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Ray Buchanan

Raymond Louis Buchanan

Position: DB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 186 lbs.
Born: September 29, 1971 in Chicago, IL
College: Louisville

Career AV: 58 (964th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 3rd round (65th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

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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
1993 22 IND fs 34 16 5 4 45 0 28 65 2
1994 23 IND FS/lcb 34 16 16 1.0 8 221 3 90 0 0 1 0 0 76 24 8
1995 24 IND LCB 34 16 16 1.0 2 60 0 60 0 1 2 0 0 68 15 8
1996 25 IND LCB 34 13 13 0.5 2 32 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 53 9 5
1997 26 ATL LCB 34 16 16 5 49 0 31 48 4 6
1998* 27 ATL LCB 34 16 16 7 102 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 54 7 14
1999 28 ATL LCB 34 16 16 1.0 4 81 1 52 59 5 6
2000 29 ATL LCB 34 16 16 6 114 0 60 0 0 2 1 0 69 11 6
2001 30 ATL LCB 34 16 16 5 85 0 33 19 1 0 1 0 0 63 8 5
2002 31 ATL LCB 34 12 11 2 9 0 9 0 42 5 5
2003 32 ATL lcb 34 15 8 1 2 0 2 8 37 1 3
2004 33 OAK FS 34 16 16 1 27 0 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 63 24 5
Career 184 165 3.5 47 827 4 90 33 4 1 6 1 0 697 113 73
7 yrs ATL 107 99 1.0 30 442 1 60 27 2 0 3 1 0 372 41 45
4 yrs CLT 61 50 2.5 16 358 3 90 1 1 3 0 0 262 48 23
1 yr RAI 16 16 1 27 0 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 63 24 5

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
1995 24 IND LCB 34 16 16 16 113 0 17 7.1 1 22 0 22 22.0 135
1996 25 IND LCB 34 13 13 12 201 0 82 16.8 1 20 0 20 20.0 221
1998* 27 ATL LCB 34 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Career 184 165 29 355 0 82 12.2 2 42 0 22 21.0 397
7 yrs ATL 107 99 1 41 0 37 41.0 41
4 yrs CLT 61 50 28 314 0 82 11.2 2 42 0 22 21.0 356

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1994 23 IND FS/lcb 34 16 16 3 3 18
1999 28 ATL LCB 34 16 16 1 1 6
Career 184 165 4 4 24
7 yrs ATL 107 99 1 1 6
4 yrs CLT 61 50 3 3 18

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1998

Non-Offensive TDs

1994 NFL 3 (2/23)
Career 4 (176)

Long Punt Return

1996 NFL 82 (6)

Interceptions

1994 NFL 8 (3)
1997 NFL 5 (10)
1998 NFL 7 (5)
2000 NFL 6 (7)
Career 47 (43)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1994 NFL 221 (3/41)
2000 NFL 114 (10)
Career 827 (18)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1994 NFL 3 (1/4)

1999 NFL 1 (8)
Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1994 NFL 90 (6)

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

All-Pro Teams

1994UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1998Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL