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Bruce Harper

Bruce S. Harper

Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-8    Weight: 174 lbs.
Born: June 20, 1955 in Englewood, NJ
College: Kutztown Pennsylvania

Career AV: 34 (2593rd overall since 1950)

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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 AV
1977 22 NYJ RET 42 14 2 34 425 0 49 12.5 42 1035 0 60 24.6 1867 4
1978 23 NYJ RET 42 16 0 30 378 1 82 12.6 55 1280 0 40 23.3 2157 6
1979 24 NYJ RET 42 16 0 33 290 0 51 8.8 55 1158 0 52 21.1 1980 4
1980 25 NYJ RET 42 15 1 28 242 0 24 8.6 49 1070 0 35 21.8 2072 6
1981 26 NYJ rb 42 16 7 35 265 0 46 7.6 23 480 0 42 20.9 1597 7
1982 27 NYJ RET 42 9 0 23 184 0 24 8.0 18 368 0 37 20.4 854 6
1983 28 NYJ 42 9 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 783 5
1984 29 NYJ 42 4 0 119 1
Career 99 12 183 1784 1 82 9.7 243 5407 0 60 22.3 11429 39

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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
1977 22 NYJ RET 42 14 2 44 198 0 18 4.5 14.1 3.1 21 209 10.0 1 55 1.5 14.9 407 1 7
1978 23 NYJ RET 42 16 0 58 303 2 32 5.2 18.9 3.6 13 196 15.1 2 44 0.8 12.3 499 4 3
1979 24 NYJ RET 42 16 0 65 282 0 31 4.3 17.6 4.1 17 250 14.7 2 72 1.1 15.6 532 2 6
1980 25 NYJ RET 42 15 1 45 126 0 22 2.8 8.4 3.0 50 634 12.7 3 52 3.3 42.3 760 3 2
1981 26 NYJ rb 42 16 7 81 393 4 29 4.9 24.6 5.1 52 459 8.8 1 24 3.3 28.7 852 5 7
1982 27 NYJ RET 42 9 0 20 125 0 40 6.3 13.9 2.2 14 177 12.6 1 39 1.6 19.7 302 1 1
1983 28 NYJ 42 9 2 51 354 1 78 6.9 39.3 5.7 48 413 8.6 2 33 5.3 45.9 767 3 1
1984 29 NYJ 42 4 0 10 48 1 16 4.8 12.0 2.5 5 71 14.2 0 28 1.3 17.8 119 1 0
Career 99 12 374 1829 8 78 4.9 18.5 3.8 220 2409 11.0 12 72 2.2 24.3 4238 20 27

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
1977 22 NYJ RET 42 14 2 7 2 0 0
1978 23 NYJ RET 42 16 0 3 1 0 0
1979 24 NYJ RET 42 16 0 6 2 0 0
1980 25 NYJ RET 42 15 1 2 3 0 0
1981 26 NYJ rb 42 16 7 7 2 0 0
1982 27 NYJ RET 42 9 0 1 1 0 0
1983 28 NYJ 42 9 2 1 0 0 0
Career 99 12 27 11 0 0

Passing

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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%
1977 22 NYJ RET 42 14 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 99 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1977 22 NYJ RET 42 14 2 1 1 6
1978 23 NYJ RET 42 16 0 2 2 1 5 30
1979 24 NYJ RET 42 16 0 2 2 12
1980 25 NYJ RET 42 15 1 3 3 18
1981 26 NYJ rb 42 16 7 4 1 5 30
1982 27 NYJ RET 42 9 0 1 1 6
1983 28 NYJ 42 9 2 1 2 3 18
1984 29 NYJ 42 4 0 1 1 6
Career 99 12 8 12 1 21 126

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Long Rush

1983 NFL 78 (3)

Long Reception

1979 NFL 72 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1978 NFL 1 (6)

All-Purpose Yds

1977 NFL 1867 (3)
1978 NFL 2157 (1/56)
1979 NFL 1980 (2)
1980 NFL 2072 (1/80)
Career 11429 (78)

Yds/Touch

1977 NFL 13.2 (2)
1978 NFL 13.8 (3)
1979 NFL 11.6 (4)
1980 NFL 12.0 (1)
1981 NFL 8.4 (8)
1982 NFL 11.4 (2)
1983 NFL 7.8 (5)

Kick Returns

1977 NFL 42 (1)
1978 NFL 55 (1/67)
1979 NFL 55 (1/67)
1980 NFL 49 (2)
Career 243 (17)

Kick Return Yds

1977 NFL 1035 (1)
1978 NFL 1280 (1/89)
1979 NFL 1158 (1)
1980 NFL 1070 (2)
Career 5407 (22)

Yds/Kick Return

1977 NFL 24.6 (8)

Punt Returns

1977 NFL 34 (10)
1979 NFL 33 (10)
1982 NFL 23 (8)
Career 183 (43)

Punt Return Yds

1977 NFL 425 (5)
1978 NFL 378 (7)
Career 1784 (38)

Punt Return TD

1978 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1978 NFL 82 (1)
1979 NFL 51 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1977 NFL 12.5 (6)
1978 NFL 12.6 (2)
Career 9.7 (100)

Kick & Punt Returns

1977 NFL 76 (2)
1978 NFL 85 (2/71)
1979 NFL 88 (2/49)
1980 NFL 77 (5)
1982 NFL 41 (6)
Career 426 (16)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1977 NFL 1460 (1/97)
1978 NFL 1658 (1/42)
1979 NFL 1448 (2)
1980 NFL 1312 (2)
1982 NFL 552 (8)
Career 7191 (18)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1977 22 14 RB 47 76
1978 23 16 RB 74 60
1979 24 16 RB 65 68
1980 25 15 RB 94 43
1981 26 16 RB 115 32
1982 27 9 RB 36 57
1983 28 9 RB 95 45
1984 29 4 RB 18 103
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