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Deron Cherry

Deron Leigh Cherry

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: September 12, 1959 in Riverside, NJ
College: Rutgers

Career AV: 78 (389th overall since 1950)

6-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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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 AV
1981 22 KAN 20 13 0 1 4 0 4 1
1982 23 KAN 20 7 0 1
1983* 24 KAN FS 20 16 16 1.5 7 100 0 41 2 2 4 0 12
1984*+ 25 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 140 0 67 16
1985* 26 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 87 1 47 11
1986*+ 27 KAN FS 20 16 16 1.0 9 150 0 49 0 2 7 0 14
1987* 28 KAN FS 20 8 8 3 58 0 30 0 1 0 0 9
1988*+ 29 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 51 0 24 0 6 10 0 13
1989 30 KAN FS 20 15 15 1.0 2 27 0 27 0 2 0 0 7
1990 31 KAN fs 20 9 6 3 40 0 21 2
1991 32 KAN FS 20 16 15 4 31 0 16 0 1 0 0 7
Career 148 124 3.5 50 688 1 67 2 14 21 0 93

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
1981 22 KAN 20 13 0 3 52 0 22 17.3 52
1982 23 KAN 20 7 0 1 39 0 39 39.0 39
1983* 24 KAN FS 20 16 16 2 54 0 31 27.0 54
1984*+ 25 KAN FS 20 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 148 124 7 145 0 39 20.7 145

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
1985* 26 KAN FS 20 16 16 1 1 6
1986*+ 27 KAN FS 20 16 16 2 2 12
Career 148 124 1 2 3 18

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988

First-Team All-Pro

1984
1986
1988

Non-Offensive TDs

1985 NFL 1 (7)
1986 NFL 2 (4)

Fumbles Recovered

1988 NFL 6 (4/44)

Interceptions

1983 NFL 7 (6)
1984 NFL 7 (4)
1985 NFL 7 (4)
1986 NFL 9 (2/76)
1988 NFL 7 (6)
Career 50 (31)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1984 NFL 140 (7)
1986 NFL 150 (4)
Career 688 (49)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1985 NFL 1 (1)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1984UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1985UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1986Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1987UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1988Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1989UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.