Brenard Kenric Wilson (born August 15, 1955), is a former professional

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in the

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for the

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from 1979 to 1987. He played

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NFL career

As a rookie in 1979, Wilson took over from John Sanders as the Eagle starting free safety, doing a credible job with 4 interceptions. In 1980 and 1981, he had 6 and 5 interceptions, respectively. With Wilson and

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as the strong-side safety, the Eagles won the NFC Championship Game of the 1980-81 NFL playoffs against the

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, but lost

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to the

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. In 1982, he had only 1 interception and was replaced in 1983 by

Wes Hopkins Wesley Carl Hopkins (September 26, 1961 – September 28, 2018) was an American professional football player who played as a safety for the Philadelphia Eagles during his entire 11-year National Football League career from 1983 through 1993. A w ...

, who had greater range in the defensive secondary. He had only 1 more interception before retiring. 1955 births Living people Players of American football from Daytona Beach, Florida American football safeties Vanderbilt Commodores football players Philadelphia Eagles players Atlanta Falcons players {{defensiveback-1950s-stub