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Mel J. Gray

Melvin James Gray

Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 167 lbs.
Born: March 16, 1961 in Williamsburg, VA
College: Purdue

4-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 2nd round (42nd overall) of the 1984 Supplemental Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986 25 NOR RET 16 0 31 866 1 101 27.9 940
1987 26 NOR RET 12 1 24 352 0 80 14.7 30 636 0 43 21.2 1055
1988 27 NOR RET 14 0 25 305 1 66 12.2 32 670 0 39 20.9 975
1989 28 DET RET 10 1 11 76 0 15 6.9 24 640 0 57 26.7 785
1990*+ 29 DET RET 16 0 34 361 0 39 10.6 41 939 0 65 22.9 1300
1991*+ 30 DET RET 16 0 25 385 1 78 15.4 36 929 0 71 25.8 1367
1992* 31 DET RET 15 0 18 175 1 58 9.7 42 1006 1 89 24.0 1181
1993 32 DET RET 11 0 23 197 0 35 8.6 28 688 1 95 24.6 885
1994*+ 33 DET RET 16 0 21 233 0 24 11.1 45 1276 3 102 28.4 1509
1995 34 HOU RET 15 0 30 303 0 20 10.1 53 1183 0 54 22.3 1486
1996 35 HOU RET 14 0 22 205 0 40 9.3 50 1224 0 88 24.5 1429
1997 36 2TM RET/ 14 0 19 161 0 30 8.5 9 193 0 33 21.4 354
PHI 3 0 2 17 0 11 8.5 1 8 0 8 8.0 25
TEN RET 11 0 17 144 0 30 8.5 8 185 0 33 23.1 329
Career 169 2 252 2753 3 80 10.9 421 10250 6 102 24.3 13266
6 yrs DET 84 1 132 1427 2 78 10.8 216 5478 5 102 25.4 7027
3 yrs NOR 42 1 49 657 1 80 13.4 93 2172 1 101 23.4 2970
3 yrs TEN 40 0 69 652 0 40 9.4 111 2592 0 88 23.4 3244
1 yr PHI 3 0 2 17 0 11 8.5 1 8 0 8 8.0 25

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1986 25 NOR RET 16 0 6 29 0 11 4.8 1.8 0.4 2 45 22.5 0 38 0.1 2.8 74 0 0
1987 26 NOR RET 12 1 8 37 1 12 4.6 3.1 0.7 6 30 5.0 0 12 0.5 2.5 67 1 3
1989 28 DET RET 10 1 3 22 0 14 7.3 2.2 0.3 2 47 23.5 0 30 0.2 4.7 69 0 0
1991*+ 30 DET RET 16 0 2 11 0 6 5.5 0.7 0.1 3 42 14.0 0 31 0.2 2.6 53 0 3
Career 169 2 19 99 1 14 5.2 0.6 0.1 13 164 12.6 0 38 0.1 1.0 263 1 31
6 yrs DET 84 1 5 33 0 14 6.6 0.4 0.1 5 89 17.8 0 31 0.1 1.1 122 0 13
3 yrs NOR 42 1 14 66 1 12 4.7 1.6 0.3 8 75 9.4 0 38 0.2 1.8 141 1 8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1987 26 NOR RET 12 1 3 1 0 0
1988 27 NOR RET 14 0 5 2 0 0
1990*+ 29 DET RET 16 0 4 3 0 0
1991*+ 30 DET RET 16 0 3 2 0 0
1993 32 DET RET 11 0 3 0 0 0
1994*+ 33 DET RET 16 0 3 2 13 0
1995 34 HOU RET 15 0 5 1 0 0
1996 35 HOU RET 14 0 4 0 0 0
1997 36 2TM RET/ 14 0 1 0 0 0
TEN RET 11 0 1 0 0 0
Career 169 2 31 11 13 0
6 yrs DET 84 1 13 7 13 0
3 yrs NOR 42 1 8 3 0 0
3 yrs TEN 40 0 10 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 25 NOR RET 16 0 1 6
1987 26 NOR RET 12 1 1 6
1988 27 NOR RET 14 0 1 6
1991*+ 30 DET RET 16 0 1 6
1992* 31 DET RET 15 0 1 1 12
1993 32 DET RET 11 0 1 6
1994*+ 33 DET RET 16 0 3 18
Career 169 2 1 3 6 60
6 yrs DET 84 1 2 5 42
3 yrs NOR 42 1 1 1 1 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1990
1991
1992
1994

