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Keith Byars

Keith Alan Byars

Position: RB-TE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: October 14, 1963 in Dayton, OH
College: Ohio State

Career AV: 61 (851st overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1986 23 PHI RB 42 16 8 177 577 1 32 3.3 36.1 11.1 11 44 4.0 0 17 0.7 2.8 621 1 3 4
1987 24 PHI RB 41 10 8 116 426 3 30 3.7 42.6 11.6 21 177 8.4 1 30 2.1 17.7 603 4 3 4
1988 25 PHI RB 41 16 16 152 517 6 52 3.4 32.3 9.5 72 705 9.8 4 37 4.5 44.1 1222 10 5 10
1989 26 PHI RB 41 16 15 133 452 5 16 3.4 28.3 8.3 68 721 10.6 0 60 4.3 45.1 1173 5 4 10
1990 27 PHI RB 41 16 15 37 141 0 23 3.8 8.8 2.3 81 819 10.1 3 54 5.1 51.2 960 3 4 10
1991 28 PHI FB 41 16 16 94 383 1 28 4.1 23.9 5.9 62 564 9.1 3 37 3.9 35.3 947 4 5 7
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 41 15 15 41 176 1 23 4.3 11.7 2.7 56 502 9.0 2 46 3.7 33.5 678 3 1 7
1993* 30 MIA FB 41 16 16 64 269 3 77 4.2 16.8 4.0 61 613 10.0 3 27 3.8 38.3 882 6 3 8
1994 31 MIA FB 41 9 9 19 64 2 12 3.4 7.1 2.1 49 418 8.5 5 34 5.4 46.4 482 7 0 5
1995 32 MIA FB 41 16 16 15 44 1 15 2.9 2.8 0.9 51 362 7.1 2 26 3.2 22.6 406 3 0 4
1996 33 2TM /te 14 10 2 2 0 3 1.0 0.1 0.1 32 289 9.0 2 27 2.3 20.6 291 2 0 3
NWE te 41 10 6 2 2 0 3 1.0 0.2 0.2 27 249 9.2 2 27 2.7 24.9 251 2 0 3
MIA 41 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 40 8.0 0 16 1.3 10.0 40 0 0 0
1997 34 NWE FB 41 16 8 11 24 0 5 2.2 1.5 0.7 20 189 9.5 3 51 1.3 11.8 213 3 1 2
1998 35 NYJ FB 41 13 9 4 34 0 13 8.5 2.6 0.3 26 258 9.9 3 29 2.0 19.8 292 3 0 3
Career 189 161 865 3109 23 77 3.6 16.4 4.6 610 5661 9.3 31 60 3.2 30.0 8770 54 29 77
7 yrs PHI 105 93 750 2672 17 52 3.6 25.4 7.1 371 3532 9.5 13 60 3.5 33.6 6204 30 25 52
4 yrs MIA 45 45 98 377 6 77 3.8 8.4 2.2 166 1433 8.6 10 34 3.7 31.8 1810 16 3 17
2 yrs NWE 26 14 13 26 0 5 2.0 1.0 0.5 47 438 9.3 5 51 1.8 16.8 464 5 1 5
1 yr NYJ 13 9 4 34 0 13 8.5 2.6 0.3 26 258 9.9 3 29 2.0 19.8 292 3 0 3

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1986 23 PHI RB 42 16 8 1 2 50.0 55 1 50.0 0 0.0 55 27.5 37.5 55.0 3.4 135.4 1 7 16.0 22.7 33.3
1988 25 PHI RB 41 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 27 PHI RB 41 16 15 4 4 100.0 53 4 100.0 0 0.0 18 13.3 33.3 13.3 3.3 158.3 0 0 13.3 33.3 0.0
1991 28 PHI FB 41 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 41 15 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993* 30 MIA FB 41 16 16 1 2 50.0 11 1 50.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 15.5 11.0 0.7 106.2 0 0 5.5 15.5 0.0
Career 189 161 6 13 46.2 119 6 46.2 1 7.7 55 9.2 14.9 19.8 0.6 86.2 1 7 8.0 13.4 7.1
7 yrs PHI 105 93 5 11 45.5 108 5 45.5 1 9.1 55 9.8 14.8 21.6 1.0 82.6 1 7 8.4 13.0 8.3
4 yrs MIA 45 45 1 2 50.0 11 1 50.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 15.5 11.0 0.2 106.2 0 0 5.5 15.5 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1986 23 PHI RB 42 16 8 3 2 0 0
1987 24 PHI RB 41 10 8 3 2 0 0
1988 25 PHI RB 41 16 16 5 2 14 0
1989 26 PHI RB 41 16 15 4 4 6 0
1990 27 PHI RB 41 16 15 4 1 0 0
1991 28 PHI FB 41 16 16 5 0 0 0
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 41 15 15 1 1 0 0
1993* 30 MIA FB 41 16 16 3 0 0 0
1997 34 NWE FB 41 16 8 1 0 0 0
Career 189 161 29 12 20 0
7 yrs PHI 105 93 25 12 20 0
4 yrs MIA 45 45 3 0 0 0
2 yrs NWE 26 14 1 0 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986 23 PHI RB 42 16 8 2 47 0 31 23.5 668
1988 25 PHI RB 41 16 16 2 20 0 14 10.0 1242
1989 26 PHI RB 41 16 15 1 27 0 27 27.0 1200
Career 189 161 5 94 0 31 18.8 8864

