{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Greg Favors | number = 54, 51, 53, 55 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|30}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 242 | high_school = Southside (Atlanta) | college = Mississippi State | draftyear = 1998 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 120 | pastteams = * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1998}}) * Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|1999|2001}}) * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2002}}) * Buffalo Bills (2002) * Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2003}}) * Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2004|2005}}) | highlights = * First-team All-SEC (1997) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 242 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 14.5 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = FavoGr20 }}

'''Gregory Bernard Favors''' (born September 30, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played high school football at Southside High School in Atlanta and college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Favors also played for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Favors appeared as a substitute,<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php |title = Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters |publisher = sportspool.com |accessdate = 13 April 2012 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151204182557/http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php |archivedate = 4 December 2015 }}</ref> however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.

==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}

===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Comb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 1998 !! KAN | 16 || 4 || 19 || 17 || 2 || 2.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || '''1''' || '''41''' || 0 |- ! 1999 !! TEN | 15 || 0 || 11 || 9 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2000 !! TEN | 16 || 15 || 39 || 30 || 9 || '''5.5''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2001 !! TEN | 16 || 12 || 50 || 32 || 18 || 1.5 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2002 !! BUF | 6 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! CAR | 16 || 12 || '''76''' || '''56''' || '''20''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2004 !! JAX | 15 || 11 || 36 || 25 || 11 || '''5.5''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! JAX | 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 101 !! 54 !! 242 !! 172 !! 70 !! 14.5 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 3 !! 2 !! 41 !! 0 |}

===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Comb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 1999 !! TEN | 4 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2000 !! TEN | 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! CAR | 4 || 3 || '''12''' || '''10''' || '''2''' || '''1.0''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! JAX | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 10 !! 4 !! 16 !! 14 !! 2 !! 1.0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}

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