When all was said and done, former Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle John Randle finished his NFL career with an impressive 137.5 sacks, with 114 of them coming in a purple and gold uniform.
The very first sack of Randle's tenure in the league is one that he'll never forget, and during a recent interview with FanSided (starts at the 6:22:52 mark in the video below), he shared why he believes that was the breakout moment of his pro career.
"My breakout moment was my first sack on 'Monday Night Football' in 1990, my rookie year, against Randall Cunningham. I go in for one play and I turn the corner against the Philadelphia Eagles and I sacked Randall Cunningham. I don't know if we won the game, but all I know [is that] I got my first sack, and I had the biggest smile on my face man. I was like, 'Wow, I got one.'"
John Randle had an epic NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings
That sack, which happened in a Vikings loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 6 of the 1990 season, turned out to be Randle's only sack of his rookie year. That was also the only season in which the former Minnesota defensive lineman finished with fewer than 5.5 sacks.
In his second year with the Vikings in 1991, Randle accumulated 9.5 sacks, but after that, he went on to finish with at least 10 sacks in each of his next eight seasons, including 15.5 in 1997.
During his time in the league, he was one of the most unstoppable defensive tackles in the entire NFL. Opposing offenses had no idea how to stop Randle's relentless strength and quickness during each matchup.
After retiring from the league in 2004, he was eventually inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010, which was an incredible accomplishment considering the fact that he entered the NFL as an undersized, undrafted rookie out of a Division II college football program, Texas A&M Kingsville.