Numbers game; Rams’ Long lands old No. 91
Posted: Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 | Lisa Altobelli Tags: Chris Long, Chad Ochocinco, Clinton Portis, Eli Manning, Gerard Warren, Howie Long, Jeff Feagles, Jerry Rice, Leonard Little, Peyton Manning, Plaxico Burress, Rod Smith, St. Louis Rams, Steve Largent
Rams DE Chris Long had his No. 91 jersey retired at both his Charlottesville, Va. high school and also during his senior season at the University of Virginia –the only player to have one retired at UVA while still active — so when the team’s previous holder of 91, Leonard Little, called it a career in December, Long asked his permission to trade in his 72 for the old familiar and Little obliged