Rich Caster

Richard C. Caster

Position: TE-WR
Height: 6-5 Weight: 228 lbs.
Born: October 16, 1948 in Mobile, AL
College: Jackson State

Career AV: 71 (553rd overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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							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	0	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	0	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	wr	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		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
		WAS		82	3	1	5	77	15.4	0	26	1.7	25.7								77	0	0	1
		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
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		OTI			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

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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ·

							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		OTI			46	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	953

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	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	0	4	4	24
1974*	26	NYJ	TE	88	13	0	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	wr	88	14	0	5	5	30
1979	31	HOU	WR	88	16	0	1	1	6
1980	32	HOU		88	16	1	3	3	18
Career					161	2	45	45	270
8 yrs		NYJ			107	0	36	36	216
3 yrs		OTI			46	1	9	9	54

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Dan Ross, Tony Gonzalez, Charlie Sanders*, Mark Bavaro, Bob Trumpy, Riley Odoms, Jerome Barkum, Jason Witten, Alvin Reed, Junior Miller
4	John Mackey*, Tony Gonzalez, Charle Young, Billy Joe DuPree, Raymond Chester, Mark Bavaro, Bob Trumpy, Jason Witten, Walter White, Jerome Barkum
5	Jason Witten, John Mackey*, Riley Odoms, Mark Bavaro, Tony Gonzalez, Bob Tucker, Dan Ross, Jeremy Shockey, Bob Trumpy, Alge Crumpler
6	Riley Odoms, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Bob Tucker, Fred Arbanas, Charlie Sanders, Mike Ditka, Keith Jackson, Alge Crumpler, Mark Bavaro
7	Shannon Sharpe, Bob Tucker, Fred Arbanas, Jason Witten, Alge Crumpler, Riley Odoms, Raymond Chester, Tony Gonzalez, Mike Ditka, John Mackey
8	Bob Tucker, Jerry Smith, Fred Arbanas, Alge Crumpler, Jackie Smith, Mike Ditka, Brent Jones, Billy Joe DuPree, Pete Retzlaff, Riley Odoms
9	Bob Tucker, Jerry Smith, Fred Arbanas, Pete Retzlaff, Jackie Smith, Billy Joe DuPree, John Mackey, Mike Ditka*, Mark Bavaro, Raymond Chester
10	Jerry Smith, Bob Tucker, Pete Retzlaff, Jackie Smith, Fred Arbanas, Mark Bavaro, Bob Trumpy, Billy Joe DuPree, Mike Ditka, Brent Jones
11	Jerry Smith, Jackie Smith, Bob Tucker, Pete Retzlaff, Charle Young, Brent Jones, Billy Joe DuPree, Fred Arbanas, Mike Ditka, Steve Jordan
12	Jerry Smith, Bob Tucker, Charle Young, Pete Retzlaff, Jackie Smith, Mike Ditka, Rodney Holman, Brent Jones, Jerome Barkum, Steve Jordan
13	Jerry Smith, Bob Tucker, Charle Young, Pete Retzlaff, Mike Ditka, Rodney Holman, Jackie Smith, Mickey Shuler, Brent Jones, Jerome Barkum
Career	Jerry Smith, Bob Tucker, Charle Young, Pete Retzlaff, Mike Ditka*, Wesley Walls, Rodney Holman, Brent Jones, Mickey Shuler, Jerome Barkum

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (176)	Receiving TD 1971 NFL 6 (9) 1972 NFL 10 (2) 1974 NFL 7 (4) Career 45 (130)
Long Reception 1972 NFL 80 (9) 1974 NFL 89 (1/97) 1975 NFL 91 (2/67)	Yds/Reception 1972 NFL 21.4 (2/95) 1974 NFL 19.6 (6) Career 17.1 (71)	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)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1972 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1974 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1975 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy
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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 63

1978 30 14 TE 65 12 75

1979 31 16 WR 32 67

1980 32 16 TE 52 18

1981 33 7 TE 18 37

832 265

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		63
1978	30	14	TE	65		12	75
1979	31	16	WR	32		67
1980	32	16	TE	52		18
1981	33	7	TE	18		37
				832	265

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1972	UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1974	UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1975	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL