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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
Career AV: 82 (319th overall since 1950)
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 NFL Draft.
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| 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 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 129 | 9 | ||||
| 1990* | 24 | DEN | FS | 27 | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 9 | |||
| 1991*+ | 25 | DEN | FS | 27 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 15 | |||
| 1992*+ | 26 | DEN | FS | 27 | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 13 | |||
| 1993* | 27 | DEN | FS | 27 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 68 | 141 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1994* | 28 | DEN | SS | 27 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 22 | 9 | |||
| 1995* | 29 | DEN | FS | 27 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 82 | 21 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1996* | 30 | DEN | FS | 27 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 1997 | 31 | DEN | FS | 27 | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1998* | 32 | DEN | FS | 27 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 33 | NYJ | FS | 27 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 5 | |||||||
| Career | 167 | 166 | 5.0 | 24 | 408 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 1074 | 106 | 104 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||||
| 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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All-Pro Teams
| 1990 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| 1991 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1992 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 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. |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL |