This is the helmet decal the Miami Dolphins will wear this season in honor of Nick Buoniconti. DAVIE, Fla. - The Miami Dolphins announced on Wednesday that the team will wear special helmet stickers during the 2019 season to honor former linebacker Nick Buoniconti. The decal will feature the initials NAB and will be on all Dolphins helmets ahead of the team's season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 8. Buoniconti was a member of Miami's famed No-Name Defense and played a key role in the Dolphins Super Bowl wins in 1972 and 1973. This marks the first time that the Dolphins have honored a former player after his death with a helmet sticker.

MIAMI - Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti, one of the greatest players in Miami Dolphins history, is being remembered not only for the work he did on the field, but off the field as well. Buoniconti, who died Tuesday at age 78, co-founded The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis shortly after his son Marc was paralyzed from an injury while playing college football. The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis has raised more than $500 million for support of the Miami Project. Buoniconti's name, face and Dolphins memorabilia appear all over the lobby of the Miami Project. "There was nothing more important to Nick than the Miami Project and improving the lives of people in wheelchairs and curing paralysis," Green said.

MIAMI - Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti, one of the greatest players in Miami Dolphins history, died Tuesday of pneumonia at the age of 78. said Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. Nick Buoniconti was a true hero of the game," Pro Football Hall of Fame President David Baker said. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Nick Buoniconti. pic.twitter.com/kcgtLRWzo7 Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) July 31, 2019Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti, one of the greatest players in Miami Dolphins history, died Tuesday of pneumonia at the age of 78. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti, one of the greatest players in Miami Dolphins history, is being remembered not only for the work he did on the field, but off the field as well. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund(CNN) - Nick Buoniconti, an undersized linebacker who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history, died Tuesday. The Dolphins and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, of which Buoniconti was a driving force, announced his passing on Wednesday. "Today, with a heavy heart and profound sorrow, my family and the entire Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Buoniconti Fund community mourn the loss of a man who was truly larger than life, my father, NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti," Marc Buoniconti said on the Miami Project website. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis was founded in 1985 after Marc Buoniconti was paralyzed from the shoulders down after sustaining a hit during a college football game. Buoniconti is survived by his wife, Lynn, two sons, Marc and Nick II, and a daughter, Gina.

Nick Buoniconti, one of the greatest players to ever wear a Miami Dolphins uniform, has died at 78. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.