Desmond Kevin Howard (twitter: @DesmondHoward)
Position: WR
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 15, 1970 in Cleveland, OH
College: Michigan (school history)
Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (5309th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1992 | 22 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 84 | 1 | 55 | 14.0 | 22 | 462 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 | 580 | 1 |
| 1993 | 23 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 6.3 | 21 | 405 | 0 | 33 | 19.3 | 733 | 2 |
| 1994 | 24 | WAS | WR | 80 | 16 | 15 | 731 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 25 | JAX | PR/wr | 81 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 246 | 0 | 40 | 10.3 | 10 | 178 | 0 | 24 | 17.8 | 708 | 2 |
| 1996 | 26 | GNB | KR/PR | 81 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 875 | 3 | 92 | 15.1 | 22 | 460 | 0 | 40 | 20.9 | 1430 | 4 |
| 1997 | 27 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 210 | 0 | 32 | 7.8 | 61 | 1318 | 0 | 45 | 21.6 | 1558 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 1 | 45 | 541 | 2 | 75 | 12.0 | 49 | 1040 | 0 | 42 | 21.2 | 1597 | 2 |
| 1999 | 29 | 2TM | 13 | 0 | 18 | 208 | 1 | 68 | 11.6 | 34 | 662 | 0 | 35 | 19.5 | 870 | 1 | ||
| GNB | PR | 82 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 93 | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 19 | 364 | 0 | 31 | 19.2 | 457 | 0 | ||
| DET | 18 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 1 | 68 | 19.2 | 15 | 298 | 0 | 35 | 19.9 | 413 | 1 | |||
| 2000* | 30 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 457 | 1 | 95 | 14.7 | 57 | 1401 | 0 | 70 | 24.6 | 1872 | 1 |
| 2001 | 31 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 201 | 0 | 34 | 9.1 | 57 | 1446 | 0 | 91 | 25.4 | 1805 | 1 |
| 2002 | 32 | DET | 80 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 5.3 | 26 | 587 | 0 | 70 | 22.6 | 635 | 0 | |
| Career | 156 | 29 | 244 | 2895 | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 359 | 7959 | 0 | 91 | 22.2 | 12519 | 20 | ||||
| 4 yrs | DET | 41 | 1 | 68 | 821 | 2 | 95 | 12.1 | 155 | 3732 | 0 | 91 | 24.1 | 4725 | 3 | |||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 48 | 21 | 10 | 109 | 1 | 55 | 10.9 | 43 | 867 | 0 | 42 | 20.2 | 2044 | 9 | |||
| 2 yrs | GNB | 24 | 0 | 70 | 968 | 3 | 92 | 13.8 | 41 | 824 | 0 | 40 | 20.1 | 1887 | 4 | |||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 30 | 1 | 72 | 751 | 2 | 75 | 10.4 | 110 | 2358 | 0 | 45 | 21.4 | 3155 | 2 | |||
| 1 yr | JAX | 13 | 6 | 24 | 246 | 0 | 40 | 10.3 | 10 | 178 | 0 | 24 | 17.8 | 708 | 2 | |||
| Receiving | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1992 | 22 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 23 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 286 | 12.4 | 0 | 27 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | WAS | WR | 80 | 16 | 15 | 40 | 727 | 18.2 | 5 | 81 | 2.5 | 45.4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 731 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | JAX | PR/wr | 81 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 276 | 10.6 | 1 | 24 | 2.0 | 21.2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 284 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | GNB | KR/PR | 81 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 95 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1997 | 27 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1998 | 28 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 2000* | 30 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 2001 | 31 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 1 | 36 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 158 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 156 | 29 | 123 | 1597 | 13.0 | 7 | 81 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1665 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 4 yrs | DET | 41 | 1 | 12 | 147 | 12.3 | 1 | 36 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 172 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 48 | 21 | 66 | 1033 | 15.7 | 5 | 81 | 1.4 | 21.5 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1068 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2 yrs | GNB | 24 | 0 | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 95 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 30 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 46 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1 yr | JAX | 13 | 6 | 26 | 276 | 10.6 | 1 | 24 | 2.0 | 21.2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 284 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 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 |
| 1992 | 22 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 26 | GNB | KR/PR | 81 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1997 | 27 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 28 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2000* | 30 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2001 | 31 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 156 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | DET | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 48 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | GNB | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1992 | 22 | WAS | wr | 80 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 24 | WAS | WR | 80 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 25 | JAX | PR/wr | 81 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | 26 | GNB | KR/PR | 81 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 28 | OAK | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 29 | 2TM | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DET | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2000* | 30 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 31 | DET | KR/PR | 80 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 156 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | DET | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 48 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | GNB | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | JAX | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1996 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1996 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1996 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1996 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 2000 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |