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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   (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (508th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 20, 2013 11:25AM
All-Time Rank: #212. Stan Jones… #213. Rod Smith… #214. Jack Pardee… #215. DERON CHERRY… #216. Troy Aikman… #217. Charlie Joiner… #218. Steve Hutchinson… 

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 AV
1981 22 KAN 20 13 0 1 4 0 4 0 1
1982 23 KAN 20 7 0 1
1983* 24 KAN FS 20 16 16 1.5 7 100 0 41 0 0 2 2 4 0 11
1984*+ 25 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 140 0 67 0 16
1985* 26 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 87 1 47 0 10
1986*+ 27 KAN FS 20 16 16 1.0 9 150 0 49 0 0 0 2 7 0 14
1987* 28 KAN FS 20 8 8 3 58 0 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
1988*+ 29 KAN FS 20 16 16 7 51 0 24 0 0 0 6 10 0 13
1989 30 KAN FS 20 15 15 1.0 2 27 0 27 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
1990 31 KAN fs 20 9 6 3 40 0 21 0 3
1991 32 KAN FS 20 16 15 4 31 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Career 148 124 3.5 50 688 1 67 0 0 2 14 21 0 88

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
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

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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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 (4/45)

Interceptions
1983 NFL 7 (6)
1984 NFL 7 (4)
1985 NFL 7 (4)
1986 NFL 9 (2/76)
1988 NFL 7 (6)
Career 50 (34)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1984 NFL 140 (7)
1986 NFL 150 (4)
Career 688 (53)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1985 NFL 1 (1)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19831st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19831st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19832nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19841st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19841st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19842nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19851st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19852nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19852nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19861st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19861st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19861st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19862nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19861st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19872nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19881st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19881st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19881st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19881st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19882nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19881st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19881st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19892nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI