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Steve Atwater

Stephen Dennis Atwater

Position: DB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 218 lbs.

Born: October 28, 1966 in Chicago, IL
College: Arkansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (438th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame semi-finalist in 2012, 2013

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 12:25AM
All-Time Rank: #254. Len Ford… #255. Bill Willis… #256. Michael Strahan… #257. STEVE ATWATER… #258. Jimmy Smith… #259. Robert Brazile… #260. Jeff Saturday… 

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 AV
1989 23 DEN FS 27 16 16 3 34 0 30 0 0 0 1 29 0 129 0 9
1990* 24 DEN FS 27 15 15 1.0 2 32 0 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 173 0 7
1991*+ 25 DEN FS 27 16 16 1.0 5 104 0 49 0 1 0 1 0 0 150 0 15
1992*+ 26 DEN FS 27 15 15 1.0 2 22 0 22 0 0 0 2 1 0 151 0 12
1993* 27 DEN FS 27 16 16 1.0 2 81 0 68 0 141 0 9
1994* 28 DEN SS 27 14 14 1 24 0 24 0 1 0 2 17 0 52 22 7
1995* 29 DEN FS 27 16 16 3 54 0 25 0 82 21 9
1996* 30 DEN FS 27 16 16 3 11 0 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 64 17 11
1997 31 DEN FS 27 15 15 1.0 2 42 1 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 53 15 6
1998* 32 DEN FS 27 16 16 1 4 0 4 0 43 12 9
1999 33 NYJ FS 27 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 36 19 4
Career 167 166 5.0 24 408 1 68 0 6 1 8 47 0 1074 106 98

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
1990* 24 DEN FS 27 15 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 167 166 1 0 0 0 0.0 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
1997 31 DEN FS 27 15 15 1 1 6
Career 167 166 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1998

First-Team All-Pro
1991
1992

Playoff Games Started
Career 14 (131)

Interceptions
1991 NFL 5 (8)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1991 NFL 104 (6)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1997 NFL 1 (6)

Long Intercep. Return
1993 NFL 68 (10)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19901st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19901st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19902nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19911st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19911st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19911st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19911st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19911st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19911st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19921st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19921st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19921st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19921st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19921st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19931st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19951st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19961st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19961st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19962nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press