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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
8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 1989 Draft
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View Details For: 1 Regular Season TD Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1989 | 23 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 129 | ||||
| 1990* | 24 | DEN | FS | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | |||
| 1991*+ | 25 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |||
| 1992*+ | 26 | DEN | FS | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 151 | |||
| 1993* | 27 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 68 | 141 | ||||||||
| 1994* | 28 | DEN | SS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 22 | |||
| 1995* | 29 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 82 | 21 | ||||||||
| 1996* | 30 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 17 | |||
| 1997 | 31 | DEN | FS | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 15 | ||
| 1998* | 32 | DEN | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 33 | NYJ | FS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | |||||||
| Career | 167 | 166 | 5.0 | 24 | 408 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 1074 | 106 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1990* | 24 | DEN | FS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 167 | 166 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 31 | DEN | FS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 167 | 166 | 1 | 6 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
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1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1990 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1991 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1991 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1992 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1992 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1992 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1992 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1995 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1996 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL |