John Skorupan

John Skorupan
Career information
Date of birth	(1951-05-17) May 17, 1951
Place of birth	Beaver, Pennsylvania
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Penn State
NFL draft	1973 / Round: 6 / Pick: 136
Career history
As player
1973–1977	Buffalo Bills
1978–1980	New York Giants
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

John Paul Skorupan (born May 17, 1951 in Beaver, Pennsylvania) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and New York Giants. He played college football at Penn State University and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1973 NFL Draft. He is notable for being the last player to play right outside linebacker for the Giants before Lawrence Taylor took over for the next 13 seasons.

1972 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Bert Jones RB Otis Armstrong RB Woody Green RB Greg Pruitt WR Johnny Rodgers TE Charle Young OT Paul Seymour OT Jerry Sisemore G John Hannah G Ron Rusnak C Tom Brahaney

Defense	DL Bruce Bannon DL Dave Butz DL Rich Glover DL Willie Harper DL Greg Marx LB Randy Gradishar LB John Skorupan DB Cullen Bryant DB Randy Logan DB Robert Popelka DB Brad Van Pelt

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