John Randle: Undrafted to Most Feared Pass Rusher! 

My favorite player ever. He was scary, funny, amped, positive, lovable and an overall beast.

"Some people say we didn't deserve it? Whatever - fuck you. We deserved it." Greatest quote ever about the 98 Vikings made by #93.

John Randle’s NFL story is an inspirational one. The man had to sneak weights to his body in order to weigh enough. Once he was given a chance the man was a monster.

John Randle was a VOLCANIC football player, who utalised being "short" to the absolute fullest. Being 6ft 1', he used his lower attacking point to destroy linemen from the bottom up on a weekly basis.

“REGULATORRRRS! MOUNT UP!”

I met him twice. He gave my nephew and I a tour of his place and signed my nephews football. Such an awesome guy! And he's definitely not a "smaller guy. "... dude was a BEAST!

It’s amazing how many double digit sack numbers he had as a Defensive Tackle

I remember when Dilfer went after Randle after that play. Even the guys in the booth were laughing, incredulous that Dilfer would even dare 🤣😂🤣

John Randle was country strong &, weight lifting strong simultaneously. 1of my favorite players of all-time.

as a packers fan, he was truly a 🐐

Best pass rushing DT I've seen. Guy was a beast

I remember as a kid seeing him on the cover of NFL Xtreme 2,he had the cool face paint and was always an intimidating and great player

Lions fan here. John Randle was one of my favorite opposing players. His determination, love for the game, his talent, and yeah, his mouth. Loved the mic'ed up John Randle.

He was, and still is, one of my favorite players of all time. Such a shame he never won a SB.

Last year, my family and I had a chance to meet him at an autograph convention in Chicago. Great player and great guy.

I firmly believe that Randle was the first ideal 3TECH/UT that guys like Dungy, Angelo, & L.Smith studied as a means to build their entire TAMPA 2 defensive scheme around for their base 4-3 seven man zone defense.

Those we're the days. How I miss Minnesota playing defense like they did back when.

As a 5 8 180 DT this was my favorite player that rip swim move was my stuff. John Randle was god level. Thanks for all the inspiration

As a bears fan I have all the respect in the world for John. Loved his style of play…he was a menace

I wish he would've won a ring in '98!!! Man as a 49ers fan even I feel the pain Vikings fans had to embrace after that loss to Atlanta!

John Randle was an absolute BEAST! I honestly cannot think of any other word the best describes. There was no one like him at the time or even since that I can think of. He was a BEAST and now he's a HOFer. You earned it, big guy!

One of the most underrated great players

That’s a crazy 100th sack to do it on that linemen and that QB 😮

My all time favorite. High motor, high effort guy. I don’t think there will ever be another player like him.

0:28 Steve Young wasn't the same after he heard those words lol

"My favorite QB to sack was all of em!" My man!😂😂 Dear God wad he a bad one!😂😂😂

One of best Defense ends ever Randle and those 90s Vikings teams were tough wish they won it all in 98

Savage Chris Doleman "How many Sacks you got?" "11" "Well you ain't gonna get any this year" XD

Feared but crazy and funniest defensive player

I like how it said it was an honor just to be on the field. So different than most players now days.

That Trent Dilfer part was hilarious

YES!!! Finally some more defensive guys on this channel

As Packers fan growing up as young kid in the 90s him and Warren Sapp and Cortez Kennedy were the best those day and we need more NFL throwback from that era please !

Man was so ferocious they took his face paint away calling it "war paint" it made him too powerful for player's safety... the leagues insurance wouldn't cover it! Lol I loved this guy!

buddy of mine was friends with Todd Bouman who was a backup QB for the vikes from 97-01 when I lived there. After home games on Sunday night we went out in Mpls with a ton of the players. Randle was a freaking great and fun guy to hang out with. bar bills at times were 10 to 20K and players(my measily 200 bucks) were all split up. it was fun times.

Vikings fan here. Randle is still my favorite player of all time and one of the best trash talkers ever in the NFL. We could have used some one like him this year.

0:39 Regulators, Mount Up!

John Randle...my generations Aaron Donald.

My goodness!! I loved this guy! SKOL! Go Vikings!!!

One of the best d tech in nfl history

I grew up on when Mr. Randle was towards the end of his career but I was old enough to remember how crazy watching him play was and I'm not even a Vikes fan.

