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Irving Fryar

Irving Dale Fryar

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: September 28, 1962 in Mount Holly, NJ
College: Nebraska   (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (415th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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
1984 22 NWE PR 80 14 2 11 164 14.9 1 26 0.8 11.7 2 -11 0 0 -5.5 -0.8 0.1 153 1 4 1
1985* 23 NWE PR/WR 80 16 14 39 670 17.2 7 56 2.4 41.9 7 27 1 13 3.9 1.7 0.4 697 8 4 7
1986 24 NWE PR/WR 80 14 13 43 737 17.1 6 69 3.1 52.6 4 80 0 31 20.0 5.7 0.3 817 6 4 9
1987 25 NWE PR/WR 80 12 12 31 467 15.1 5 40 2.6 38.9 9 52 0 16 5.8 4.3 0.8 519 5 2 5
1988 26 NWE PR/WR 80 15 14 33 490 14.8 5 80 2.2 32.7 6 12 0 6 2.0 0.8 0.4 502 5 2 5
1989 27 NWE wr 80 11 5 29 537 18.5 3 52 2.6 48.8 2 15 0 11 7.5 1.4 0.2 552 3 2 4
1990 28 NWE PR/WR 80 16 15 54 856 15.9 4 56 3.4 53.5 2 -4 0 -1 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 852 4 1 5
1991 29 NWE WR 80 16 15 68 1014 14.9 3 56 4.3 63.4 2 11 0 9 5.5 0.7 0.1 1025 3 2 7
1992 30 NWE WR 80 15 14 55 791 14.4 4 54 3.7 52.7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 797 4 0 5
1993* 31 MIA WR 80 16 16 64 1010 15.8 5 65 4.0 63.1 3 -4 0 2 -1.3 -0.3 0.2 1006 5 0 10
1994* 32 MIA WR 80 16 16 73 1270 17.4 7 54 4.6 79.4 1270 7 0 12
1995 33 MIA WR 80 16 16 62 910 14.7 8 67 3.9 56.9 910 8 0 9
1996* 34 PHI WR 80 16 16 88 1195 13.6 11 42 5.5 74.7 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 1191 11 0 11
1997* 35 PHI WR 80 16 16 86 1316 15.3 6 72 5.4 82.3 1316 6 1 10
1998 36 PHI WR 80 16 16 48 556 11.6 2 61 3.0 34.8 3 46 0 32 15.3 2.9 0.2 602 2 0 3
1999 37 WAS wr 86 16 1 26 254 9.8 2 30 1.6 15.9 254 2 0 3
2000 38 WAS wr 86 14 5 41 548 13.4 5 34 2.9 39.1 2 16 0 15 8.0 1.1 0.1 564 5 0 5
Career 255 206 851 12785 15.0 84 80 3.3 50.1 44 242 1 32 5.5 0.9 0.2 13027 85 22 111
9 yrs NWE 129 104 363 5726 15.8 38 80 2.8 44.4 35 188 1 31 5.4 1.5 0.3 5914 39 21 48
3 yrs MIA 48 48 199 3190 16.0 20 67 4.1 66.5 3 -4 0 2 -1.3 -0.1 0.1 3186 20 0 31
3 yrs PHI 48 48 222 3067 13.8 19 72 4.6 63.9 4 42 0 32 10.5 0.9 0.1 3109 19 1 24
2 yrs WAS 30 6 67 802 12.0 7 34 2.2 26.7 2 16 0 15 8.0 0.5 0.1 818 7 0 8

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
1984 22 NWE PR 80 14 2 36 347 0 55 9.6 5 95 0 22 19.0 595
1985* 23 NWE PR/WR 80 16 14 37 520 2 85 14.1 3 39 0 24 13.0 1256
1986 24 NWE PR/WR 80 14 13 35 366 1 59 10.5 10 192 0 33 19.2 1375
1987 25 NWE PR/WR 80 12 12 18 174 0 36 9.7 6 119 0 31 19.8 812
1988 26 NWE PR/WR 80 15 14 38 398 0 30 10.5 1 3 0 3 3.0 903
1989 27 NWE wr 80 11 5 12 107 0 20 8.9 1 47 0 47 47.0 706
1990 28 NWE PR/WR 80 16 15 28 133 0 17 4.8 985
1991 29 NWE WR 80 16 15 2 10 0 10 5.0 1035
1993* 31 MIA WR 80 16 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 1016
Career 255 206 206 2055 3 85 10.0 27 505 0 47 18.7 15587
9 yrs NWE 129 104 206 2055 3 85 10.0 26 495 0 47 19.0 8464
3 yrs MIA 48 48 1 10 0 10 10.0 3196

