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Junior Seau is the oldest linebacker in a game. He was 40 years and 349 days old against the Texans on January 3, 2010.

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	NAME	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-349	1/3/2010	NE	@	HOU	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-342	12/27/2009	NE	vs	JAX	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-335	12/20/2009	NE	@	BUF	1	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-328	12/13/2009	NE	vs	CAR	0	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-321	12/6/2009	NE	@	MIA	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-282	12/22/1996	ATL	@	JAX				1.0		0	0	0			0
7	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-279	10/25/2009	NE	@	TB	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-275	12/15/1996	ATL	vs	STL				1.0		0	0	0			0
9	Junior Seau J. Seau	40-272	10/18/2009	NE	vs	TEN	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-268	12/8/1996	ATL	@	NO				0.0		0	0	0			0
11	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-262	12/2/1996	ATL	vs	SF				0.0		0	0	0			0
12	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-254	11/24/1996	ATL	@	CIN				0.0		0	0	0			0
13	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-247	11/17/1996	ATL	vs	NO				0.0		0	0	0			0
14	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-240	11/10/1996	ATL	@	STL				0.0		0	0	0			0
15	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-233	11/3/1996	ATL	vs	CAR				3.0		0	0	0			0
16	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-226	10/27/1996	ATL	vs	PIT				1.5		0	0	0			0
17	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-219	10/20/1996	ATL	@	DAL				0.0		0	0	0			0
18	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-212	10/13/1996	ATL	vs	HOU				0.0		0	0	0			0
19	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-205	10/6/1996	ATL	@	DET				0.0		0	0	0			0
20	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-198	9/29/1996	ATL	@	SF				0.0		0	0	0			0
21	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-191	9/22/1996	ATL	vs	PHI				0.0		0	0	0			0
22	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	40-170	9/1/1996	ATL	@	CAR				0.0		0	0	0			0
23	Junior Seau J. Seau	39-344	12/28/2008	NE	@	BUF	4	5	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Junior Seau J. Seau	39-337	12/21/2008	NE	vs	ARI	5	2	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Junior Seau J. Seau	39-330	12/14/2008	NE	@	OAK	5	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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