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Nate Burleson

Nate Burleson

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: August 19, 1981 in Seattle, WA
College: Nevada-Reno

Career AV: 28 (3256th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (71st overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
2003 22 MIN WR 81 16 9 29 455 15.7 2 52 1.8 28.4 455 2 1 5
2004 23 MIN WR 81 16 15 68 1006 14.8 9 68 4.3 62.9 6 49 0 11 8.2 3.1 0.4 1055 9 1 11
2005 24 MIN WR 81 12 9 30 328 10.9 1 20 2.5 27.3 2 -6 0 -2 -3.0 -0.5 0.2 322 1 0 3
2006 25 SEA WR 81 16 7 18 192 10.7 2 36 1.1 12.0 192 2 2 3
2007 26 SEA WR 81 16 12 50 694 13.9 9 45 3.1 43.4 2 4 0 3 2.0 0.3 0.1 698 9 3 8
2008 27 SEA 81 1 1 5 60 12.0 1 20 5.0 60.0 60 1 0 0
2009 28 SEA 81 11 55 708 12.9 3 44 5.0 64.4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 710 3 3
Career 88 53 255 3443 13.5 27 68 2.9 39.1 11 49 0 11 4.5 0.6 0.1 3492 27 10 30
4 yrs SEA 44 20 128 1654 12.9 15 45 2.9 37.6 3 6 0 3 2.0 0.1 0.1 1660 15 8 11
3 yrs MIN 44 33 127 1789 14.1 12 68 2.9 40.7 8 43 0 11 5.4 1.0 0.2 1832 12 2 19

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
2003 22 MIN WR 81 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 455
2004 23 MIN WR 81 16 15 25 214 1 91 8.6 2 51 0 29 25.5 1320
2005 24 MIN WR 81 12 9 5 21 0 10 4.2 343
2006 25 SEA WR 81 16 7 34 322 1 90 9.5 26 643 0 50 24.7 1157
2007 26 SEA WR 81 16 12 58 658 1 94 11.3 27 590 1 91 21.9 1946
2008 27 SEA 81 1 1 3 54 0 21 18.0 114
2009 28 SEA 81 11 22 198 0 29 9.0 1 2 0 2 2.0 910
Career 88 53 148 1467 3 94 9.9 56 1286 1 91 23.0 6245
4 yrs SEA 44 20 117 1232 2 94 10.5 54 1235 1 91 22.9 4127
3 yrs MIN 44 33 31 235 1 91 7.6 2 51 0 29 25.5 2118

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
2003 22 MIN WR 81 16 9 0 1 0 0 0
2004 23 MIN WR 81 16 15 0 1 1 0 0
2005 24 MIN WR 81 12 9 0 0 2 0 0
2006 25 SEA WR 81 16 7 0 2 2 0 0
2007 26 SEA WR 81 16 12 0 3 0 0 0
2009 28 SEA 81 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
Career 88 53 0 10 6 0 0 2 0
4 yrs SEA 44 20 0 8 3 0 0 2 0
3 yrs MIN 44 33 0 2 3 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
2003 22 MIN WR 81 16 9 2 2 12
2004 23 MIN WR 81 16 15 9 1 10 1 62
2005 24 MIN WR 81 12 9 1 1 6
2006 25 SEA WR 81 16 7 2 1 3 18
2007 26 SEA WR 81 16 12 9 1 1 11 66
2008 27 SEA 81 1 1 1 1 6
2009 28 SEA 81 11 3 3 18
Career 88 53 27 3 1 31 1 188
4 yrs SEA 44 20 15 2 1 18 108
3 yrs MIN 44 33 12 1 13 1 80

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Non-Offensive TDs

2007 NFL 2 (7)
Active 4 (22)
Career 4 (177)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (144)

All-Purpose Yds

2007 NFL 1946 (9)

Yds/Touch

2004 NFL 13.1 (8)
2007 NFL 14.2 (6/97)
2009 NFL 11.5 (10)
Active 13.3 (18)
Career 13.3 (154)

Kick Return TD

2007 NFL 1 (5/60)
Active 1 (15)
Career 1 (110)

Punt Returns

2006 NFL 34 (10)
2007 NFL 58 (1/3)

2009 NFL 22 (8)
Active 148 (8)
Career 148 (73)

Punt Return Yds

2006 NFL 322 (10)
2007 NFL 658 (1/5)

2009 NFL 198 (10)
Active 1467 (9)
Career 1467 (68)

Punt Return TD

2004 NFL 1 (3/90)
2006 NFL 1 (3/90)
2007 NFL 1 (2/90)
Active 3 (6)
Career 3 (33)

Long Punt Return

2004 NFL 91 (1/33)

2006 NFL 90 (1/37)

2007 NFL 94 (1/16)

Yds/Punt Return

2007 NFL 11.3 (6)
Active 9.9 (13)
Career 9.9 (83)

Kick & Punt Returns

2007 NFL 85 (4/71)
Active 204 (15)
Career 204 (120)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

Active 2753 (23)
Career 2753 (187)

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

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2003 22 16 WR 58 74
2004 23 16 WR 160 32 16 46
2005 24 12 WR 38 93
2006 25 16 WR 31 102
2007 26 16 WR 124 7 27 69
2008 27 1 WR 12 132
2009 28 11 WR 89 10 24 64
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College

Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2000 19 nevadareno 12 2 31 0 15.5 2.6 57 921 8 16.2
2001 20 nevadareno 9 3 44 0 14.7 4.9 53 737 2 13.9
2002 21 nevadareno 12 22 115 1 5.2 9.6 138 1629 12 11.8
33 27 190 1 7.0 5.8 248 3287 22 13.3