Bill Pickel - #71 - DT - Rutgers - Profile

Played 15 games and started 1 at LT in his first year as a Jet ... finished season with 14 tackles, 1 sack and 2 passes defensed in spot duty ... played for injured Scott Mersereau in week 9 vs. GB and responded with 5 tackles and his 1st QB sack as a Jet ... signed with the Jets as a Plan B FA following an 8-year career with the Raiders ... during that time he played in 121 games, started 67 and registered 53 1/2 career QB sacks ... played 14 games in 1990 and had 3 sacks ... started 16 games in 1989 and had 3 sacks ... started 16 games in 1988 and led the Raiders' linemen with 75 tackles ... also led the Raiders in 1987 with 69 tackles ... was a Pro Bowl alternate in 1986 when he was 8th in the AFC with 11 1/2 sacks and was a consensus All-AFC selection ... had career-high 12 1/2 sacks in both 1985 and 1984 ... was consensus All-Rookie selection in 1983 when the Raiders won the Super Bowl ... was picked by the Raiders in the 2nd round of the 1983 draft ... was All-East selection at Rutgers ... was All-City lineman at St. Francis High in Queens, NY ... has degree in criminology ... wife Karol, sons William III 5 and Jameson, born this past April, daughter Kathrine 2.

From 1992 Jets yearbook.