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
1984 22 NWE PR 80 14 2 0 4 1 0 0
1985* 23 NWE PR/WR 80 16 14 0 4 0 0 0
1986 24 NWE PR/WR 80 14 13 0 4 1 0 0
1987 25 NWE PR/WR 80 12 12 0 2 0 0 0
1988 26 NWE PR/WR 80 15 14 0 2 0 0 0
1989 27 NWE wr 80 11 5 0 2 0 0 0
1990 28 NWE PR/WR 80 16 15 0 1 1 0 0
1991 29 NWE WR 80 16 15 0 2 0 0 0
1994* 32 MIA WR 80 16 16 0 0 1 7 0
1997* 35 PHI WR 80 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
Career 255 206 0 22 4 7 0
9 yrs NWE 129 104 0 21 3 0 0
3 yrs MIA 48 48 0 0 1 7 0
3 yrs PHI 48 48 0 1 0 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1991 29 NWE WR 80 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 255 206 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1984 22 NWE PR 80 14 2 1 1 6
1985* 23 NWE PR/WR 80 16 14 1 7 2 10 60
1986 24 NWE PR/WR 80 14 13 6 1 7 42
1987 25 NWE PR/WR 80 12 12 5 5 30
1988 26 NWE PR/WR 80 15 14 5 5 30
1989 27 NWE wr 80 11 5 3 3 18
1990 28 NWE PR/WR 80 16 15 4 4 24
1991 29 NWE WR 80 16 15 3 3 18
1992 30 NWE WR 80 15 14 4 4 24
1993* 31 MIA WR 80 16 16 5 5 30
1994* 32 MIA WR 80 16 16 7 7 2 46
1995 33 MIA WR 80 16 16 8 8 48
1996* 34 PHI WR 80 16 16 11 11 66
1997* 35 PHI WR 80 16 16 6 6 36
1998 36 PHI WR 80 16 16 2 2 12
1999 37 WAS wr 86 16 1 2 2 12
2000 38 WAS wr 86 14 5 5 5 30
Career 255 206 1 84 3 88 2 532
9 yrs NWE 129 104 1 38 3 42 252
3 yrs MIA 48 48 20 20 2 124
3 yrs PHI 48 48 19 19 114
2 yrs WAS 30 6 7 7 42

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12 Isaac Curtis, Charlie Joiner*, Bobby Mitchell*, Tony Martin, Terance Mathis, Jimmy Orr, Curtis Conway, Mark Carrier, Webster Slaughter, Frank Lewis
13 Tony Martin, Tommy McDonald*, Isaac Curtis, Charlie Joiner*, Jimmy Orr, Terance Mathis, Laveranues Coles, Terry Glenn, Amani Toomer, Joey Galloway
14 Charlie Joiner*, Stanley Morgan, Nat Moore, Joey Galloway, Andre Rison, Drew Hill, Charley Taylor*, Harold Carmichael, Muhsin Muhammad, Keenan McCardell
15 Stanley Morgan, Charlie Joiner*, Drew Hill, Nat Moore, Joey Galloway, Muhsin Muhammad, Keenan McCardell, Andre Rison, Charley Taylor*, Harold Carmichael
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17 Stanley Morgan, Drew Hill, Keenan McCardell, Nat Moore, Joey Galloway, Muhsin Muhammad, Charlie Joiner*, Andre Rison, Charley Taylor*, Harold Carmichael
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1985
1993
1994
1996
1997

Receptions
1996 NFL 88 (9)
1997 NFL 86 (5)
Career 851 (18)

Receiving Yds
1993 NFL 1010 (9)
1994 NFL 1270 (6)
1996 NFL 1195 (7)
1997 NFL 1316 (5)
Career 12785 (15)

Receiving TD
1996 NFL 11 (4)
Career 84 (16)

Long Reception
1988 NFL 80 (8)

Yds/Reception
1994 NFL 17.4 (9)

Receiving Yds/Game
1994 NFL 79.4 (6)
1996 NFL 74.7 (10)
1997 NFL 82.3 (5)
Career 50.1 (146)

Touchdowns
1996 NFL 11 (9)
Career 88 (34)

Points Scored
Career 532 (149)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1996 NFL 11 (9)
Career 85 (39)

Non-Offensive TDs
1985 NFL 2 (2)

2-pt. Conv. Made
Career 2 (68)

Yds From Scrimmage
Career 13027 (41)

All-Purpose Yds
Career 15587 (23)

Yds/Touch
Career 13.8 (140)

Punt Returns
1985 NFL 37 (8)
1986 NFL 35 (8)
1988 NFL 38 (6)
Career 206 (35)

Punt Return Yds
1984 NFL 347 (9)
1985 NFL 520 (2/53)
1986 NFL 366 (8)
1988 NFL 398 (5)
Career 2055 (32)

Punt Return TD
1985 NFL 2 (1/17)
1986 NFL 1 (2/97)
Career 3 (36)

Long Punt Return
1984 NFL 55 (8)
1985 NFL 85 (1)

Yds/Punt Return
1984 NFL 9.6 (7)
1985 NFL 14.1 (1/90)
1986 NFL 10.5 (6)
1988 NFL 10.5 (5)
Career 10.0 (85)

Kick & Punt Returns
Career 233 (93)

Games
Career 255 (30)

Games Started
Career 206 (53)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19852nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19941st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19942nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1985 23 16 WR 118 9 23 61
1986 24 14 WR 118 16 22 60
1987 25 12 WR 82 35
1988 26 15 WR 80 43
1989 27 11 WR 73 51
1990 28 16 WR 109 1 29 74
1991 29 16 WR 121 18 21 51
1992 30 15 WR 104 12 23 62
1993 31 16 WR 131 26 11 44
1994 32 16 WR 169 60 9 23
1995 33 16 WR 139 21 21 55
1996 34 16 WR 185 69 5 20
1997 35 16 WR 168 52 10 29
1998 36 16 WR 72 58
1999 37 16 WR 37 84
2000 38 14 WR 86 50
1792 284