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11 Nov 2001: Defensive Tackle Anthony Pleasant #98 of the New England Patriots looking on during the game against the Buffalo Bills
By Tony Adame, Pensacola News Journal
October 25, 2018
The PNJ Top 50 Greatest Athletes ranks the very best in the history of Pensacola-area sports as chosen by the PNJ sports department.
Here's an explanation telling how we picked the Top 50 ahead of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Pensacola on Nov. 7.
31. Anthony Pleasant, Century, Football (1986)
The only athlete from Century to make the list, Pleasant was an AP All-American defensive end at Tennessee State in 1989 and a third-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in 1990 … played 14 NFL seasons, and 10 of those were with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick on three different teams … career culminated in two Super Bowl wins with the Patriots in 2001 and 2003 … “There is no player I’ve ever had that I feel is more like my kind of player than Anthony Pleasant,” Belichick said before the Patriots defeated the Rams in Super Bowl 36.
