Former New York Jets linebacker Larry Grantham has died at the age of 78, the team announced Sunday.

A second-round draft pick by the then New York Titans in 1960, the team’s first year in football, Grantham, a product of Ole Miss, played his entire NFL career over the franchise’s first 13 seasons.

He started at outside linebacker during the Jets’ Super Bowl run in the 1968-69 season.

“I had 13 wonderful years in New York, even with the Titans,” said Grantham on the occasion of his, and his No. 60 jersey, entering the franchise’s Ring of Honor six years ago.

“Sometimes we didn’t get paid, but we had great times, and Sammy Baugh was one of the greatest coaches I ever played for. They’re all outstanding memories for me. People have been awful good to me in New York.”

Following his football career, Grantham joined the Jets’ radio broadcasting team and ventured into a business career thereafter. He also worked with Freedom House, a drug and alcohol treatment center in New Jersey, for more than 20 years.

Grantham’s 43 defensive takeaways remain a Jets franchise record.