St. Louis Rams
THE LINEUP
With 1996 statistics
Coach: Dick Vermeil
Offensive Backs
| QB | Tony Banks | 368 att. | 192 comp. | 52.2% | 2,544 yds. | 15 TDs | 15 int. | 71.0 rtg. |
| RB | Lawrence Phillips | 193 att. | 632 yds. | 3.3 avg. | 8 rec. | 28 yds. | 3.5 avg. | 5 TDs |
| FB | Craig Heyward† | 72 att. | 321 yds. | 4.5 avg. | 16 rec. | 168 yds. | 10.5 avg. | 3 TDs |
Receivers, Specialists, Offensive Linemen
| WR | Isaac Bruce | 84 rec. | 1,338 yds. | 7 TDs |
| WR | Eddie Kennison | 54 rec. | 924 yds. | 9 TDs |
| WR | Torrance Small † | 50 rec. | 558 yds. | 2 TDs |
| TE | Ernie Conwell | 15 rec. | 164 yds. | 0 TDs |
| PK | Jeff Wilkins † | 40/40 PATs | 30/34 FGs | 130 pts. |
| KR | J.T. Thomas | 30 ret. | 21.4 avg. | 0 TDs |
| PR | Eddie Kennison | 29 ret. | 14.6 avg. | 2 TDs |
| LT | Orlando Pace (R) | - | 12 games | 12 starts |
| LG | John Gerak † | - | 14 games | 10 starts |
| C | Mike Gruttadauria | - | 9 games | 4 starts |
| RG | Zach Wiegert | - | 16 games | 16 starts |
| RT | Wayne Gandy | - | 16 games | 16 starts |
Defense
| LE | Kevin Carter | 55 tackles | 9 1/2 sacks |
| DT | D'Marco Farr | 52 tackles | 4 1/2 sacks |
| RT | Bill Johnson † | 18 tackles | 1 sack |
| RE | Leslie O'Neal | 54 tackles | 7 sacks |
| OLB | Michael Jones † | 97 tackles | 1 sack |
| MLB | Robert Jones | 98 tackles | 1 int. |
| OLB | Roman Phifer | 122 tackles | 1 1/2 sacks |
| CB | Todd Lyght | 82 tackles | 5 int. |
| SS | Toby Wright | 55 tackles | 1 int. |
| FS | Keith Lyle | 79 tackles | 9 int. |
| CB | Ryan McNeil † | 78 tackles | 5 int. |
| P | Will Brice (R) | 52 punts | 44.7 avg. |
† New acquisition (R) Rookie (statistics for final college year)
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