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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

1-time Pro Bowler

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

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1986 23 PHI RB 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
1987 24 PHI RB 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
1988 25 PHI RB 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
1989 26 PHI RB 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
1990 27 PHI RB 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
1991 28 PHI FB 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
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 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
1993* 30 MIA FB 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
1994 31 MIA FB 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
1995 32 MIA FB 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
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
NWE te 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
MIA 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 40 8.0 0 16 1.3 10.0 40 0 0
1997 34 NWE FB 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
1998 35 NYJ FB 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
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
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
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
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
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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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 16 8 1 2 50.0 55 1 50.0 0 0.0 55 27.5 32.5 55.0 3.4 135.4 1 7 16.0 19.3 33.3
1988 25 PHI RB 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 16 15 4 4 100.0 53 4 100.0 0 0.0 18 13.3 23.3 13.3 3.3 158.3 0 0 13.3 23.3 0.0
1991 28 PHI FB 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 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 16 16 1 2 50.0 11 1 50.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 10.5 11.0 0.7 106.2 0 0 5.5 10.5 0.0
Career 189 161 6 13 46.2 119 6 46.2 1 7.7 55 9.2 10.3 19.8 0.6 86.2 1 7 8.0 9.1 7.1
7 yrs PHI 105 93 5 11 45.5 108 5 45.5 1 9.1 55 9.8 10.3 21.6 1.0 82.6 1 7 8.4 8.8 8.3
4 yrs MIA 45 45 1 2 50.0 11 1 50.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 10.5 11.0 0.2 106.2 0 0 5.5 10.5 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1986 23 PHI RB 16 8 3 2 0 0
1987 24 PHI RB 10 8 3 2 0 0
1988 25 PHI RB 16 16 5 2 14 0
1989 26 PHI RB 16 15 4 4 6 0
1990 27 PHI RB 16 15 4 1 0 0
1991 28 PHI FB 16 16 5 0 0 0
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 15 15 1 1 0 0
1993* 30 MIA FB 16 16 3 0 0 0
1997 34 NWE FB 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986 23 PHI RB 16 8 2 47 0 31 23.5 668
1988 25 PHI RB 16 16 2 20 0 14 10.0 1242
1989 26 PHI RB 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 G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 23 PHI RB 16 8 1 6
1987 24 PHI RB 10 8 3 1 24
1988 25 PHI RB 16 16 6 4 60
1989 26 PHI RB 16 15 5 30
1990 27 PHI RB 16 15 3 18
1991 28 PHI FB 16 16 1 3 24
1992 29 PHI TE/fb 15 15 1 2 18
1993* 30 MIA FB 16 16 3 3 36
1994 31 MIA FB 9 9 2 5 42
1995 32 MIA FB 16 16 1 2 18
1996 33 2TM /te 14 10 2 1 14
NWE te 10 6 2 1 14
1997 34 NWE FB 16 8 3 18
1998 35 NYJ FB 13 9 3 18
Career 189 161 23 31 1 326
7 yrs PHI 105 93 17 13 180
4 yrs MIA 45 45 6 10 96
2 yrs NWE 26 14 5 1 32
1 yr NYJ 13 9 3 18

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 (45)

Receiving Yds

Career 5661 (167)

Touchdowns

Career 54 (163)

Rushing/Receiving TD

Career 54 (159)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (134)

Yds From Scrimmage

Career 8770 (120)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 8864 (173)

Touches

Career 1480 (112)

Yds/Touch

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

 

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

Glossary
1990 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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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