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Dave Casper

David John Casper (Ghost)

Position: TE
Height: 6-4    Weight: 240 lbs.

Born: September 26, 1951 in Bemidji, MN
College: Notre Dame   (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 67 (740th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2002, finalist in 2000, 2001

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 9:25PM
All-Time Rank: #253. Charlie Sanders… #254. Jimmy Patton… #255. Ken Stabler… #256. DAVE CASPER… #257. Larry Grantham… #258. Jared Allen… #259. Marvin Powell… 

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
1974 23 OAK 87 14 4 26 6.5 3 17 0.3 1.9 26 3 0 2
1975 24 OAK 87 14 0 5 71 14.2 1 20 0.4 5.1 71 1 0 2
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 87 13 13 53 691 13.0 10 30 4.1 53.2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 696 10 0 13
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 87 14 14 48 584 12.2 6 27 3.4 41.7 584 6 1 13
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 87 16 16 62 852 13.7 9 44 3.9 53.3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 857 9 1 11
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 87 15 12 57 771 13.5 3 42 3.8 51.4 771 3 1 10
1980 29 2TM 16 15 56 796 14.2 4 43 3.5 49.8 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.5 0.1 804 4 3 9
HOU te 87 10 9 34 526 15.5 3 43 3.4 52.6 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.8 0.2 534 3 2 6
OAK te 87 6 6 22 270 12.3 1 35 3.7 45.0 270 1 1 3
1981 30 HOU TE 87 16 10 33 572 17.3 8 52 2.1 35.8 572 8 0 7
1982 31 HOU TE 87 9 9 36 573 15.9 6 38 4.0 63.7 2 9 0 8 4.5 1.0 0.2 582 6 1 9
1983 32 2TM 13 11 20 251 12.6 0 34 1.5 19.3 251 0 0 4
MIN te 44 10 9 13 172 13.2 0 34 1.3 17.2 172 0 0 3
HOU te 87 3 2 7 79 11.3 0 17 2.3 26.3 79 0 0 1
1984 33 RAI 87 7 0 4 29 7.3 2 13 0.6 4.1 29 2 0 1
Career 147 100 378 5216 13.8 52 52 2.6 35.5 6 27 0 8 4.5 0.2 0.0 5243 52 7 81
8 yrs OAK-RAI 99 61 255 3294 12.9 35 44 2.6 33.3 2 10 0 5 5.0 0.1 0.0 3304 35 4 55
4 yrs HOU 38 30 110 1750 15.9 17 52 2.9 46.1 4 17 0 8 4.3 0.4 0.1 1767 17 3 23
1 yr MIN 10 9 13 172 13.2 0 34 1.3 17.2 172 0 0 3

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
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 87 13 13 0 0 2 0 0
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 87 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 87 16 16 0 1 1 0 1
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 87 15 12 0 1 1 0 0
1980 29 2TM 16 15 0 3 0 0 0
HOU te 87 10 9 0 2 0 0 0
OAK te 87 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
1982 31 HOU TE 87 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
1983 32 2TM 13 11 0 0 1 0 0
HOU te 87 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
Career 147 100 0 7 5 0 1
8 yrs OAK-RAI 99 61 0 4 4 0 1
4 yrs HOU 38 30 0 3 1 0 0

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 87 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 147 100 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 23 OAK 87 14 3 3 18
1975 24 OAK 87 14 0 1 1 6
1976*+ 25 OAK TE 87 13 13 10 10 60
1977*+ 26 OAK TE 87 14 14 6 6 36
1978*+ 27 OAK TE 87 16 16 9 1 10 60
1979*+ 28 OAK TE 87 15 12 3 3 18
1980 29 2TM 16 15 4 4 24
HOU te 87 10 9 3 3 18
OAK te 87 6 6 1 1 6
1981 30 HOU TE 87 16 10 8 8 48
1982 31 HOU TE 87 9 9 6 6 36
1984 33 RAI 87 7 0 2 2 12
Career 147 100 52 1 53 318
8 yrs OAK-RAI 99 61 35 1 36 216
4 yrs HOU 38 30 17 17 102

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Ted Kwalick, Marv Cook, Brent Celek, Rich McGeorge, Willie Frazier, Mark Chmura, Aaron Thomas, Jerry Smith, Jermichael Finley, Brent Jones
4 Ted Kwalick, Kellen Winslow Jr., Shannon Sharpe*, Ben Coates, Todd Heap, Willie Frazier, Marv Cook, Brent Jones, Lee Folkins, Dan Ross
5 Charle Young, Ted Kwalick, Shannon Sharpe*, Ben Coates, Jerry Smith, Riley Odoms, Tony Gonzalez, Mark Bavaro, Steve Jordan, Todd Christensen
6 Shannon Sharpe*, Ben Coates, Tony Gonzalez, Jerry Smith, Charle Young, Riley Odoms, Todd Christensen, Henry Childs, Dan Ross, Charlie Sanders*
7 Shannon Sharpe*, Tony Gonzalez, Mike Ditka*, Rich Caster, Kellen Winslow*, Todd Christensen, Ben Coates, Riley Odoms, Jason Witten, Jerry Smith
8 Shannon Sharpe*, Mike Ditka*, Todd Christensen, Kellen Winslow*, Ben Coates, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Rich Caster, Bob Tucker, Brent Jones
9 Mike Ditka*, Shannon Sharpe*, Kellen Winslow*, Todd Christensen, Fred Arbanas, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Brent Jones, Bob Tucker, John Mackey*
10 Mike Ditka*, Shannon Sharpe*, Kellen Winslow*, Todd Christensen, Fred Arbanas, John Mackey*, Jerry Smith, Brent Jones, Bob Tucker, Rich Caster
11 Mike Ditka*, Kellen Winslow*, Todd Christensen, Shannon Sharpe*, Fred Arbanas, John Mackey*, Jerry Smith, Jason Witten, Bob Tucker, Brent Jones
Career Mike Ditka*, Kellen Winslow*, Todd Christensen, Fred Arbanas, John Mackey*, Jason Witten, Ben Coates, Bob Tucker, Charlie Sanders*, Brent Jones

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980

First-Team All-Pro
1976
1977
1978
1979

Receptions
1976 NFL 53 (8)
1977 NFL 48 (9)
1978 NFL 62 (5)

Receiving Yds
1978 NFL 852 (10)

Receiving TD
1976 NFL 10 (3)
1977 NFL 6 (9)
1978 NFL 9 (4)
1981 NFL 8 (8)
1982 NFL 6 (4)
Career 52 (95)

Receiving Yds/Game
1978 NFL 53.3 (10)

Touchdowns
1976 NFL 10 (9)
1978 NFL 10 (8)
Career 53 (193)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1976 NFL 10 (9)
Career 52 (194)

Non-Offensive TDs
1978 NFL 1 (6)

Fumble Return TD
1978 NFL 1 (2/41)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19761st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19761st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19761st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19771st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19771st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19771st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19781st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19781st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19781st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19792nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19791st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 23 14 TE 21 28
1975 24 14 TE 13 35
1976 25 13 TE 130 84 1 15
1977 26 14 TE 94 42 3 28
1978 27 16 TE 140 82 1 7
1979 28 15 TE 95 23 6 51
1980 29 16 TE 104 29 4 39
1981 30 16 TE 105 30 7 50
1982 31 9 TE 94 95 2 14
1983 32 13 TE 25 40
1984 33 7 TE 15 52
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