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 23 PHI RB 42 16 8 1 1 6
1987 24 PHI RB 41 10 8 3 1 4 24
1988 25 PHI RB 41 16 16 6 4 10 60
1989 26 PHI RB 41 16 15 5 5 30
1990 27 PHI RB 41 16 15 3 3 18
1991 28 PHI FB 41 16 16 1 3 4 24
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 41 15 15 1 2 3 18
1993* 30 MIA FB 41 16 16 3 3 6 36
1994 31 MIA FB 41 9 9 2 5 7 42
1995 32 MIA FB 41 16 16 1 2 3 18
1996 33 2TM /te 14 10 2 2 1 14
NWE te 41 10 6 2 2 1 14
1997 34 NWE FB 41 16 8 3 3 18
1998 35 NYJ FB 41 13 9 3 3 18
Career 189 161 23 31 54 1 326
7 yrs PHI 105 93 17 13 30 180
4 yrs MIA 45 45 6 10 16 96
2 yrs NWE 26 14 5 5 1 32
1 yr NYJ 13 9 3 3 18

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Andra Franklin, Zollie Toth, Paul Hornung*, Darrin Nelson, Dan Doornink, Mike Rozier, Brad Muster, Rob Carpenter, Doug Kotar, Mike Guman
4 Vic Washington, Darrin Nelson, Mike Rozier, Jim Nance, Wilbur Jackson, Bo Scott, Kevin Jones, Roland Harper, Lynn Cain, Floyd Little
5 Jim Nance, Dickie Post, Curtis Dickey, Floyd Little, Curtis McClinton, Paul Robinson, Joe Washington, Clark Gaines, Christian Okoye, Archie Griffin
6 Curtis McClinton, Joe Washington, Carl Garrett, Greg Bell, Terry Kirby, Jim Nance, Eric Metcalf, Duce Staley, Earnest Byner, Tony Nathan
7 Carl Garrett, Terry Kirby, Curtis McClinton, Rickey Young, Ronnie Harmon, Duce Staley, Tony Collins, Jim Nance, Gerry Ellis, Mike Garrett
8 Ronnie Harmon, Duce Staley, Tony Collins, Rickey Young, Norm Bulaich, Mike Garrett, Tony Galbreath, Carl Garrett, Ed Podolak, Tony Nathan
9 Ronnie Harmon, Duce Staley, Ed Podolak, Norm Bulaich, Tony Collins, Eric Metcalf, Rickey Young, Walt Garrison, Ken Willard, Larry Centers
10 Ronnie Harmon, Duce Staley, Kevin Faulk, John Henry Johnson*, Eric Metcalf, Tony Galbreath, Larry Centers, Norm Bulaich, Ken Willard, Tony Collins
11 John Henry Johnson*, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Eric Metcalf, Duce Staley, Kevin Faulk, Michael Pittman, Larry Centers, Norm Bulaich, Mike Alstott
12 John Henry Johnson*, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Eric Metcalf, Preston Pearson, Duce Staley, Kevin Faulk, Larry Centers, Michael Pittman, Norm Bulaich
13 John Henry Johnson*, Ronnie Harmon, Preston Pearson, Tony Galbreath, Eric Metcalf, Duce Staley, Larry Centers, Kevin Faulk, Michael Pittman, Bill Brown
Career Ronnie Harmon, John Henry Johnson*, Tony Galbreath, Eric Metcalf, Preston Pearson, Duce Staley, Kevin Faulk, Michael Pittman, Larry Centers, Norm Bulaich

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1993

Long Rush

1988 NFL 52 (9)
1993 NFL 77 (2)

Receptions

1988 NFL 72 (9)
1990 NFL 81 (3)
Career 610 (48)

Receiving Yds

Career 5661 (171)

Touchdowns

Career 54 (173)

Rushing/Receiving TD

Career 54 (166)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (146)

Yds From Scrimmage

Career 8770 (124)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 8864 (181)

Touches

Career 1480 (116)

Yds/Touch

1990 NFL 8.1 (5)
1991 NFL 6.1 (9)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1990UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 23 16 RB 76 48
1987 24 10 RB 84 35
1988 25 16 RB 182 42 11 29
1989 26 16 RB 147 27 16 49
1990 27 16 RB 140 12 23 61
1991 28 16 RB 117 26
1992 29 15 RB 86 38
1993 30 16 RB 131 17 21 53
1994 31 9 RB 90 37
1995 32 16 RB 59 52
1996 33 14 RB 41 72
1997 34 16 RB 39 76
1998 35 13 RB 47 60
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