Hall of Fame
Position: Linebacker
Years: 1995-97
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Date of Birth: May 19, 1975
Jersey Number: 3
Height: 5-10
Weight: 225
High School: Villa Angela-St. Joseph HS (Cleveland, OH)
A legend at John Carroll University, London Fletcher set multiple records during one of the best careers in program history. He deservedly becomes the first Blue Streak (player or coach) to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
A two-time First Team All-American, Fletcher was the Football Gazette’s 1997 Division III Linebacker of the Year. A team captain his senior season, he helped the 1997 JCU squad become the first team in school history to win a Division III playoff game as the Blue Streaks reached the quarterfinals. A two-time First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection, Fletcher was named the OAC’s Bill Edwards Most Outstanding Linebacker in 1997, and he helped JCU finish second in the conference standings his final two seasons behind only Mount Union (OH), the eventual national champion both years.
Fletcher recorded 202 tackles during his stellar final season in University Heights, which remains a single-season school record. That year, he also set the single-game record with 29 tackles against Ohio Northern. By the end of his Blue Streak career, Fletcher had tallied 386 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and three interceptions. His No. 3 jersey was retired by JCU in 2017 during a special 20-year celebration of the 1997 football team.
After going undrafted in 1998, Fletcher spent an impressive 16 seasons in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. He helped the Rams win Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season, and he earned four Pro Bowl selections with the Redskins. Fletcher finished his NFL career with 215 consecutive games started, which are tied for the sixth most in league history and the most by a linebacker.
A two-sport athlete, Fletcher also played basketball at JCU. Off the field, he established the London’s Bridge Foundation in 2003 to assist with inequalities facing underprivileged and underrepresented children through mentoring, charitable giving, life skills and community responsibility. Fletcher was the 2012 Athletes in Action Bart Starr Man of the Year and a finalist for the 2010 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. The Cleveland native is currently an NFL analyst for the CBS Sports Network.
