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Neal Anderson

Charles Neal Anderson

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: August 14, 1964 in Graceville, FL
College: Florida

Career AV: 60 (881st overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1986 22 CHI 35 14 1 35 146 0 23 4.2 10.4 2.5 4 80 20.0 1 58 0.3 5.7 226 1 1 2
1987 23 CHI FB 35 11 10 129 586 3 38 4.5 53.3 11.7 47 467 9.9 3 59 4.3 42.5 1053 6 2 9
1988* 24 CHI RB 35 16 16 249 1106 12 80 4.4 69.1 15.6 39 371 9.5 0 36 2.4 23.2 1477 12 8 11
1989* 25 CHI RB 35 16 16 274 1275 11 73 4.7 79.7 17.1 50 434 8.7 4 49 3.1 27.1 1709 15 5 14
1990* 26 CHI RB 35 15 14 260 1078 10 52 4.1 71.9 17.3 42 484 11.5 3 50 2.8 32.3 1562 13 2 12
1991* 27 CHI RB 35 13 12 210 747 6 42 3.6 57.5 16.2 47 368 7.8 3 26 3.6 28.3 1115 9 5 8
1992 28 CHI RB 35 16 11 156 582 5 49 3.7 36.4 9.8 42 399 9.5 6 30 2.6 24.9 981 11 6 8
1993 29 CHI RB 35 15 11 202 646 4 45 3.2 43.1 13.5 31 160 5.2 0 35 2.1 10.7 806 4 2 5
Career 116 91 1515 6166 51 80 4.1 53.2 13.1 302 2763 9.1 20 59 2.6 23.8 8929 71 31 69

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986 22 CHI 35 14 1 4 26 0 13 6.5 252
Career 116 91 4 26 0 13 6.5 8955

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1988* 24 CHI RB 35 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991* 27 CHI RB 35 13 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 29 CHI RB 35 15 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 116 91 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1986 22 CHI 35 14 1 1 0 0 0
1987 23 CHI FB 35 11 10 2 0 0 0
1988* 24 CHI RB 35 16 16 8 2 0 0
1989* 25 CHI RB 35 16 16 5 0 0 0
1990* 26 CHI RB 35 15 14 2 0 0 0
1991* 27 CHI RB 35 13 12 5 1 0 0
1992 28 CHI RB 35 16 11 6 0 0 0
1993 29 CHI RB 35 15 11 2 1 0 0
Career 116 91 31 4 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 22 CHI 35 14 1 1 1 6
1987 23 CHI FB 35 11 10 3 3 6 36
1988* 24 CHI RB 35 16 16 12 12 72
1989* 25 CHI RB 35 16 16 11 4 15 90
1990* 26 CHI RB 35 15 14 10 3 13 78
1991* 27 CHI RB 35 13 12 6 3 9 54
1992 28 CHI RB 35 16 11 5 6 11 66
1993 29 CHI RB 35 15 11 4 4 24
Career 116 91 51 20 71 426

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1988
1989
1990
1991

Rushing Att

1988 NFL 249 (9)
1989 NFL 274 (8)
1990 NFL 260 (5)
Career 1515 (66)

Rushing Yds

1988 NFL 1106 (7)
1989 NFL 1275 (4)
1990 NFL 1078 (6)
Career 6166 (63)

Rushing TD

1988 NFL 12 (4)
1989 NFL 11 (6)
1990 NFL 10 (8)
Career 51 (53)

Long Rush

1988 NFL 80 (1/77)

1989 NFL 73 (2)
1990 NFL 52 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1987 NFL 4.5 (3)
1988 NFL 4.4 (10)
1989 NFL 4.7 (5)
Career 4.1 (192)

Rushing Yds/Game

1988 NFL 69.1 (7)
1989 NFL 79.7 (5)
1990 NFL 71.9 (6)
Career 53.2 (96)

Touchdowns

1988 NFL 12 (7)
1989 NFL 15 (3/97)
1990 NFL 13 (4)
1992 NFL 11 (6)
Career 71 (74)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1988 NFL 12 (7)
1989 NFL 15 (3/95)
1990 NFL 13 (4)
1992 NFL 11 (6)
Career 71 (72)

Yds From Scrimmage

1988 NFL 1477 (6)
1989 NFL 1709 (4)
1990 NFL 1562 (3)
Career 8929 (111)

All-Purpose Yds

1988 NFL 1477 (9)
1989 NFL 1709 (9)
1990 NFL 1562 (5)
Career 8955 (165)

Touches

1988 NFL 288 (8)
1989 NFL 324 (6)
1990 NFL 302 (4)
1991 NFL 257 (9)
Career 1821 (63)

Fumbles

1988 NFL 8 (6)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1986Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
1988UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1990Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 22 14 RB 29 101
1987 23 11 RB 141 33 11 38
1988 24 16 RB 220 80 5 12
1989 25 16 RB 261 141 3 4
1990 26 15 RB 234 106 3 6
1991 27 13 RB 166 44 7 31
1992 28 16 RB 164 54 13 23
1993 29 15 RB 105 30
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