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Rich Caster

Richard C. Caster

Position: TE-WR
Height: 6-5    Weight: 228 lbs.

Born: October 16, 1948 in Mobile, AL
College: Jackson St.   (school history)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 70 (637th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 10:25PM
All-Time Rank: #656. Frank Minnifield… #657. Wally Hilgenberg… #658. Bill Romanowski… #659. RICH CASTER… #660. Fred Miller… #661. Houston Antwine… #662. Asante Samuel… 

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
1970 22 NYJ 88 14 0 19 393 20.7 3 72 1.4 28.1 393 3 0 5
1971 23 NYJ WR 88 14 0 26 454 17.5 6 57 1.9 32.4 2 10 0 17 5.0 0.7 0.1 464 6 0 9
1972* 24 NYJ TE 88 14 0 39 833 21.4 10 80 2.8 59.5 2 6 0 6 3.0 0.4 0.1 839 10 0 15
1973 25 NYJ TE 88 14 35 593 16.9 4 49 2.5 42.4 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 584 4 1 8
1974* 26 NYJ TE 88 13 38 745 19.6 7 89 2.9 57.3 745 7 2 12
1975* 27 NYJ TE 88 14 0 47 820 17.4 4 91 3.4 58.6 820 4 0 12
1976 28 NYJ TE 88 14 0 31 391 12.6 1 41 2.2 27.9 6 73 0 60 12.2 5.2 0.4 464 1 1 5
1977 29 NYJ WR 88 10 0 10 205 20.5 1 58 1.0 20.5 2 -15 0 -6 -7.5 -1.5 0.2 190 1 1 4
1978 30 HOU 88 14 0 20 316 15.8 5 47 1.4 22.6 5 32 0 11 6.4 2.3 0.4 348 5 1 6
1979 31 HOU WR 88 16 0 18 239 13.3 1 36 1.1 14.9 4 25 0 10 6.3 1.6 0.3 264 1 1 5
1980 32 HOU te 88 16 1 27 341 12.6 3 68 1.7 21.3 341 3 1 4
1981 33 2TM 7 1 12 185 15.4 0 31 1.7 26.4 1 -3 0 0 -3.0 -0.4 0.1 182 0 2 2
NOR 86 4 0 7 108 15.4 0 31 1.8 27.0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.8 0.3 105 0 2 1
WAS te 82 3 1 5 77 15.4 0 26 1.7 25.7 77 0 0 1
1982 34 WAS 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Career 161 2 322 5515 17.1 45 91 2.0 34.3 23 119 0 60 5.2 0.7 0.1 5634 45 10 87
8 yrs NYJ 107 0 245 4434 18.1 36 91 2.3 41.4 13 65 0 60 5.0 0.6 0.1 4499 36 5 70
3 yrs HOU 46 1 65 896 13.8 9 68 1.4 19.5 9 57 0 11 6.3 1.2 0.2 953 9 3 15
2 yrs WAS 4 1 5 77 15.4 0 26 1.3 19.3 77 0 0 1
1 yr NOR 4 0 7 108 15.4 0 31 1.8 27.0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.8 0.3 105 0 2 1

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
1971 23 NYJ WR 88 14 0 0 0 1 7 0
1972* 24 NYJ TE 88 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 25 NYJ TE 88 14 0 1 1 0 0
1974* 26 NYJ TE 88 13 0 2 0 0 0
1976 28 NYJ TE 88 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 29 NYJ WR 88 10 0 0 1 1 0 0
1978 30 HOU 88 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
1979 31 HOU WR 88 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
1980 32 HOU te 88 16 1 0 1 0 0 0
1981 33 2TM 7 1 0 2 0 0 0
NOR 86 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
Career 161 2 0 10 4 7 0
8 yrs NYJ 107 0 0 5 4 7 0
3 yrs HOU 46 1 0 3 0 0 0
1 yr NOR 4 0 0 2 0 0 0

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
1970 22 NYJ 88 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 393
1979 31 HOU WR 88 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 264
Career 161 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 5634
8 yrs NYJ 107 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4499
3 yrs HOU 46 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 953

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1970 22 NYJ 88 14 0 3 3 18
1971 23 NYJ WR 88 14 0 6 6 36
1972* 24 NYJ TE 88 14 0 10 10 60
1973 25 NYJ TE 88 14 4 4 24
1974* 26 NYJ TE 88 13 7 7 42
1975* 27 NYJ TE 88 14 0 4 4 24
1976 28 NYJ TE 88 14 0 1 1 6
1977 29 NYJ WR 88 10 0 1 1 6
1978 30 HOU 88 14 0 5 5 30
1979 31 HOU WR 88 16 0 1 1 6
1980 32 HOU te 88 16 1 3 3 18
Career 161 2 45 45 270
8 yrs NYJ 107 0 36 36 216
3 yrs HOU 46 1 9 9 54

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1972
1974
1975

Long Rush
1976 NFL 60 (8)

Receiving Yds
1972 NFL 833 (4)
1974 NFL 745 (6)
1975 NFL 820 (6)
Career 5515 (195)

Receiving TD
1971 NFL 6 (9)
1972 NFL 10 (2)
1974 NFL 7 (4)
Career 45 (141)

Long Reception
1972 NFL 80 (9)
1974 NFL 89 (1)
1975 NFL 91 (2/74)

Yds/Reception
1972 NFL 21.4 (2/96)
1974 NFL 19.6 (6)
Career 17.1 (74)

Receiving Yds/Game
1972 NFL 59.5 (4)
1974 NFL 57.3 (5)
1975 NFL 58.6 (6)

Touchdowns
1972 NFL 10 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1972 NFL 10 (8)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19722nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19742nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19752nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 22 14 TE 57 16
1971 23 14 WR 82 13 26 64
1972 24 14 TE 144 101 1 5
1973 25 14 TE 82 31 5 39
1974 26 13 TE 117 68 1 17
1975 27 14 TE 106 52 1 28
1976 28 14 TE 52 14
1977 29 10 WR 25 59
1978 30 14 WR 65 46
1979 31 16 WR 32 67
1980 32 16 TE 52 18
1981 33 7 TE 18 37
1982 34 1 TE 81
832 265