Sacking the quarterback didn’t happen very often for former Pittsburgh Steelers’ nose tackle Casey Hampton. But when they did, they were big.
None bigger than the fourth-quarter sack of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in Super Bowl XL.
Early in the fourth quarter, in the midst of a long Seattle drive that moved deep into Pittsburgh territory, Hampton shot home for a sack of Hasselbeck, stalling the Seahawks’ drive. Two plays later, cornerback Ike Taylor picked off Hasselbeck, ultimately setting up the Super Bowl-clinching Hines Ward touchdown catch from Antwaan Randle El, giving the Steelers their fifth Super Bowl in franchise history.