !! style="background-color:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|[[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 16 || 16 || 89 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 7 || 117 || 16.7 || 41T || '''3''' || 0 || 2 |- ! [[1982 NFL season|1982]] !! [[1982 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 9 || 9 || 68 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 2 || 95 || '''47.5''' || '''83T''' || 1 || 1 || 0 |- ! [[1983 NFL season|1983]] !! [[1983 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 15 || 14 || 108 || — || — || 1.0 || — || 4 || 22 || 5.5 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- ! [[1984 NFL season|1984]] !! style="background-color:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|[[1984 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 12 || 11 || 51 || — || — || 1.0 || — || 4 || 26 || 6.5 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! [[1985 NFL season|1985]] !! [[1985 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 16 || 16 || 104 || — || — || 1.5 || — || 6 || 68 || 11.3 || 25 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- ! [[1986 NFL season|1986]] !! [[1986 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 14 || 14 || 77 || — || — || '''2.0''' || — || style="background-color:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''10''' || '''134''' || 13.4 || 57T || 1 || 3 || 0 |- ! [[1987 NFL season|1987]] !! [[1987 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 12 || 12 || 55 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 5 || 62 || 12.4 || 34 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- ! [[1988 NFL season|1988]] !! style="background-color:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|[[1988 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 13 || 12 || 74 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 5 || 59 || 11.8 || 44 || 0 || 3 ||'''4''' |- ! [[1989 NFL season|1989]] !! style="background-color:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|[[1989 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 11 || 11 || 42 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 5 || 34 || 6.8 || 28 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! [[1990 NFL season|1990]] !! [[1990 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]] || 11 || 11 || 53 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 3 || 26 || 8.6 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- ! [[1991 NFL season|1991]] !! [[1991 Los Angeles Raiders season|LA]] || 16 || 16 || 93 || — || — || 1.0 || — || style="background-color:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 8 || 52 || 6.5 || 27 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- ! [[1992 NFL season|1992]] !! [[1992 Los Angeles Raiders season|LA]] || 16 || 16 || 103 || — || — || 0.0 || — || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- ! [[1993 NFL season|1993]] !! [[1993 New York Jets season|NYJ]] || 16 || 16 || '''123''' || — || — || 1.0 || — || 3 || 35 || 11.6 || 29 || 0 || '''4''' || 2 |- ! [[1994 NFL season|1994]] !! [[1994 New York Jets season|NYJ]] || 15 || 15 || 106 || 73 || 33 || 1.0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 2 || 1 |- ! colspan="2"| Career !! 192 !! 189 !! 1,146 !! 1,113 !! 33 !! 8.5 !! — !! 63 !! 730 !! 11.6 !! 83 !! 5 !! 16 !! 17 |} ==Broadcasting career== Lott turned to broadcasting following his retirement, serving as an analyst on ''[[Fox NFL Sunday]]'' in 1996 and 1997, and working on the network's game coverage in 1998. He is currently{{when|date=January 2017}} on a show called PAC-12 Playbook on the [[Pac-12 Network]], an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network. He also serves on the Board of Selectors of [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124055949/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |archive-date=November 24, 2010 }}</ref> ==Personal life== Lott was born in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]. His father served a career in the [[United States Air Force]], retiring as a [[Senior master sergeant]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitter With Heart|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126487/2/index.htm|publisher=Sports Illustrated|last=Lieber |first=Jill|date=January 23, 1989|access-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> He now lives in [[Cupertino, California]], with his wife, Karen, and his children, Hailey, Isaiah, and Chloe. ''[[USA Today]]'' praised him as "one of the most successful athletes at making the transition to business." Along with former teammates [[Harris Barton]] and [[Joe Montana]], Lott was a managing partner and a founder of HRJ Capital. Lott owns both [[Toyota]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] car dealerships. He advises professional athletes who are making a transition to the business world. Lott is also the father of former [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] linebacker [[Ryan Nece]]. Lott's nephew Jacobi, played [[Lineman (gridiron football)|offensive line]] at [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]] before transferring to [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes football|West Texas A&M]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KU's Jacobi Lott leaves practice in ambulance, reportedly stable |url=https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Article/KU-football-news-OL-Jacobi-Lott-leaves-practice-in-ambulance-reportedly-stable-120506543/|website=247sports.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gobuffsgo.com/sports/football/roster/jacobi-lott/10599|accessdate=8 October 2021|title=Jacobi Lott|publisher=West Texas A&M University Athletics}}</ref> In 1991, Lott, along with [[Jill Lieber]], wrote an autobiography, ''Total Impact''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Total Impact |last=Lott |first=Ronnie |author2=Lieber, Jill |year=1991 |isbn=0-385-42055-2 |pages=301 }}</ref> Lott inspired the [[Lott Trophy|Lott IMPACT Trophy]], which is given annually by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. The trophy was first awarded in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lottimpacttrophy.com/ |title=Home |website=lottimpacttrophy.com}}</ref> Lott was the guest of honor at a CYO fundraiser at Sharon Heights Country Club in Menlo Park, CA in May 2012 where he discussed the importance of helping the community. Lott credits the late Coach Ben Parks as a central figure in the development of his vigorous philanthropic work. On February 17, 2015, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of GSV Capital Corporation, a publicly traded investment fund.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quotes.wsj.com/GSVC/company-people/executive-profile/122587361 |title=GSV Capital Corp. |website=quotes.wsj.com |access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame]] *[[Lott Trophy|The Lott Trophy]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Facebook|RonnieLott}} * {{Profootballhof|134}} * {{cfbhof|2019}} * {{Footballstats |nfl=Ronnie-Lott |espn= |pfr=L/LottRo00}} {{Navboxes | list1 = {{1978 USC Trojans football navbox}} {{1980 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{1969-1994 All-America Team}} {{1981 NFL Draft}} {{49ersFirstPick}} {{49ers1981DraftPicks}} {{Super Bowl XVI}} {{Super Bowl XIX}} {{Super Bowl XXIII}} {{Super Bowl XXIV}} {{NFL season interception leaders}} {{NFL1980s}} {{NFL1990s}} {{NFL75}} {{NFL100}} {{49ers Retired Numbers}} {{San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame}} {{2000 Football HOF}} {{Pro Football Hall of Fame members}} {{NFL forced fumbles annual leaders}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lott, Ronnie}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American players of American football]] [[Category:All-American college football players]] [[Category:American amputees]] [[Category:American automobile salespeople]] [[Category:American football cornerbacks]] [[Category:American football safeties]] [[Category:Sportspeople with limb difference]] [[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:Kansas City Chiefs players]] [[Category:Los Angeles Raiders players]] [[Category:National Conference Pro Bowl players]] [[Category:NFL Europe broadcasters]] [[Category:National Football League announcers]] [[Category:National Football League players with retired numbers]] [[Category:New York Jets players]] [[Category:Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:San Francisco 49ers players]] [[Category:USC Trojans football players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Rialto, California]] [[Category:Players of American football from California]] [[Category:Players of American football from Albuquerque, New Mexico]] [[Category:People from Cupertino, California]] [[Category:College Football Playoff Selection Committee members]] [[Category:21st-century African-American people]] [[Category:20th-century African-American sportspeople]] [[Category:Ed Block Courage Award recipients]]'