1990 freshman year in st paul mn. That's when I learned to loved the game of footballs. Remembered my first purple starters jacket and so on. John Randle ,chris Doleman,Anothony Carter,cris Carter, Ismail( missile) etc..I feel old now. Go vikings

This is one of you guys best videos and that’s saying something because I love everything you do

The NFL tends to judge a player by all the physical traits they have but that doesn't judge a persons heart. John Randle was 260 lbs. of heart. Always good to see guys like Randle and another Viking Adam Thielen come from small programs undrafted with a great work ethic succeed.

I knew he was great, but I forgot he was a DT not an edge player. Just even scarier.

My All time Favorite Player of all time Love you Randle you the man.

One of my 10 all time five players and I am a NE fan from NE. So much fun to watch, JR always lit it up.

Great Video, although a little surprising to see no mention of his "friendly rivalry with Farve.

John Randle was a good guy off the field. Would see him at the clubs in downtown Minneapolis, and he was always funny and cordial at the same time.

One of the best to ever do it.

Mr. Randle you will probably never see this. But as a football fan I F$@KING LOVE YOU!!!!! God bless you and your family!!!

Just so fun to watch!

I always loved watching Randle play!

I been waiting for this for SOO LONG

❤ Love you John Randle! Thanks for the memories

One classy dude. Absolute beast he was!

I knew he always said bizarre things like "we should go fishing together!" but I had no idea the things he said were tailor made for his opponents :D

I always had a lot of respect for John randle cuz I knew he was undrafted so I new his story but now he's one of my favorite of all time after I learn more about as hard work and dedication

I’m glad they finally did a whole segment on you, the missing rings did you no justice. A legend for us d linemen as well as respect from the oline.

My all time favorite as well!

Mr. Randle thank you for work. I loved watching you play. GOD bless

John Randle was a very competitive and fast athlete who was underestimated and very fun to watch. His pyschological trash talk is intellectually creative and unmatched. Talk about getting into opponents mindset...

_“I’ll kick your whole families’ ass! BUHAHAHA!”_ That’s gotta be my fave bit of trash talking ever. Bar none.

God bless Mr Randle! Some of my favorite memories 💓

I wish I coulda been Alive/old enough during his time. Love seeing videos of him I remember in 2014 the first time I saw something about him on social media I was tryna emulate him in high school😂

Man what a motor!! Wish my Vikes had a guy like him again!

Gratitude

He was why I watched NFL films back in the day.

10:26 This is just pure comedy right here. "its gon happen" With his whole face covered.

at 4:47 when he rips the QBs towel off n puts it in his mouth as if hes eating it 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

It has always impressed me how many very good players came from Texas A&M-Kingsville ( Texas A&I ).

I love this guy!

One of my favorite statements. Regulators Mount up. Famous line from me wonderful movie. And John Randall was the leader of those Regulators in Minnesota. John Randle, Lawrence Taylor, and Ray Lewis but fear into the hearts of the offensive coordinators and quarterbacks, and possibly some running backs.

"REGULATORS!!! MOUNT UP!! WE COMIN' !!"

John Randle was a character. Definitely one of my favorite defensive players. Should have always been mic'd up, lol

Legend

One of my favorite football characters of my teenage 90s life!!

What a great attitude. No wonder this guy is a winner, not just at football, but at life.

Such an awesome human

For a good few years he was the most dominant interior linemen in the game undrafted undersized but one of the greatest characters ever play the game I am glad he was a viking and went into the Hall of Fame as a Viking

This guy is a true class act. I wish him well.👍🏾

This man was the epidemy of a defensive player on those Tecmo and early Madden games.. A beast of a dude talking wild smack and backing it up with explosive and unrelenting play.. John Randle..

The greatest pass rushing DT in history

Randle was an absolutely insane human. Damn I love it.

the clip @ 4:36 stands out to me, such good awareness on the edge.

He is one of my favorite defensive players of all time. Vikings need someone like him now!

My favorite player hands down, Johnny Randle use to give my big bro fits on GameDay 2000 lol. SKOL Vikings

He was the Aaron Donald in his era!

John Randall was in the 93 underactive and he played for the Seattle Seahawks and Vikings with randy moss

Reminds me of just how more I enjoyed listening to Dan Rowe call games vs. Paul Allen.

John Randle is awesome, period. Hall of fame player and character, and seems like a cool guy too. I live in Buffalo, but Randle is in my top 5 all time favorite players.

Scary fast 😮😮

His brother, Ervin, was a fantastic middle linebacker at Baylor and in the NFL too.

Beast.

Respect family

i am a broncos fan, not a viking fan but Randdle will always be one of my favs

Great upload

Skol what a beast

Dawg! Real grit to get to your dreams.

"There was one team i thought I could make it on" Proceeds to name off amazing defense