1st-team All-Pro

1990
1991
1994

Non-Offensive TDs

1988 NFL 1 (6)
1991 NFL 1 (6)
1992 NFL 2 (4)
1993 NFL 1 (10)
1994 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
Career 9 (17)

All-Purpose Yds

1991 NFL 1367 (8)
Career 13266 (45)

Yds/Touch

Career 18.8 (6)

Kick Returns

1986 NFL 31 (10)
1987 NFL 30 (6)
1990 NFL 41 (4)
1991 NFL 36 (3)
1992 NFL 42 (1)
1994 NFL 45 (5)
1995 NFL 53 (7-- 80)
1996 NFL 50 (8)
Career 421 (3)

Kick Return Yds

1986 NFL 866 (4)
1987 NFL 636 (6)
1990 NFL 939 (3)
1991 NFL 929 (1)
1992 NFL 1006 (2)
1993 NFL 688 (8)
1994 NFL 1276 (4-- 84)
1995 NFL 1183 (7)
1996 NFL 1224 (5-- 96)
Career 10250 (3)

Kick Return TD

1986 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1992 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
1993 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1994 NFL 3 (1-- 3)
Career 6 (1)

Long Kick Return

1986 NFL 101 (1-- 46)
1990 NFL 65 (10)
1991 NFL 71 (10)
1992 NFL 89 (5)
1993 NFL 95 (3)
1994 NFL 102 (1-- 34)

Yds/Kick Return

1986 NFL 27.9 (2)
1989 NFL 26.7 (2)
1990 NFL 22.9 (5)
1991 NFL 25.8 (1)
1992 NFL 24.0 (4)
1993 NFL 24.6 (5)
1994 NFL 28.4 (1-- 96)
1996 NFL 24.5 (7)
Career 24.3 (79)

Punt Returns

1990 NFL 34 (6)
Career 252 (17)

Punt Return Yds

1987 NFL 352 (7)
1990 NFL 361 (5)
1991 NFL 385 (3)
Career 2753 (13)

Punt Return TD

1988 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
1991 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
1992 NFL 1 (5-- 85)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1987 NFL 80 (6)
1988 NFL 66 (4)
1990 NFL 39 (9)
1991 NFL 78 (2)

Yds/Punt Return

1987 NFL 14.7 (1-- 64)
1988 NFL 12.2 (2)
1990 NFL 10.6 (4)
1991 NFL 15.4 (1-- 41)
1994 NFL 11.1 (6)
Career 10.9 (30)

Kick & Punt Returns

1987 NFL 54 (3)
1988 NFL 57 (6)
1990 NFL 75 (1)
1991 NFL 61 (5)
1992 NFL 60 (5)
1994 NFL 66 (8)
1995 NFL 83 (7-- 80)
1996 NFL 72 (9)
Career 673 (4)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1986 NFL 866 (8)
1987 NFL 988 (2)
1988 NFL 975 (5)
1990 NFL 1300 (1)
1991 NFL 1314 (1)
1992 NFL 1181 (1)
1993 NFL 885 (9)
1994 NFL 1509 (3-- 77)
1995 NFL 1486 (7-- 83)
1996 NFL 1429 (4)
Career 13003 (3)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1986 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1987 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1991 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1994 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 25 16 RB 7 124
1987 26 12 RB 13 149
1989 28 10 RB 7 127
1991 30 16 RB 5 121
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