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Richard Dent
Richard Lamar Dent
Position: DE
Height: 6-5 Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: December 13, 1960 in Atlanta, GA
College: Tennessee St. (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 8th round (203rd overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (172nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2011, finalist in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, semi-finalist in 2006
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| All-Time Rank: #93. Ray Lewis… #94. Mike Haynes… #95. Deion Sanders… #96. RICHARD DENT… #97. Darrell Green… #98. Jim Otto… #99. Fred Biletnikoff… |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1983 | 23 | CHI | 95 | 16 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 1984* | 24 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 10 | 17.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| 1985*+ | 25 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 16 | 17.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 19 | |
| 1986 | 26 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 15 | 14 | 11.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| 1987 | 27 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 1988 | 28 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 13 | 12 | 10.5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| 1989 | 29 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 15 | 15 | 9.0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1990* | 30 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 16 | 12.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 16 | |
| 1991 | 31 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1992 | 32 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 16 | 8.5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 1993* | 33 | CHI | RDE | 95 | 16 | 16 | 12.5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1994 | 34 | SFO | 95 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 35 | CHI | 95 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 36 | IND | 96 | 16 | 1 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 1997 | 37 | PHI | 95 | 15 | 0 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Career | 203 | 150 | 137.5 | 8 | 89 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 1 | 671 | 6 | 1 | 122 | ||||
| 12 yrs | CHI | 170 | 147 | 124.5 | 8 | 89 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 1 | 641 | 0 | 117 | ||||
| 1 yr | IND | 16 | 1 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | PHI | 15 | 0 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 yr | SFO | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1984 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1984 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1985 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1985 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1985 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1988 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1988 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1988 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1988 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1990 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1990 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1990 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1993 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |